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August 13, 1979 TO: ALL SUPERVISION - LIST "A" FROM: S F DIVISION VICTORIA PLANT CENTRAL SAFETY COMMITTEE MINUTES OF MEETING HELD WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1979 Members Present: Members Absent: ! A. D. Cyphers - Chairman R. M. Robertson ; 0. A. Sampson E. J. Warwas | F. W. Farnsworth C. R. Steele D. J. Logan R. E. Keith G. R. Ehrman H. W. Shahan ' J. V. Woodrick J. M. Kayser G. W. Mallett (for R. M. Robertson)W. T. Procter i B. L. Sutphen R. A. Bates (for E. J. Warwas) Visitors: i W. T. Dodson B. W. Hardy C. F. Richter, Jr. D. G. Jentsch E. D. Spiegelhauer H. F. Charlton G. W. Mallett R. W. Hoffman (for R. E. Keith) R. A. Bates M. A. Ervin W. P. Ledet A. H. Nickolaus ; R. W. Hoffman \ H. W. Anderson W. R. Stevens B. W. Culpepper J. E. Borden C. E. Bunn S. V. Hinson (Construction) DUP 0801499 DU 007966 Victoria Plant Central Safety Committee Minutes of Meeting Held Wednesday, August 8 1979 Page 2 I. The Monthly Safety Housekeeping Audits and Injury Summary for June were reviewed. ! There were several instances of poor practices of acid suit storage. I There were excessive numbers of out of date!inspections on ladders, electrical cords, etc. j A construction worker was noted without ear!plugs. Lack of barricading was noted where a coolef was being steamed. i A slipping hazard had been created by a steim trap discharge. An altered danger tag was noted. ' Two pairs of asbestos gloves were noted - All asbestos gloves should have been destroyed. i Poor storage practices of combustibles and flammables continue to be noted. I A steam station leak had saturated the grourid around a truck loading station,creating a booby trap. j Two instances were noted where rubbing contact was made be tween two lines, resulting in grooves being(worn in a process line and a conduit. A bucket on a work bench labeled Cesco 2000 icontained kerosene. | The number and type items noted indicates "sloppy" practices. Congratulations to the following Housekeeping Award winners: Acids Waste Vortex Burner, Transportation, Diamine Synthesis T/F, Acids Power Water Treatment and 518, 1519 8 509 T/F. It is noteworthy that Acids Power and/or AOTj has won the Good Housekeeping Award for six consecutive months. There were no high potential injuries in July. II. Incident Reports j Incident Reports Nos. 79-38 through 79-42 were ]reviewed. The following additional comments were made: ; 79-38 - This was a very high potential incident resulting in significant chlorine vaporizer improvements being made. This design inadequacy had escaped Process Hazards Surveys for several years - which raises the question of how many like situations have been overlooked by! Process Hazards Surveys. Every single area should be looked at by Process Hazards Survey on some frequency. The loophole DUP 0801500 DU 007967 Victoria Plant Central Safety Committee -- Minutes of Meeting Held Wednesday, August 8, 1979 j [Page 5 that permitted this situation should be!plugged by the Process Hazards Committee. j 79-40 - The Engineering group recommends that recommendation No. 4 not be instituted. I 79-41 - As a result of recommendation No. 1, all groups must develop procedures for removing radioactive sources. 79-42 - Recommendation No. 4, locking caps on connections, should come back before Central Safety for approval. III. Safety Activities - W. T. Dodson ! Note - See attachment #1 j IV. Securing Rail Cars in Storage - C. F. Richter j The committee of Richter, Rudisill, and Nashatker made the following recommendations to avoid unexpected movement of rail cars: 1. Set brakes on single cars I 2. Two cars coupled - set brakes on both j 3. Three or more cars coupled- set brakes on each end These recommendations will be incorporated iri S F Procedure No. 64. i C. F. Richter is to chair a committee composed of R. A. Rudisill, S. C. Nashatker, and production representatives from Nylon and Acids to make an in-depth study of S F No.[64. V. Industrial Hygiene Procedure No, 3 - A. H. Nickolaus The procedure was approved. VI. Crane Basket Work Procedure - H. F. Charlton Guidelines for using a crane basket to lift personnel were approved and will be added to S F Procedure No. 23. 1 VH. S F #43 - H. F. Charlton j A revision requiring Test Standards Committee approval for the use of a hydrostatic test media other than water each time it is used was approved. S F 43 will be revised!to reflect the change. VIII. Key Safety Data The incident frequency rate moved up in July, ahd the August in dications are that it will_continue this wrong \yay trend. Hot weather months are historically the worse time,land we must not let down on our safety"efforts . ! C EB/km s DU 007968 DUP 0801501