February 14, 2012

Vehicles and process safety

An incident where a car hit a chemical storage tote has been reported. Ensure you have identified all possible points of impact of vehicles. Piperacks, storage tanks, culverts, loading/unloading stations are all areas which you should study for a possible vehicle collision. I had been to a large refinery which had expanded in the space available. (There was a huge space deficit). Their staff bus had to cut across two units, along a narrow culvert carrying hydrocarbon pipelines. Its a disaster waiting to happen.
Read about the car accident in this link
 

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