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An operator at a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) processing facility heard a loud noise coming from an area of the plant during start-up, following significant maintenance works. The operator identified that high pressure, flammable natural gas was being released to the atmosphere from a localized point beneath the insulation of process equipment.
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES)...
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Respondent owned, leased, operated, controlled or supervised a facility for ethanol fuel production. Respondent conducted activity involving anhydrous ammonia at the Facility, including using, storing, handling or moving on-site anhydrous ammonia ( anhydrous ammonia process). Respondent conducted activity involving a flammable mixture that included natural gas condensates (flammable mixture) at the...
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I am trying to find information on this incident. OSHA could not be more clear on this tasks:
General Industry
1910.252(a)(3)(i) Used containers. No welding, cutting, or other hot work shall be performed on used drums, barrels, tanks or other containers until they have been cleaned so thoroughly as to make ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that there are no flammable materials present or any substances such...
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NEW video added at the bottom, shows tank collapsing into pool fire and many other angles and close-ups.
In March of 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated the Tohoku area of Japan. This disaster included some of the most significant BLEVE type failures of LPG spheres ever recorded, at the Chiba refinery near Tokyo. Fireball diameters of greater than 200 m (650′)...
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At all times relevant to this Complaint, Respondent owned and operated buildings, structures, installations, equipment, pipes or pipelines, and storage containers, located on a single site or on contiguous or adjacent locations, where it deposited, stored, disposed of, or placed, Ammonia CAS# 7664-41-7. Ammonia CAS# 7664-41-7 was a “hazardous substance” as that term was defined...
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Recently a facility had an NH3 release via an RV and in the spirit of “doing it right” made all the necessary calls, including notifying their local FD. The FD arrived, although it was not required as the facility response team had matters under control before their arrival, the FD felt it was necessary to issue a SIP alert for those within 1,000′ of the facility. This...
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Employees such as chemical process operators may be required to shut down processes, close emergency valves and otherwise secure operations that are not in the hot zone or danger area before evacuating in the event of an emergency. (See 29 CFR 1910.38(a)(2)(ii).) These procedures need to be delineated carefully, and employees must be trained to be able to perform these pre-evacuation procedures safely....
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For SAFTENG members… I have revised my Car-Seal Program to incorporate the “attendance requirements” for deviated valves.
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