Yesterday morning (9/11), a hot work related accident was happened at Dupont’s Yerkes plant on River Road in Tonawanda, US. In that work accident one contractor worker was killed and another worker was injured.
The accident was happened when two contractor workers were welding on a 10,000 gallon chemical storage tank. The tank exploded during the welding work. The tank is usually used to store vinyl fluoride.
According to Dupont official, the chemical storage tank was emptied and cleaned up for several times to make sure it is safe to do welding work. However, some chemical reactions took place when the welding work was in process and caused the chemical storage tank exploded. (more…)
Tags: safety precaution, chemical storage, recent hot work, work permit, chemical storage tankOn last 21 July 2010, The US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released explosion investigation results at Veolia ES Technical Solution Plant. The gas explosions caused two people injured and the plant was temporarily shut down. It also damaged twenty houses and five businesses near the plant.
The gas explosion which happened on May 4, 2009, was triggered by flammable vapor that was released from a waste recycling plant. Flammable vapor was then ignited and exploded. (more…)
Tags: flammable vapors, investigation results, Texas City Refinery, Disaster Accident
Three weeks ago, I read news about US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) guidelines on the prevention of explosion. These guidelines are aim to prevent explosion related to any hot work, which has caused many workers in the US died.
CSB developed these hot work guidelines after investigating 60 deaths in industrial explosion in the past 20 years in the US.
Let’s take a look at the explosion at a Packaging Corporation of America Plant in Tomahawk in 2008, (more…)
Tags: Texas City Refinery, vapor test, Man-Made Disaster, hazard identification list, 80-foot-tall tank, US Chemical Safety BoardMiddletown power plant exploded on last 7 February, when natural gas vent operation was being done. The accident caused at least 6 people died and several others injured. Several similar accidents had also occurred in the past.
In the Middletown power plant explosion, there were some important notes that we could take whenever we do similar operation. Chemical Safety Board said Middletown explosion was due to lack of safety measures. (more…)
Tags: work sites, similar operation, many things
Last June 20, 2009, a maintenance worker was killed when a high-pressure refrigerant line ruptured and four other employees were injured, at a poultry processing plant in Lumberton, U.S (fayobserver.com). The refrigerant was ammonia. The Department of Labor then found some safety violations that lead to the accident.
At least 20 serious safety violations were found. These findings made the states to fine the company by penalties of $73,325. (more…)
Tags: Mechanical engineering, Dangerous goods, high pressure, maintenance workLast month Karen Cossalter, wife of one of men who died in industrial accident at the Lakehead Blacktop & Materials Inc. landfill in the village of Superior on November 1, 2007, filed the second lawsuit in Douglas County Court.
According to dglobe.com that complaint accuses J. Kimmes Construction of one count of negligence and one count of safe place violation for failing to provide a safe workplace, adequate supervision, proper maintenance and adequate safety measures at the landfill. (more…)
Tags: Wrongful death claim, Lakehead Blacktop, lawsuit cash advance
