Another tragic ending to a “Line Break” gone bad. This one involved opening a flange on a steam line in an attempt to “bleed off” the steam by loosening flange bolts. IT DID NOT GO AS PLANNED, and two workers perished with 70% burns!
At 6:52 p.m. on August 10, 2020, two (2) employees (30) and a coworker were attempting to remove a blockage from a hydrolyzer. The employees and coworker did not lock out or isolate the stored energy and were unable to release the steam from the pressure vessel.