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PLANT MANAGER'S SAFETY BOARD MINUTES OF MEETING DECEMBER 17, 1980 Present were: C.M. Cruse G.A. Danner G.W. Daues J.A. Glass D.E. Kaldenberg B. C. Lancaster Jim Gatewood for C.M. McCullough Henry Schroeder for D.W. Metten C. F. Navarrete M.L. Owens G.T. Ryan R.E. Bretz for J.G. Trafton G.L. Tromblee I. REVIEW OF STATISTICS---J.A. Glass A. Texas City Plant Safety Performance Summary ~ November 1980 1979 1980 1980 NOV YTD NOV YTD TARGETS TOTAL INJURY CASES 12 189 11 211 -- RECORDABLE CASES (A) WITHOUT LOST WORKDAYS (medical treatment only) (B) LOST WORKDAYS **B! RESTRICTED ACTIVITY **B2 DAYS AWAY FROM WORK (C) FATALITIES 1 17 02 01 01 __ 0 __ 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 19 23 0 --2-- 0 TOTAL RECORDABLE CASES __ 1 19 0 11 22 *A+B+C = TOTAL RECORDABLE INJURIES **Bi+B2 " (B) TOTAL LOST WORKDAY CASES INJURY RATES PER 200,000 MANHOURS 1979 1960 1980 MTD YTD MTD YTD TARGETS TOTAL INJURY - TIR TOTAL RECORDABLE - TRR TOTAL LOST WORKDAY - TLWR DAYS-AWAY-FROM-WORK - DAWR 8.56 11.92 0.71 1.20 0.00 0.13 0.00 0.06 8.57 0.00 0.00 0.00 13.34 0.70 0.13 0.13 -- 1.26 0.40 -- YTD 1980 MCIC TARGET YTD -- 1.94 0.58 -- -- 1.47 0.33 0.24 sc 003347 LAM004361 B. Comments on Statistics There were fewer Total Injuries in November 1980 than 1979. However, the Year-to-Date is about 10Z higher than tie same time last year. We believe that we are getting good reporting of injuries and that the Total Injury Bate is indicative of the change in Total Injuries since June 1 of this year. The trendline on Total Injuries has been above expected for about five months now. This is confirmed by the Total Injury numbers for Manufacturing and Maintenance groups. It is significant only in that it may be an early indicator of a let-down in safety awareness. There were no Recordable Injuries during November, bringing the total for the year to 11 vs. 19 this time last year. Projected statistics through December indicate that we should improve our overall performance as compared to last year. We are continuing the downward trend that began In 1976. C. Onits and Groups with Rising Trendlines Units and groups with rising trendlines are Department 51 and Power 2. Units showing significant improvement since last month are Carpenters and Laborers, both improving after several months of con tinuing increase. D. Contractor Safety--C.M. McCullough The trendline charts for both total contractors and Capital Project group will be attached to these minutes. In Capital Projects, both Total Injury Rate and Recordable Injury Rate declined. Total contractors are up slightly since September in both Total Injuries and Total Recordables. All figures are significantly lower than last year. E. CEP Project Safety--B.C. Lancaster During the month of November, CED Construction had four Injuries, three were Recordable and all three of these resulted in days away from work. There was one eye injury, one back strain and one in which a pipefitter dropped a valve on his foot. CED safety sta tistics are attached. CED announced the resignation of Barry Kane, their Safety Engineer, but stated that it was their intent to replace him. SC 003348 LAM004362 Page 3 II. REPORT OF THE SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SAC)--G.W. Daues A. EPP Drill SAC will observe Control Center and other pertinent functions in the EPP drill scheduled in December. Critique will be reviewed at January PMSB. B. Employee Training The Texas City policy on safety glasses will be distributed through the line via General Superintendents for refresher training on this subject. D. Breathing Air System DMEH issued guidelines on facial hair requirements for breathing air masks. LP&S reported that Texas City policy on this subject is in compliance. A Capital Project for improvement of Texas City breathing air system is now planned for approval in early 1981. E. Ladder Inspection In November, the PMSB requested SAC to determine if a better "second-check" system can be developed for ladder inspections. We are now recommending that in August of each year, special emphasis be put on checking all ladders as part of the Annual Safety and Housekeeping Inspection preparations. This is, of course, in addi tion to the regular unit inspection of ladders. The Plant Manager has some concerns with this proposal and has asked SAC to prepare a revised P-Bulletin that incorporates desired changes. No changes in the system will be made until the Board has a chance to review the revised P-Bulletin. F. Telephone System--False Alarms A test was run on December 8, 1980, which determined that intercep tion of an alarm by the Sergeant of the Guards can be accomplished. However, when the guard then activates the system, the code can be in progress resulting in a partial code on the first signal. This would be confusing. The problem is being investigated by M1SD and Maintenance. G. Contractor Safety and Industrial Hygiene An outline of considerations to be made with regard to contractor accident/injury reporting and investigating was issued by T.F. Evans, sc 003349 LAM004363 Page 4 Director OSHA Administration, in September 1980. J.A. Glass and L. Schwab have written a reply. Both these memos will be reviewed by SAC to develop policy in this area. The subject of Monsanto's liability vs. ethical responsibility in contractor hygiene matters has been assigned to SAC for policy development. H. Superhazardous Materials Review is still underway on the proposed P-procedure on this subject. III. REPORT OF THE SAFETY AND HOUSEKEEPING ACTION COMMITTEE (SHAC)--C.M. Cruse A. MCI Annual Inspection--A memo has been issued and target dates are being set for action plans on each of the items in the MCI Inspection Report. An up-to-date status will be published prior to the next meeting of the PMSB. B. Status of AVIP(SHAC)--C.M. Cruse The Accelerated Vessel Inspection Program is 94Z on schedule. There are a number of inspection reports not yet completed and filed. It is expected that the program will be 97Z on schedule by year end. Max Cruse indicated that we are falling behind in some of the acoustic emission testing, especially of some brick lined vessels. C. Status of S-T-A-R-T Safety Program--C.M. Cruse Session III of the S-T-A-R-T program has been prepared and will be issued and reviewed with the Plant Manager's Safety Board on January 21, 1981. The Plant Manager is requesting a status report from each of the General Superintendents on the progress of the S-T-A-R-T program in all departments. This will be included in the Annual Performance Reviews- D. Hourly Safety Committee Items--C.M. Cruse 1. Last year, the S&PP Survey contained a suggestion that a hierarchy of car seals be developed. This item has been studied by the Hourly Safety Committee and SHAC. The Hourly Safety Committee recommends, and SHAC endorsed, that yellow car seals be used for identifying and locking items in critical service. These items include block valves on relief valves and ruptured disks, breathing air, backflow preventer bypasses and items of this nature. Highlight painting of ruptured disk installations was rejected because the cost/benefit ratio was considered too high. The yellow car seal can be readily seen for purposes of visual checks SC 003350 LAM004364 Page 5 0 The Plant Manager's Safety Board discussed this recommendation which led to a broader discussion of the subject of hierarchy of interlocks. The SAC was assigned the responsibility to review this recommendation along with the hierarchy of interlocks control problem for a discussion with the Plant Manager prior to the next meeting. 2. Ground Fault Interrupters--The Hourly Safety Committee brought a suggestion regarding the kind of GFI's being used by some contractors. They believe that these GFI's are easier to bypass than the type used by Monsanto. Max Cruse has issued a nemo to both Bolton, Lancaster and Crow asking for a review of the Hourly Safety Committee's concern about these GFI's. IV. STATUS OF LOSS INCIDENT REPORTS, NOVEMBER 1980--R.T. Hammann/J.A. Glass There are no outstanding reports at this time. V. S&PP FOLLOW-OP--J.A. Glass A copy of the up-to-date status of the S&PP recommendations was issued in late November. The up-to-date status of this report will be forwarded to S&PP for their comment. (Done) VI. STATUS OF THE BREATHING AIR SYSTEM PROJECT--G.T. Ryan The revision of the breathing air system has been designed and an Appropriation Request to cover the project has been prepared. Pre approval money will be requested after the first of the year to cover the cost of long delivery items. The project is receiving the highest priority in Engineering. The Appropriation Request is expected to leave Texas City before the end of the year. VII. REVIEW OF INCIDENTS Monsanto Incidents Incident No. Description 80-50 Investigation of air machine turbine bearing damage in AN-5; Dept. 51 (M.T. DeVore) 11/18/80 80-51 Near Miss--Flash fire in Methanol area no injuries; Dept. 44 (J.A. Martin) 10/28/80 80-52 Laceration of hand requiring stitches; Shops (H. Jackson) J SC 003351 lPiN\0065 Page 6 Contractor Incidents Date Incident Ho. Description 11/10/80 C-44 Opel pipefitter sustained cut to hand requiring stitches; Dept. 15 (T. Sweeney) VIII. FAMILY SAFETY MAGAZINE---J.A. Glass The Loss Prevention and Safety Department recommended renewal of the Family Safety Magazine that is sent to the homes of all employees. The Plant Manager accepted this recommendation and the subscriptions will be renewed. IX. EMERGENCY PROCEDURE PLAN DRILL It was announced at the Plant Manager's Safety Board meeting that a drill would be held that day. The drill was held and the critiques will be developed by the various organizations within the Emergency Procedure Plan and these critiques will be forwarded to the Safety Advisory Committee for summarizing the results of the test. br 1/14/81 Attachments J. Arnold Glass SC 003352 LAM004366 Cummulntive flR Cumnnilative In ju r ie s Total Injuries "Total Injury Rate 1 50.0 '40.0 | 30.0 20.0 10.0 DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. Recordable Injuries Recordable Injury Rate MAY JUN. JUI_ AUG. SEP. OCT. NOV. DEC. Cumimilative Recordable In ju rie s / Cummulatlue RIR SC 003353 LAM004367 Total Injuries^ Total Injury Rate Cummulative TIR Cummulatiye RIR *3 Recordable Injuries Recordable Injury Rate SC 003354 iaW*#*3"8 CED CONSTRUCTION TEXAS CITY PLANT ACCIDENT STATISTICS TOTAL INJURE CASES RECORDABLE CASES (a) Without Lost Workday's (Medical Treatment Only) (b) Lost Workdays 1. Restricted Activity 2. Days Away From Work (c) Fatalities NOVEMBER 1980 17 0 3 0 3 0 YTD as of 12/1/80 105 5 11 0 11 0 Total Recordable Cases Total Manhours Worked (MBW) 3 41,241_ 16 223,616 Frequency Rates/200,000 MBW Total Injury Rate Total Recordable Rate Total Lost Workday Rate Total Days Away From Work Rate 82.4 14.5 14.5 14.5 93.9 14.3 9.8 9.8 SC 003355 LAM004369 5 4- OUl ,E*?V:3 u> sc 003356 uo> vnn LAM004370 yft o 5 o get i _S <n . uu <H3 1 ctQh- *T \ 08bl 003357 V a ? / < \ * :5 / / LAI\A004371 'A ' Y- O' sc 003346 \ I 1 / LAM004360 0861