I just heard there was an explosion at one of the plants in Pasadena. All our Southeast 'boxers okay?
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Good to know. Thanks for the update.Our Fishhouse
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I am alive.
A friend of mine used to work in that plant... he is very glad to not be working there anymore. He told me about some things in that plant, does not suprise me.380G For Sale $3000 Acrylic tank & stand
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The article says it has been cited over 20 times since 2004. I'm not sure what the "standard" is for citations on industrial chemical processing, but 0 seems like a good number for me. I like how the article says the citations were for minor things like monitoring valves... except that valves are what keep pressures and concentrations in check, and prevent things like, explosions!
People will probably get a slap on the wrist and they will continue with what they were doing. Maybe a fine that equates to .0001% of someone's paycheck. Sad day75 planted (Being Renovated)
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One of the morning shows the other day said that the plant had never since it had been built in 2002 in its current format ever been inspected.. Simply to large of a backlog.
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Your first external inspection has to occur in 5 years after being put into service.
Depending on your corrosion rate, your first internal inspection occurs 1/2 of your remaining life or 10 years for a pressure vessel which ever comes first.
Given they were a Acid plant, they should have had a more agressive inspection plan.380G For Sale $3000 Acrylic tank & stand
300G Petrochromis Trewavasae and Tropheus mpimbwe Red Cheek & Duboisi
180G For Sale $1,100 Oceanic Cherry with Stand, T5HO Lights, (2) Eheim 2262
150G Tropheus Annectens Kekese & Ikola
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Originally posted by geoff_tropheus View PostYour first external inspection has to occur in 5 years after being put into service.
Depending on your corrosion rate, your first internal inspection occurs 1/2 of your remaining life or 10 years for a pressure vessel which ever comes first.
Given they were a Acid plant, they should have had a more agressive inspection plan.120g - Tropheus Moorii Kambwimba
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As soon as you develope a fool proof inspection/maintenance system ; along comes a bigger fool.
I was with Amoco R&D 34 yr doing things like metallurgical failure analysis, and writing ASTM, API, NACE specs and standards. I would say the industry/inspector/maintenance does a great job. The general public is amazingly unaware. Refinerys are handling tons/minute of "gasoline" at up to 1100F, etc,etc.
Example of what they must deal with: Newcastle DE, maintenance required on a HDPE unit (hexane at 500psig and 500F) . Two guys go to control room to advise and get "hot work" permits. WHILE other 2 guys start dismantling a 6" valve incorrectly - the 4 maintenance guys were in a hurry to get home to watch a baseball game. The valve came apart before the operators had isolated it . Five died and the plant was destroyed.
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What some issues are is that this plant is small, and its a Petrochemical facility. OSHA is heavily entrained into the Refineries and lots of smaller Petrochemical facilities have little to no resources for Mechanical Integrity programs.
This plant in particular is one of these very small sites, that could not provide inspection records because of budget, and basically open admitted to not having a program.
Just glad no one was hurt or killed in this one.380G For Sale $3000 Acrylic tank & stand
300G Petrochromis Trewavasae and Tropheus mpimbwe Red Cheek & Duboisi
180G For Sale $1,100 Oceanic Cherry with Stand, T5HO Lights, (2) Eheim 2262
150G Tropheus Annectens Kekese & Ikola
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