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r BFGoodrich Tha BFGoodrich Company Chemical Group 6100 Oak Tree Boulevard Cleveland. Ohio 44131 216-447-6000 July 7, 1983 RECEIVED HJL 13 m Mr. Jim Wallace Attached are the results of the agenda survey I conducted for the forthcoming 1983 October meeting. I received responses from 13 companies with 19 individual preferences. Volunteers have offered to present 17 topics. However, some contacts need to be made within an organization. In addition, we have four current histories to be presented. I have also made arrangements with Captain W. T. "Billy" Poe of the Louisiana State Police to present the September 28, 1982, Livingston, Louisiana derailment. I plan to have his presentation at Thursday's lunch. The survey indicated ten other topics with interest from over half of the respondees. I have indicated these with "NEED SPEAKER". Please review the ten topics and try to locate a volunteer to present a topic. Please look within your company and also consider other VCSA members. A prompt response would be appreciated to allow time to conduct a survey. I do feel that the agenda is coming along quite well and will make for another successful meeting. Please provide me with any other suggestions you might have for further improvement. wpl0/3095q-l cc: Mr. Richard Frohreich Mr. Herb G. Olson Mr. Jim Gabbett H. Waltemate VCSA Program Chairman OCC 4514 -1- CASE HISTORIES TOPIC OF INTEREST WILLING TO PRESENT OLD CASE HISTORY o Thompson Chemical Explosion 1964 9 Need Speaker o Hooker Burlington plant fire 1968 9 Prog. Will Contact Occidental o Tankcar Derailment - Glendora, Mississippi 1969 4 o Tenneco Flemington plant fire 1969 8 Prog. Will Contact Tenneco o Goodyear Plaquemine plant fire 1972 8 Prog. BFG-D. Langlois o Great American explosion and fire 1980 o Other old case histories which have high interest 12 5 Prog. Will Contact Great American o Over pressurization of a PVC reactor Prog. Norsk Hydro P. Rangnes CURRENT CASE HISTORY o True confession of a current case history 13 1 - Bursting of a resin hopper truck 2 - Rupture of a VCM line at a pump 3 - 1982 VCM tank car derailment and clean-up in Texas 4 - Polyperoxide explosion 1983 Diamond Shamrock (Group Participation) Prog. ESSO-J. Wallace Prog. ESSO-J. Wallace Prog. CONOCOR. Frohreich Prog. Will Contact Diamond HEALTH o Angio sarcoma update o Discussion of similarities of plants with multiple cases of angio sarcoma 11 Prog. Air Products J. Barf 11 Prog. BFG-M. Johnson wpl0/2103q-3 OCC 4515 * * r -2- HEALTH (Cont'd) o PVC Dust o Females in work areas o Other health topics o Osteoporosis SAFETY EQUIPMENT o Area monitoring systems o Leak detectors o Personnel monitoring equipment o Limit switches o Interlocks o' Respiratory equipment o Inspections of safety equipment o Other safety equipment topics o In-line 02 and LEL monitoring o Fenceline monitoring SAFETY PROGRAMS o Safety performance assessment o Hot work system o Vessel entry system o Lockout system o Maintenance work order system o Other safety program topics wpl0/2103q-4 -- -- - ---;-------- -- TOPIC OF INTEREST WILLING TO PRESENT 13 Prog. ICI-J. Vaughan 6 1 10 Need Speaker 11 Need Speaker 14 Need Speaker 6 Prog. Conoco J. McCulley 5 3 4 1 1 7 Prog. ICI-J. Vaughan 5 11 Need Speaker 3 5 ........ -- - -w- --- - -------- --------- ---- OCC 4516 -3- TOPIC OF INTEREST . VCM STORAGE o Update of revisions made to VCM storage as a result of BFG Altona release 14 Prog. o Evacuation plans and training 12 Prog. o Testing and inspection 7 o Other VCM storage topics 2 o Survey of types of connections used for railcars and their effectiveness 1 WILLING TO PRESENT BFG (Group Participation) BFG-T. Jones TRANSPORTATION o Livingston, LA September 28, 1982 derailment involving 7 tankcars of vinyl chloride o Experience with the required head shields, shelf couplers, and thermal shields o Water transportation o Highway transportation o Other transportation topics o Pipeline transportation 13 Luncheon Louisiana State Speaker Police-Captain W. T. Poe 5 1 1 SAFETY TRAINING o New employee o Fire fighting o Material safetydata sheet information o Hazards of lead o Customer requests 5 5 2 2 2 wpl0/2103q-5 OCC 4517 -4- SAFETY TRAINING (Cont'd) TOPIC OF INTEREST WILLING TO PRESENT 0 VCl training required by government 5 0 Plant evacuation 0 Conducting effective safety meetings 9 Prog. BFG-T. Jones 3 o Other training topics PROCESS SAFETY o Closed reactor safety hazards o High pressure water cleaning system o Emergency standby power o Blasting inside reactors o Outdoor versus indoor plants o Controlling runaway reactions o Inspection process piping o Electrical equipment in hazardous areas o Other process safety topics o VCM manufacturing topics o Survey reactor level alarms ' 12 11 9 5 4 15 6 6 1 1 Need Speaker Need Speaker Need* Speaker Need Speaker 4- * ENVIRONMENTAL - REGULATORY o Handling VCM waste from small pilot plants 5 o Regulatory update 11 o Update on EPA-OSHA court action 11 o Update on PVC food application regulation U.S.A. - 11 European - 5 wpl0/2103q-6 _________ _________________ ________ _______ Prog. ESSO/ICl Dr. T. MacEvan Prog. BFG-W. Holbrook Prog. BFG-W. Holbrook Need Speaker OCC 4518