Emergency Response to a CATASTROPHIC FAILURE of a Y-Strainer leads to fatal explosion (Isobutylene & $131K)

At approximately 10:40 a.m. on April 2, 2019, the housing of a three-inch Y-strainer of an isobutylene line that fed into reactor K8 ruptured and isobutylene was released, forming a vapor cloud. Three employees responded to mitigate the isobutylene vapor in the reactor area.

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