(127a) Facility Siting and the Bp Texas City Incident, What It Means for Our Industry
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
2006
2006 Spring Meeting & 2nd Global Congress on Process Safety
2006 Process Plant Safety Symposium
Facility Siting Issues
Tuesday, April 25, 2006 - 1:45pm to 2:15pm
Fifteen non-operating (non-essential?) personnel were killed in the 23 March 2005 Texas City explosion. In the opinion of OSHA investigators, it was not necessary for any these individuals to be present during start-up of the unit.
Indeed, OSHA sent industry a strong message on this matter by way of the large number of egregiously willful citations it issued relating to the location of the ?temporary? trailers.
The presenter, who was a technical advisor to OSHA for the Texas City incident, will discuss, in light of the incident: Occupancy loading standards, Potential definitions of ?essential? vs. ?non-essential? personnel, Trailer park syndrome, Gaps in API Recommended Practice 752, ?Management of Hazards Associated with Process Plant Buildings?, Potential impact on industry.
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