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DATE: TO:
FROM: OFFICE: SUBJECT
DECEMBER 10, 1992
KEITH WELLS, BILL STRUEBING, MARTY HAIBACH
C.C. JIM CLINE, ED PETRU, JIM MAHONEY,
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MAINTENANCE FOREMAN
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SAM CELUM III
MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT
REMOVAL OF INSULATION OFF PIPING IN THE REFINERY BY UNAUTHORIZED PERSONNEL
RECENTLY, IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO ATTENTION SEVERAL TIMES, UNAUTHORIZED PERSONNEL (KOCH AND CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEES) HAVE BEEN KNOCKING OFF AND/OR REMOVING INSULATION FROM PIPING AND VESSELS.
I ASK EACH OF YOU TO PLEASE REMIND YOUR GROUPS THAT THIS PRACTICE. IS UNACCEPTABLE DUE PRIMARILY TO REGULATIONS DRIVEN BY OSHA AND EPA. IN MOST CASES, IT TAKES MORE TO REPLACE OR REPAIR THE INSULATED AREAS WHERE IT HAS BEEN DESTROYED.
IN ADDITION, ALL OF THE ASBESTOS HAS NOT YET BEEN ABATED IN THE REFINERY. ONE RECENT INCIDENT WAS ASBESTOS, WHERE IT WAS KNOCKED OFF AND SCATTERED OVER A SIGNIFICANT AREA INSIDE A UNIT BOUNDARY, MAKING IT COSTLY AND VERY DIFFICULT TO CLEAN UP.
YOUR COOPERATION AND SUPPORT WILL BE APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU!
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