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Cj ;>, ;-= s;i Li I vjz X are the action - OX Tit nil C 1 : 1 11 Ij * ad1' '': 1 f r tv:, tha -ir-;n --l c?, - - m-. i dr: I or I he f; f-et v Assoc . aX 3 on U a-at 1 n c . i ) & " e jf* c v i cr` pm nfcs h a v bv h^* e n discue .3 '\ and I would anti Cl Q c t t? 1* c- c- d b a C f- |1V 0c t oner- C ! - 19Sl -- n .a c. c: a n: p 1 : u h m e? i : t a. DISCUSSION . f-- / summary o-f 1 :e meetino prestTritsfioni. HEM 1 HAZARD RATE GUANTIFICAJION FOR PVC REACIQRS i:: h C! 1 SC US 5s, I or- f quit tr^ r. i" r-. ! J i uV! t or med !,v nir !- r oduc t s - Lher: thev 1 c-ol o d ,-r i; them levels w: '.ir-. n the-] r re.-Jiv'. i on rfrsi, the-;- put the- areas e = 1. i ar:or: i Hi J I s-fl water m d Ref ' u,,' Cc'ndi-'nec-r a; . Sii:al i = fiii.n.<r:te - - r short sfcnu q.fs holder ri e ci a s s i r- a i or drop to a stripper" 3. Msstr-'s short. stopping; *'-1. Fupt jrs Disks. I would recommend "mat Frank, dc-'man ,, arid Bruce g-sh together end eve. I us t e each 0+ our mam areas fc--- control in !`he Pol vmsr i z at i on tui j c: mq and redrew -for evsmo'i!? cooi : na water, short =toc s v etetu, charp 1 no . agitation and 1 nstrumen t at i c-n . What as e the ttav views we hs',& to help us oe safe. For ece.mole rrder 0.10I mo 'v a ter. s-.s have diesel pump, `due.1 wafer levels on the cooLina + .- iv-ser ivies :'i. we are considering tire water far i un makeup tor r.hs cool m tower . We haves pr err-:: 11 ve flow alarms set at `50%. and we are loot- i no at 1 ro.or c-ved aodu'ir.q manual J v. With a snort stop system, we are iojun. r 2. np 1 r-men t i ng an effective s vs tern. t'nd^r charair.a to control pressure, ire have a checklist, radio -formula imput to The Control Room, and we use only one initiator. Under saltation, we nave duel e 1 ;v c t3. c: a j feeders, emerqency electioal backup from FF'3, ana annual preventative e J tr 1 c a I maintenance.-,, Under- i n- f '-ument a t i on , we have duel. PS IA and r"? IG sv = tems. one -r or control and one tor al arm. We fir. chit nesa cc-. consider adding a week 1 v measure or condenser and vessel cool i r.a cam bill ' , Also Che rate n-f- cooling water demand a..! arm on the comp uter ,, and 1.;? resort monthly or.- level performance. Again, I t h 1 n f t - "iice. and Lurmsn should review this kind if i n-f or mat 1 on ; comes up with s. Lake Charles view towards how we are considerably more sa-fe if: an we- have been :n the pa si.. CTL002536 ft' .."'U.--:. ;* L !: i i [7!- "Nj rEfNBEi?' AGirHJ1? \i ' - ON McE ! J r-'l' HEM 2 SAFETY RELIEF VALVE JESTING PROGRAM Hv'i'i I'Svna] d s m f-F'G ns t c-co: . -.I--* a snc-'r : *jw _ ^ i he: ! Z r*. f st v Rei i e- - >: J `.'S* iestl n G f- ; CCi S'!'! '-): V : h C J iwi l ; bt? J] 1 n; w : t r, ,`ifcni. Also, h; he-* haVt- i 1 |-ii_- !. 1 1 'fi 'rd > V- ,=; h-. ,t. oM IT :S ! :c wSblIii i` 1 :T: I'.J l h 'i : . ' O `JO preset cb sits His: iner thcraht the through '.'CM com! (.! L t`! = " t t-, the t cr the s . c-* em.. i-f'":r_1 tbs HVBtoi't casu $70, '.'00. ' i: was not^'l our i no the eanve^Sai i on i hat hit F'rod'jLts in PsriHJcoia. F 1 or 1 c!a also has-, a Safer Compute'" S ye tem with siit Oiiia 11 conta.ci inc wi U'i thy hi /i 1 Dfertni. e Department - IJEM 3 SAFE STORAGE OF PEROXIDE CATALYSTS lot? Kina >7!+ Occidental reported that the'/ nee a t:i t.roger, System j n tlifeir Initiator Si inter for o.er best protection rattier than water. ITEM 4 ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION! MANAGEMENT SYSTEM APPROACH Harm Waitimat.e of DFG pre^entad this paper, and the main point that he brought home w-s that, in Accident Investigations, we shoo. ' i, alwavs attempt to continue to answer the answer WHY. A! t ; very important for ,, to rememre- tnet ALL ACCIDENTS CAN EE PREVENTED*. AND MANAGEMENT CAN QQWIBQU SMECOYEE AQTiyjTJES.. He went on then to discuss the hot won perrai t procedure they have? and what they go through to te sure t..a eliminate accident:;:. We are attempting to get a. copv of this work. ITEM 5 dioxins and pvc A coov of an art:cl & presented Dr . Deuscni o- e.crer is a r. t. sensei as IJEM 6 COMMUNITY EMERGENCY PLANNING Presentation on Community Emergence Planning was qi veh bv Harm Waltimat :;( BFG. Ihsv basically rate* then- chemicals with what the-, call a Ha:*r inde1:. The obtain this Hazard Inde;: bv dividing the ID life nr the uEL divided bv the vapor pressure. For example, for VCM the number comes out 33.8. for ammonia it comes out 7.1, and for chlorine it comes out t: .02. The 1 owe*- the number the? more hazardous the materi ai . We should review the Cofnmunitv Emergency Planning Ouestiommirs in Appendi:-: 111. Rod and Erucie should attempt to fill this out so that we can discuss it curing October. U. 1(1 CTL002537 MNi -fC 1 I i i t l Mi . l. ;h _ hi . El TEF rij VHE FILE f'P TEMPER I'T . 1 AM':: h e' ' h ^ thr-i'~ -! - 1 ' * I ' h 1 Mb F 1 ] I l( ' 2 CQNIAINMEMI FOR VCM FROM EMERGENCY AND MANUAL RELEASES AT FORMOSA >11 Hanner haa rei ated that the".' ara u-.u r-q reauirea bv 1 he arai e ct . L aware ''l o 1": a v u a cC U cc-n t.a i nmc-.v! t s s t em. t h er ef or a rcir^G^ a has come u 1 I! add 3 nq Y new YD. r " cal lor, VCM stcra.j"' bt-.l lets l`ll C. ! \ J' cm oft their' ico ver C= item, Jr. t hi ndust^ bis is a bio au, a a 13 on ms rl both r. hS- n v 1 I r. s,-1 3 * 11 e a n d a 1 i i 11-' 2 i idustr v : r. rjener a 1 , and the FF-r-'i; are sa. .-ing at such system is ncd tunc.tj on? } and safe. We will be h?eiJ] nq tabs this sv-stem anti on the present EPA VCM regulations that are being written.. We are fairlv sure that, this will not be added to the qul at. i ons. EM S SURVEY:. VCM SPILLAGE/GAS RELEASE PRECAUTIONS iresentrition free given bv Lob Dupre ct Low. and tms presentation ot roan sons of fca-fetv incidents is prre.entea as Appendi v }.V. Also .ached as m g i. endii: VI is summer-. ct VCM Storage and Loading :i lilies and the satc-Lv precautions that are present with each one ot jfl: throughcuu our iridustrv. We should cerlai nlv review these coniments ! deform3 ne t- he-re we can show improvement, within our VCM store as? and over y = vs1ems. M 9 SAFEXY RELIEF DESIGN FOR PVC REACJORS 'isher of Union Carbide gave a era,:ce! i ant pr eseri t a 11 on on atv Relief Design. The details at this presentation are in Append! ?rv important point which was brought out during the pre-ser.tati on was : during an emergency relief from a PVC reactor, wnet'ner in !onsi on or we should assume that: the ingredients,, either the ler or the VCM or the water w: 1 L come out wi t.h a gas. This i? st a sure You very seldom! under emer eerier conditions will have vapor flow. SO ANY PLANNING FOR EMERGENCIES SHOULD INCLUDE A HIGH PROBABILITY OF BOTH SOLID AND LIQUIDS COMING OUT~WITH~THi VCM R. CTL002538 L VIUiL C Hi Or X L P VO THE P I MJ'EK 2~. If Sn 4 Cr,i r ! > eSSCJC ini : *J! J r-'tfri 1! I..: TRUE CONFESSIONS L'C Vol vt= r j r e f--ir TCI In h ng 1 <v ".! t ht: hud a {3 - 1 i-s-r] -".n f ! r e it a fT v'9 on a EDIT f u r p - crtv.. F a 2 2 c .! ' -r the cause c^" the tire was ar. iron chi'jn ri et.otion. ! r: 0.' v' lidC ?o;'S leaLane of- h >. drc.c an bon iri1:o cl hi or i ru-'. out. 'e^dion '.`ififfru :t was not norinal 1 / to have react 1 an end the- LPmcfersture out to 2u>U' C to 250 C whicli allows the oiito-ignitjoR 0 + >ron and ctilci,'i.,it> arid basically vgu end 1 mi burning holes in the 11 'Jr -f rcn aii .iron dt nr ; ne reaction. Tine sr 10ns t. alien Co resolve 'his in the future waJ d 1, t-tererd prc^sdufs-s. nitrogen purge on a .hlorine header, and toll owing procedures that were in place that rare not fol lowed. L , f` 3 fTM & L PPG, au EDC Tire was had near the -furnace where a valve bonnet, hich is sjciriific-ant.lv larger than ours, ruptured causing a i cm 1 -f 1 c ant. fire. This fire caused a good port1 ion of the fur-nice o be rebuilt. The failure occurred at -3,0`X' PSI. The actions aten to resolve this were to put a relief valve on the body ?vity.. n.i troqen purge on the line, new procedures and a vert. ir. 3e " i en t at j on of t h e v a 1 \ e. i`i oni e t - P u flip Fire ere was a VCM pump fire at ESSO m Canada because or acid getting c:k in that area and allowing the VCM to ie-ai out and catch fire, ey are avoiding this tvpe of corrosion failure in the future hv flon coated pipe. " aulir Wort P1 ait f or ::i Injury ts injury occured d ESSO when a nanl i tc . simular to what we use - painting, iii.ilfurictioned and operated when it was not suppose and lammed the man against some pipes breaking some ribs, ier investigation it was found that the dead man switch that ia ipose to protect the worker was not functional. In the future. iC plans to have ALL EQUIPMENT SAFETY CHECKED TO MAKE SURE ALL 'IPMENI IS OPERATIONAL CORRECTLY BEFORE IT IS USED FROM AN SIDE AGENCY. JN.'-i V . :; i L LHt Bfc Fl Fi'lrT FAC-E c: ! I'.JIi U'rzti "I I NH ;t P J I'. 1 e= S Gtee w i ur 1 a r"! I l-r'lji.lr'' As borclen. Lhev had a = t a., u ; ass sief-j =j urrv d:rip fa: iurs. Tut;, st aJ |".J ==. *1 : r J Weis 0r'4 e.r.tl i'iU/ C-ntiCr- DOttum jtOL'f :- id tori. c . Mi!'4 ter tarr ioi i ou j . '.id i w.-.'.'i -,r-. 1 the we ( u h t of 1 he si urrv. Fhar happened cvirt.iii? ;.np ".>''4 e i: a i n 1 s t <:*>?i corroded from the- ou *. s l de : n bPCduse vhe rueper coat i no tn<=v pi.'t on as i nsu i at 2 on. There was a !nq!i level of : d; J t, (- ide ]ri bcth the rubber and the cement and it caused ch l oriae stress corrosion of t foe- Gu4 stainless over time winch caused the entire bottom or the can1,, to fail - For tun at el v no one was injured. .Vector Hee.di no Header Pi pi no at "f lirmecrj t hi i =, vear thf-v were at t. err.pt i no to out a 1" addition to a L011 header on top o-f their reactors and found that tnev could not 5LiccssKti.il 1 v weld the 2" into the l'"'". They event! ally Found by pc tting a torch to trie !01- and s <a e i n g if it had an" stress crac.hs that it had a significant amount of chloride stress corrosion. The maturity of their- reactor piping had the same challenge. 4s history this plant was built in 1975. They have 34,00'! Gallon reactors and the piping stiov'? cnc- > eactors are mosriv 4 stain less steel with rt sm=dl amount of 316 M. ai n 1 ess steel. The F rund in furtnei' test.inq that all of tine "t*4 under the severe tore!' would show chloride stress crack i ni!. and the bid would not. fail the test. AFTER 10 YEARS OF SERVICE THEY HAVE SIGNIFICANI FAILURES OF IHE 304~AND ALM0|l~NQ FAILURE QR IHE 316^ Consequen11 v thev had to replace the majority of the? r stainless pini no above the reactors ai s cost of appro;: i matel v J3.000.00t'. In t a I k. i no lack to i.nei r licensor, Shinitru. f.hev fauna that Shinitzu estimated that. LI_FE OF 304 SIAINLESS STEEL IN PVC SERVICE AJ A REACTOR IS ESTIMATED TO BE 5 YEARS and SERVICE OF 316 ilAINLESS_STElL IN PVC REACTORS IS TO BE IN EXCESS OF 10 YEAR'S^ CTL002540 ATTACHMENT 1 VINYL CHLORIDE SAFETY ASSOCIATION MEETING 1985 PROGRAM THURSDAY September 12 0800 REGISTRATION WD COFFEE 0830 0 HAZARD RATE QUANTIFICATION FOR PVC REACTORS 0900 0) SAFETY RELIEF VALVE TESTING PROGRAMME 09300' SAFE STORAGE OF PEROXIDE CATALYSTS 1000 @) ACCIDENT 3NVESTIGATICN: MANAGEMENT SYSTEM APPROACH /J Robert Ormsbv Air Products B. Reynolds PPG J. King Occidental H. Waltemate BFG 1030 COFFEE 1045 0) DIOXINS AND PVC H. Deuschl Wacker 1115 ATME: SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT (EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION) 1145 (S) INCENTIVE AWARDS - ANY ROLE IN SAFETY? T.B.N. O. Aas Norsk Hydro 1215 L U N C H - A SPEAKER WILL BE PROVIDED BY NASA TO GIVE A SPACE AGE VIEW OF SAFETY 1345 MEXICO CITY DISASTER <r& 1430 COMMUNITY EMERGENCY PLANNING J. Zarate Pimex H. Waltemate BFG 1500 COFFEE 1515 UNITED KINGDOM: CONTROL -OF MAJOR ACCIDENT HAZARD REGULATIONS D. Middleton Norsk Hydro U.K. 1545 CONTAINMENT FOR VCM FROM EMERGENCY AND MANUAL RELEASES FORMOSA B. Hager 1600 OFFICIAL CLOSE OF MEETING 1605 VINYLS INSTITUTE UPDATE ON ACTIVITIES R. Gottesman VI ,85U CTL002541 FRIDAY 0800 September 13 BUSINESS MEETING Election of Officers Selection of 1986 Meeting Site Treasurer's Report / SURVEY: VCM SPILLAGE/GAS RELEASE PRECAUTIONS7 SURVEY: GAS MONITORING SYSTEMS 0930 SURVEY: BURSTING DISC TYPES 1000 1015 COFFEE SAFETY RELIEF DESIGN FOR PVC REACTORS 1115 UPDATE CN EPA/OSHA REGULATORY ACTIVITIES UPDATE CN LITIGATION CN RELEASES 1145 (fc) ANGIOSARCOMA UPDATE R. ( Dow J.T. Vaughan ICI Esso Chemical Canada Harold Fisher Union Carbide John Barr Air Products Joe King Occidental J.T. Vaughan ICI 1330j^/ TRUE CONFESSIONS Descriptions by members of recent incidents in their plants will include An EDO Valve Fire ii-J An EDC Fire iii) A VC Monomer Pump Fire iv) An injury due to a hydraulic work platform v) A stainless steel slurry tank failure 385U CTL002542