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checklists for startup of operations
More effective system for manag-
ing block valves in pressure relief
More effective procedures and
Employee training
Evacuation plan
blocked exits
lines
valves and pressure controller
Closed valve prevented relief
Leak from hydraulic lines
Locked and blocked exits
from functioning.
Property damage: $250 M More effective process for valve Isolation valve opened prema- lockout and isolation of lines and turely Business interruption: equipment $750 M The Improvement Challenge Emergency drills Plant owner sentenced to 20- Inspections to ensure open and un- year prison term Process hazard analysis of hy- drauli
Property damage: $50 M
OSHA fine: $810,000
Fatalities: 25
After changing a leaking seal on an LPG pump, plant personnel were in the process of tightening a flange after removing an isolation blind on the pump’s suction line. LPG product began leaking from the flange and formed a vapor cloud that resulted in a series of explosions. Investigation indi- cated a motor-operated isolation valve in t

Gas Processing Plants Mexico 1996 (42) Bontang, Indonesia 1983 (43) Other North Carolina USA 1991 (44)