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PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT PLANT MANAGER'S SAFETY BOARD 3 MINUTES OF MEETING OCTOBER 15, 1980 Present were: R.E. Kraitchar for G.W. Bostick D.E J.A. Glass for C.M. Cruse B.C. G.A. Danner C.M, G.W. Daues D.W, J.A. Glass E.G, Kaldenberg Lancaster McCullough Metten Fiesinger for C G.T. Ryan J.G. Trafton G.L. Tromblee Navarrete I. REVIEW OF STATISTICS--J.A. Glass A. Texas City Plant Safety Performance Summary - September 1980 1979 SEPT. YTD TOTAL INJURY CASES 14 16 5 RECORDABLE CASES (A) WITHOUT LOST WORKDAYS (medical treatment only) (B) LOST WORKDAYS **BX RESTRICTED ACTIVITY **B2 DAYS AWAY FROM WORK (C) FATALITIES 16 02 01 01 00 *TOTAL RECORDABLE CASES _ *A+B+C - TOTAL RECORDABLE INJURIES _ **B]+B2 = (B) TOTAL LOST WORKDAY CASES 18 1980 1980 SEPT. YTD TARGETS 25 177 19 023 00 02 00 22 INJURY RATES PER 200,000 MANHOURS 1979 1980 1980 MTD YTD MTD YTD TARGETS TOTAL INJURY - TIR 10.21 12.80 17.35 TOTAL RECORDABLE - TRR 1.46 1.32 0.69 TOTAL LOST WORKDAY - TLWR 0.00 0.16 0.00 DAYS-AWAY-FROM-WORK - DAWR 0.00 0.08 0.00 13.68 0.70 0.15 0.15 -- 1.26 0.40 -- YTD 1980 MCIC TARGET YTD --------- 1.94 0.58 ----- --------- 1.44 0.33 0.22 J SC 003371 LAM004385 PMSB Minutes of Meeting of October 15, 1980 Page 2 B. Comments on Statistics September ended with a total of 25 Industrial Injuries, of which one was classified as a Recordable. The third-quarter Total Injuries for 1980 (77), compared to the same period for 1979 (46) were up 60%. Recordable Injuries are about half of the total for this time last year, but Days-Away-From-Work cases have doubled. In many areas, we have seen total rising since June. These statistics indicate a reduction in safety awareness over the past few months. Supervisors should be alerted to take corrective actions to eliminate the causes of these Incidents before they result in more serious injuries. A study of the past history at this location, without exception, shows that for every ten minor injuries, one will be classified as a more serious injury of the Recordable or Loss Workday type. We cannot afford to become complacent about rising injury trend lines. C. Units and Groups with Rising Trendlines The following groups or units continue to show rising trend lines: Carpenters, Power 2, Department 513, Department 53, Truckers and Laborers. D. Contractor Safety--C.M. McCullough The total contractor injury charts are attached to these minutes. The overall trend is down. This downward trend has been impacted by the downward trend in Capital Project total injuries and injury frequency. E. CEP Project Safety--B.C. Lancaster CED construction safety performance was highlighted in the recent Annual Safety and Housekeeping Inspection where the Total Injury Rates had shown a 13% reduction over last year, a 65% reduction in Total Recordable Rate, and a 55% reduction in Days-Away-From-Work cases. This excellent improvement in the injury rates was high lighted to S&PP and Corporate CED safety people in a recent visit to St. Louis. This record plus current injury statistics will be attached to the minutes. II. REPORT OF THE SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SAC)--G.W. Daues A. Plant Communications System Audit 1. The Plant Manager has requested that a system be determined which will allow for instant communications to all plant locations. Gerry Decker is working on a system based on priority paging which will accomplish this with two paging numbers. SC 003372 LAM004386 PMSB Minutes of Meeting of October 15, 1980 Page 3 2. Gerry Decker is preparing an AR to reduce the three separate systems for the building communications to one* 3. Bob Kraitchar is looking into moving the old emergency building communications system from the ECC to the Main Gate. 4. At the request of SAC, Kraitchar will develop a rough cost esti mate for the West Gate (limited) backup system for the ECC. He will check with Tony Ozarchuk on availability of old equipment taken out of service and now stored in the West Locker Building. 5. SAC members will review the current Emergency Procedure (excluding hurricane section) to see if updating is necessary. To be discussed next month. There was some concern expressed by PMSB members about how project management of communication network changes were being handled. Danner and Bostick will discuss. B. Identification of Intradepartmental Equipment and Piping Containing Super--Hazardous Materials In the 1979 Annual Safety and Housekeeping Inspection, the following recommendation was made: "Consideration be given to extending the use of safety yellow to identify extra-hazardous intradepartmental piping." After considerable discussions with Manufacturing personnel in units which handle super or extra-hazardous materials, SAC recommends that the identification of intradepartmental equipment and piping con taining super-hazardous materials be determined by those in each unit and not by an across-the-plant procedure. This recommendation was accepted by the Board. A P-Procedure was written in 1978, the purpose of which was to define, list and designate special handling procedures for superhazardous chemicals. It has never been issued. SAC will review and decide on its fate in the near future. C. Employee Process Training Operator and Chief Operator training has begun under Joe Swain. The program has met with a diversity of opinions from the attendees. However, SAC feels that thus far it has been effective and should be continued. E.N. Steele has engaged a consultant to assist in development of standards of performance for Operators and Chief Operators. sc 003373 LAM004387 PMSB Minutes of Meeting of October 15, 1980 Page 4 A foreman training program is being formulated by E.N. Steele. Overall, SAC feels progress in this training is good considering the limitations which exist in manpower and money. It will be continued. III. REPORT OF THE SAFETY AND HOUSEKEEPING ACTION COMMITTEE (SHAC)--J.A. Glass for C.M. Cruse A. SHAC Activities We are reviewing SHAC Action Request feedback from the Unit/Craft Supervisors for ideas on tie-down materials. We are reviewing a SHAC Action Request feedback from the Unit/Craft Contact Supervisors on the Ladder Inspection Program--the suggestions on how to modify it or whether or not we want to continue it in its present form. The SHAC Committee has critiqued the recent inspection and this cri tique will be formalized for presentation to the 1981 SHAC Committee. B. Hourly Safety Committee (HSC) The committee members have relayed problems to me regarding safety problems plantwide. SHAC is not asking for any assistance in this area. One of the Hourly Safety Committee members is pursuing this. We just want the PMSB to know that we've got a problem in this area. There also was a plantwide roach problem brought to us--smoke shacks, kitchens and control houses, apparently, are not being effectively sprayed for roaches and they suggest that the exterminator is spraying around the base boards. They need to also get inside cabi nets and shelving areas and things like this. Bicycles for the Hourly Safety Committee members have been ordered. They will be specially identified as belonging to these people. The bicycles will not be the personal property of the Hourly Safety Committee members. They will use them only for so long as their term on the Hourly Safety Committee. The ice handling for field ice water coolers has been taken care of through Carlos Mata of Capital Projects and Barry Kane of CED. The answer that we got back to the Hourly Safety Committee regarding action on the handling of these coolers was satisfactory. The falling incandescent light vapor barrier problem which has been carried since last March has now been resolved. We have been able to buy spare guards for store stocking to replace those guards which have become defective due to age and corrosion and weathering. The sc 003374 .7 PMSB Minutes of Meeting of October 15, 1980 Page 5 Electrical Supervisors will be made aware, through the Electrical Department, of the spare guards and the need for inspecting through the normal routine as relamping is done. C. Accelerated Vessel Inspection Program (AVIP) The program, to date, remains at 93Z on schedule. We expect this performance to improve significantly following the West Plant shut down in October and the East Plant shutdown in November. I want to, again, emphasize that those tanks which might become due for inspec tion in the early part of 1981, you might want to lode and have those inspected In the last quarter of 1980 when the opportunity arises in a major shutdown. Comments by PMSB; Danner asked the Ammonia Task Force to consider AVIP for the large ammonia tank. This was accepted by Ed Fiesinger. Glass pointed out that there is a move under way to develop an all Monsanto Ammonia Safety Symposium to discuss ammonia storage transfer and system safety and inspections. Texas City (Glass) and Luling (LeGendre) are pushing for this. Others are expected to join in this effort. D. Status of S-T-A-R-T Program The second round of slides have been issued and are being used in unit-by-unit safety meetings. PMSB requested a target date for completion of the second set before beginning the third set. IV. LOSS REPORTING--R.T. Hammann/J.A. Glass DELINQUENT None OUTSTANDING Incident Date Location . Incident 8/25/80 Mtl. Handling Overheating of Styrene Tank Car 8/28/80 27 Heating of LN Rundown Tank 27T5-1 Comments by PMSB: Metten requested Ryan to review Procedure Bulletin P-0111 for possible need to report saltwater pump pit flooding incident in which an electrical motor was wet with saltwater, but repairs are expected to be <$5,000. SC 003375 PMSB Minutes of Meeting of October 15, 1980 Page 6 V. REVIEW OF INCIDENTS Monsanto Incidents Date Incident No. Description 7/29/80 80-42 VOID--SEE C-38 (below) This was a contractor incident. 7/29/80 80-43 Overflow of flare sump tank; Dept. 19 (M. Sweeney) 9/22/80 80-44 Spilled styrene from wastebasket; Research II Lab 10/1/80 80-45 Laceration of lip; Dept. 53 (Baca) 10/8/80 80-46 Fractured finger and laceration of lip; Instrument Dept. (Kiser) Contractor Incidents Date Incident No. Description 7/29/80 C-38 Venting in HCN storage tank; Dept. 19 (M. Sweeney). While this incident was reviewed in some detail, the final report has not been issued because there are some unresolved issues regarding the recommendations. VI. EPP--COMMUNICATION ALTERNATIVES The status of the communication system alternatives was reviewed by Bob Kraitchar. Kraitchar also reviewed the status of the training effort and the scheduling of the persons to receive training on the use of the com munications network and console. The PMSB pointed out that it was more important for the Night Supervisors and the Maintenance Shift Supervisors to know how to use that equipment than for the General Superintendents. These suggestions will be reviewed with Bostick and a new priority listing for the training will be developed. VII. EMERGENCY PROCEDURE ROOM PROCEDURES--Ryan The Emergency Procedure Plan objectives, scope and organization were reviewed by Tom Ryan. These procedures were approved by the Plant Manager's Safety Board and a bulletin to all supervision will be issued by Glass and Ryan. Key elements considered: . 1. Metten and Bostick will handle the analysis, need and selection of an evacuation route for every emergency. SC 003376 LAM004390 PMSB Minutes of Meeting of October 15, 1980 Page 7 2. Coordinator/chiefs are.expected to be a "think tank" not to be involved in the operation of the console* 3. Alternates should attend until we determine if training is adequate (provided we have the space)* 4. There should have at least two tests of the Emergency Procedure Plan each year. VIII. SAFETY AND PROPERTY PROTECTION SURVEY FOLLOWUP The 1980 S&PP Survey was made by Kurt H. Frank February 25-29, 1980. Subsequent to this survey, assignments were made by Gene Tromblee for follow-up on the items contained in the report. A status report on the recommendations is being held up pending comments on the recommendations from some areas. A memo to the persons responsible for the comments will be re-issued. IX. PLANT MANAGER'S COMMENTS Metten pointed out that each member should be prepared to be able to deal with the cause/effect relationship leading to the increasing total injuries in each group by the next meeting of the PMSB. A question to be answered, "What has happened since June?" Attachments J. Arnold Glass SC 003377 LAM004391 1980 SAFETY - TOTAL CONTRACTORS Total Injuries Total Injury Rate Cummulative T lR Cummulative RIR DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. Recordable Injuries Recordable Injury Rate MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. NOV. DEC. SC 003378 LAM004392 CED PROJECT SAFETY SEPTEMBER 1980 SEPTEMBER 1980 TOTAL INJURY CASES 11 RECORDABLE CASES (A) WITHOUT LOST WORKDAYS (medical treatment only) (B) LOST WORKDAYS Bi RESTRICTEDACTIVITY . B2 days-away-from-work (C) FATALITIES 0 2 0 2 0 TOTAL RECORDABLE CASES 2 TOTAL MANHOURS WORKED (MHW) 25/454 FREQUENCY RATES/200,000 MHW TOTAL INJURY RATE TOTAL RECORDABLE RATE TOTAL LOST WORKDAY RATE TOTAL DAYS-AWAY-FROM-WORK RATE 86.4 15.7 15.7 15.7 YTD as of 10/1/80 75 0 7 0 7 0 11 147,855 101.5 14.9 9.5 9.5 Sc 03379 LAIVIOO4393