A fatal accident due to non barricading of manways

Plant personnel often take manholes for granted. In a vessel or equipment that has its manway opened. In this refinery accident a person was killed when he entered through a manway that was not barricaded. Read about the incident in this link.


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Four workers critically injured in fire at Louisiana refinery - World Socialist Web Site

Four workers critically injured in fire at Louisiana refinery - World Socialist Web Site

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Innovative pipe bursting technology for online replacement of underground water lines

Innovative pipe bursting technology!
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/arlington-citizen-journal/article64268447.html

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Fire in Jamnagar refinery kills 2, injures 8

NDTv  reports that two people have died and eight others injured after a fire broke out at the refinery site of Reliance Industries in Gujarat's Jamnagar. It is reported that the  fire broke out in the fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU), which was under maintenance,

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CSB Investigators Deploying to Fire at ExxonMobil Refinery in Baton Rouge, LA

 CSB Investigators Deploying to Fire at ExxonMobil Refinery in Baton Rouge, LA

Washington DC, November 23, 2016 – A three person investigative team from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) is deploying to the scene of an incident that injured six workers – including four critically – on Tuesday, November 22 at the ExxonMobil Refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
According to initial inquiries, flammable vapors were released during unplanned maintenance around a pump. Although there was no explosion, the release ignited and caused a large fire.
“The CSB has investigated too many incidents at refineries across the country,” said Chairperson Vanessa Sutherland. “As an agency, we continue to be concerned about the safety of oil and gas workers and their surrounding communities. The management of risk is an important part of any high hazard operation.”
ExxonMobil’s Baton Rouge Refinery is one of the country’s 150 refineries covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Process Safety Management regulations. Despite some positive initial steps toward improvement in process safety management at the federal level, CSB investigations have emphasized the need for a more comprehensive process safety management system in the U.S. to protect worker safety, public health, and the environment.  In fact, the modernization of process safety management regulations is one of the CSB’s Drivers of Critical Chemical Safety Change, a list of key chemical safety advocacy initiatives.
The CSB is an independent federal agency whose mission is to drive chemical safety change through independent investigations to protect people and the environment.
The agency’s board members are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. CSB investigations look into all aspects of chemical accidents, including physical causes such as equipment failure as well as inadequacies in regulations, industry standards, and safety management systems.
For more information, contact Hillary Cohen (traveling with the team) at 202.446.8094 or via email at public@csb.gov.

 

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Safety Alert - Vacuum trucks

 Department of Labor Safety Alert - Vacuum trucks

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4 killed, 13 injured in phosgene gas leakage at GNFC plant in Dahej

4 killed, 13 injured in phosgene gas leakage at GNFC plant in Dahej: Mishap takes place late last night when mechanical failure in a chemical reactor at the company's Toluene Di-Isocyanate plant

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Caustic Vapors Ruined Biggest US Refinery | AIChE

Caustic Vapors Ruined Biggest US Refinery | AIChE

Even though this incident happended some time ago, it is worth a re read!!


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Operating experience with hypo system in lieu of chlorine

An inherently safer system of using hypo instead of chlorine dosing in cooling water systems is prevalent in many industries. A good presentation on the operating issues with such a system is in this link.

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Lessons to learn from water treatment plant accident

 Lessons to learn from water treatment plant accident

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Some more safety system myths

 Some more safety system myths

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Emergency evacuation - lessons to be learnt from the aviation industry

https://www.runwaygirlnetwork.com/2016/10/29/aa383-chicago-767-fire-highlights-evacuation-safety-issues/

 

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