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Here are some excellent Chlorine Accident Data and Summaries:
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NOTE: the text below is a translation from Chinese to English
At about 13:49 on May 3, 2018, a catalyst explosion occurred in the hydrogenation reactor of No. 1 hydrogenation reactor of a Pharmaceutical facility causing one death and an immediate economic loss of 1.446 million yuan ($216,061,320 USD). According to the “Safety Production Law of the People’s Republic of China”,...
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Technical Safety BC conducted an ammonia release fault tree workshop to identify potential causes of ammonia releases from industrial refrigeration systems used in arenas and food storage facilities. The workshop is part of a Technical Safety BC project meant to detect and mitigate emerging and known technical safety risks in the province.
The project used the fault tree method which starts...
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As most process safety professionals know, pressure testing and leak testing piping systems is an absolutely critical function of process safety efforts. And I am happy to say, the number of facilities that have begun pressure testing and leak testing their piping has grown by leaps and bounds since the passage of OSHA’s PSM and EPA’s RMP standards. But as we progress in the...
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The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) recently conducted a review of recent compliance and incident data to identify safety trends throughout the Gulf of Mexico. The analysis pointed to a potential risk associated with fired vessels. From January 2016 to May 2018, 17 fired vessel incidents were reported to BSEE by 12 unique operators. Further, BSEE issued 76 fired vessel-related...
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EPA Region 6 inspector arrived on May 1, 2018, for an announced inspection with an inspector from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ). The scope of the inspection was a partial compliance evaluation (PCE) and included an evaluation of the compliance of the facility. On April 18, 2018, the facility received an announcement email which outlined the directions for conducting an inspection...
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 Inspector (1) and Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) Inspectors (3) arrived at the facility on May 1, 2018, for an announced inspection. On April 19, 2018, the facility received an announcement email, which outlined the directions for conducting an on-site inspection, as well as a list of documents to gather for review during the inspection....
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I came across this EPA Region 6 RMP inspection report while doing some research for a client and this is an amazing insight into the difficulties and details of implementing a Process Safety Management System. I always take out names and company names when I post inspection reports, as it is NEVER about the company, but about learning from other’s mistakes so that SAFTENG members can learn and...
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If only actual safety could catch on like the “Hi-Visibility Vest” movement has taken hold. I am not knocking the concept of making workers more visible around mobile equipment but as this video shows us, there is SO MUCH MORE to safety than handing out “safety vest”. They’re not a cap for superheroes! How many unsafe conditions and acts can you count...
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This inspection appears to have begun as an RMP GDC, but when the facility submitted an RMP after the first inspection, they stated the process was a Program 3, and thus it appears EPA paid them another visit. On both visits, EPA seems to have found items of concern.
Respondent is the owner and/or operator of a facility which uses anhydrous ammonia for industrial refrigeration. EPA conducted...
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This week the EPA released an EXCEL spreadsheet that lists all the “RMP Accidents” that occurred in 2017. I noticed a couple of key items:
Not sure where they obtained the data, as many of the incidents listed did not rise to the level of a “5-year Accident History” incident, but are shown in this data
The report does not tell us the chemical involved...
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