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Vinyl Chloride Safety Association Topics Tor Kext Meeting st conditions and control for safety purposes especially v/itb lead, cadmium etc. in the compounding operation. Protect electrical conduits from small blowouts. Prevention of monomer ignition outside the plant during monomer venting from reactors or other vessels,Catalyst decomposition. Safety problems in vinyl chloride monomer plants. Occupational Safety and Health Act. -- Plant safely design and spacing. Handling and shipping of VCM. Should equipment be Ghul down during a major vapor release? Air plliution - VC monomer. ilities to cut down vent gas in order to reduce the concentration t:ontaminant3 in air. Special problems with large reactors, above say 7M gallons. Equipment failure. Equipment obsolescence. JvlVC-leakages and control of them, MVC fire control Experiences in safety. Spark sources due to static electricity. VCM sniffing. Power failures and its control. Accidents, descriptions and recommendations. OCC 4616 Vinyl Chlorine Safely Association Tnr.icr for ne:;t * 'cfciinrt____________ Parte -2- '2^^ Ilea cl or entry procedures. 23. -P.eactor cleaning. 24. Gas detection systems (locations and types). 24. Safety L relief valve testing (frequency and methods). 25. Update on OSRA and its effects. '."26. Accident experiences. . ----- _ Design criteria for large reactors. <28. Safety problems in VClvf plants. <29. OSHA - 1973. 430. Guidelines or criteria for safety. '31. Major emphasis on accidents - near misses and solutions. Accident review. 33, Standard (on blend tanks). '34. Tape library (pro and con). ' 35. Handling monomer spills. 36. Incidnnts within past year. (37..._; V/hat have we learned from vapor cloud study? V/hat does this mean to our operations? 38. Operator training. '39. Vessel inspection. .40, Since there have been so many incidents of peroxide catalyst decompactions (8 in 31 members in pact year) recommend we review problems in cat" ivr.t handling as a major topic. 4J., Review of accident incidents - willing to lead discussion. OCC 4617 inyl Chloride Safely Association tnicr. {': r n f ,Mec!ir,c, Pape -3- Sutjecls unable to cover in-1/21 - 2/1 meeting. ^Wdditiona 1 review of OSI-JA inspected plants. Catalyst handling 8 accidents this past year shows need to review tlis topic. Safety criteria or guidelines for establishing of individual safety procedures. Plant losses and near misses. Reporting and investigating procedures. Safety criteria. Safely problems with solvent cleaning systems. High pressure cLcaning. Minimum safe manpower level. Reactor obsolescence. A^^ Summary (will help). FLA summary report and deluge design. High prcsDurc cleaning. Legal problems - Tapes, Standards, etc. OSHA and hygiene update. Relief valve sizing. Update of 1PP storage and handling, initiators handling and storage update. Valving update plus automation and remoling. )SHA update. >iscusoion on other OSHA inspections. OCC 4618 Vinyl Chloride Safety A ssocialion Tonic.', /or next Meeting_______ Parc. -4~ Safety shutdown system design, maintenance. A5. Handling of VCM discharges from safety relief systems. 66. Use of foam to control vaporization of VCM liquid spills. X67. Short review of OSHA or KIOSHA inspections. /^S. X&9. More direct safety problems in VC1 production. Prjly entry procedures with respect to analysis of atmosphere in vessel before entry. 70. Proper grounding of equipment. /71. More time should be devoted to developing procedures, preventing serious accidents. Subjects to be based on most frequent types of serious accidents, by statistics - fires - asphyxiation. For the limited number of plants involved it seems to me that we have more serious accidents or potentially serious accidents than a chemical plant should ba\'e each year. OCC 4619