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' i'A" ! 5 i Hoc 16149 00380401 ** BFG 1MS/VS---------- MESSAGE SWITCHING** BEST: CLEVP ORIOfi CCKOOV _________________________OATgi 02/04/SS RETR NOs 00204 .................... .. TIMES 12:02:3/ CS. F. LEFEBVRE/E. C. MARTINELLI - CLEV H. MALTEMATE - CLEV t R. E. PASQUALlV JR. - CLEV R. A. KELLEY - AKRON J. D. KRUMHQLZ/G, E. H1GBV - AKftNP R. A. ACCARINOW. E. HORTON - AVONP R. M. KREAGER/J. L. FRANCIS - AVLWP R. D. HARDESTY/S. C, ALTEN - AVLWP T, M, JONES/J. D. CARONA - CONVP J.'t. M1LLER/W. C. FULTZ - ORF&F ' J. P. GR1FFIN/R. J. GRAHEK - HNRYP R. W. TAYLOR/L, V. GOODE - LPTXP W. L. SMITH/P. W. SHORE - LALBP R. L. MARTIN/E. L. BEELER - LVILP Vl. TSfAGY/Ca CV'LEH " NIAGARA' FALLS G. A. KASWELL/D. E. FREY - PTViNP ' C. D. LANGL01S/R. M. SANDFRY - FLAQP L. J. MATHEWS/D. T. BOUMANS - NCHCP R- FQKCIER/C. BAYARD - SHAWIN1GAN G. MORLEY/C. MEHL - ATLTON VIA CLEVELAND SAFETY incident of EXPERIENCE VALUE REPETITIVE INCIDENT ..TYPE #15. . MISCELLANEOUS (CHEMICAL RELEASE) EDC/VINYL depart ment on Friday, , at approximately noo hours the plant EXPI-ttltNLHi A VINYL CHLnKlUb CHEMICAL RELEASE* ' THb INC I DEN I INCURRED ) WHEN (HE #1 VINYI KI.WnRK TUMI' TFAlED? POIMINi* IHE PUMP MN 1 IS BASE, DREAHNO 1HL 2" SUCTION LINE AND A 1" NIPPLE lN IMF MSiHAhcb I JN = . THb PUMP WAS LUCAIED AT IHE VINYL 1AIJT "FARM. THE RELEASE WAS QUICKLY ISOLATED AND WATER SPRAY WAS USED TO DISPERSE "THE~VAP"OkS- 1 1 ........... ............. AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, PERSONNEL WORKING IN THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING WERE MOVED TO ANOTHER PLANT LOCATION, THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT. [ FULL report to Follow.""' " { MIKE ,FQX SR, SAFETY ENGINEER /SJP 2--04--85 .. - -/ . - .. il N0C 16150 ^F-FEB 04 785 092 08 CflLUERT CITV KV r ' / u . U/7t/c_/\ w/A / t-A Hoffi; ^ -< 7" <^-rr y R. Paquali W, Holbrook G. Lefebvre HrsWalteroate telecopy: R. Jewell SUNDAY. FEBRUARY &, 1985 ` THE PADUCAH SUN, PADUCAH. KV. B-- This was the scene at The BF Goodrich Co- pUmt In Calvert city after a vinyl chloride spOl Friday. Aboat 30 employees were evaconl from an administration building as a safety precaution. is*flptwi>y.ktaP*r Calvert City plant spills cause few problem CALVERT CITY, Sy. -- No injuries or major damage was reported in two unrelated chemical spills which occurred at the BF Goodrich Co. plant here Thunday and Friday. Friday's stall, which involved vinyl chloride, required the evacuation of about 30 employees in the administration building, said plant manager Wayne Morris- The spill occurred at U ajn, Morris said the evacuation was a safety utica because the wind was blowing vapors . chloride, a carcinogen, toward the building. He said the normal acceptable level of the chemical is one part per ndflioo, and levels in excess oflO ports pet mlBica ware detected. "It was not serious from an explosion or fire standpoint, but it was because * the concern that people would be exposed," Morris said- The workers were moved to another part of the plant and no Injuries were reported- Morris said the Chemical spilled from a recovery system which sends unacceptable cloride back Into the processing system. A in a recovery line broke. Officials said they did not know how much of the chemical spilled. Production in the rest of the plant was not oitormfawl. MrtrWa taifi. OaThursdey. an undetermined quantity of ethylene dl-ddoride leaked from an underground sewer line and Into an abandoned storm sewer which leads directly to the Tennessee River. Officials of Paducah Water Works, which takes water from the Ohio River about 1$ miles below the plaid, said they had been notified of the spill, but had not been told of any dangerous levels of the chemical In the rivers. Morris said the chemical leaked into the storm sewer when a 24-inch line leading from the plant to a collection system apparently broke. He said the tine Is IS feet below foe-surface of the action was taken to block storm-sewer Use. Workers on Friday used at 80 yards of concrete from Federal Material Paducah to block the line. The spill was reported to investigators for Kentucky Hatanl Resource and Ewinwrae aProtection Cabinet. An Investigator spend Th night and Friday morning at the plant ed to direct efforts to con*ta*in "the; ^ Devon of the env reap team said the chemical did not spin into river In dangerous amounts. A small emoui the chemical is ordinarily discharged Into water, and the amount that reached the i was back to usual levels even before the was contained. "Everything is back to normal operation, said- "At no .time was anybody or anythin danger." NGC 16351