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re: Evacuation at Dow Plaquemines **Chlorine leak**
Posted on 12/3/16 at 1:14 pm to Geauxtac260
Posted on 12/3/16 at 1:14 pm to Geauxtac260
I remember in every safety video/briefing at every plant was this:
During an emergency, you should stop driving (if you are), check the wind socks and walk to the nearest safety point.
Walk?
During an emergency, you should stop driving (if you are), check the wind socks and walk to the nearest safety point.
Walk?
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Posted on 12/3/16 at 1:15 pm to double d
That's hard to believe because in those days it progressively got worse over time. They must have gone completely off the deep end at some point and head to reel it back. LOL!
Posted on 12/3/16 at 1:17 pm to griswold
They push safety so much, you become numb to it all, and you are more susceptible to a safety incident.
Posted on 12/3/16 at 1:18 pm to LSUAlum2001
quote:
Walk?
Well you could not run that would be unsafe, you might fall and hurt yourself.
Posted on 12/3/16 at 1:21 pm to griswold
Two options:
1. Walk. Probably die.
2. Run. You may fall and hurt yourself, but not die.
Let me think on that for a minute.
1. Walk. Probably die.
2. Run. You may fall and hurt yourself, but not die.
Let me think on that for a minute.
This post was edited on 12/3/16 at 1:23 pm
Posted on 12/3/16 at 1:24 pm to LSUAlum2001
Yeah I'm running
Posted on 12/3/16 at 1:30 pm to LSUAlum2001
quote:
They push safety so much, you become numb to it all, and you are more susceptible to a safety incident.
After five years of force-fed safety, it took me another five years after I left to get back to normal. I remember at at my next job being scared to stand on a chair to reach for something on a high shelf. Kind of like Morgan Freeman in shawshank, asking his boss at the grocery store for permission to go pee.
Posted on 12/3/16 at 1:32 pm to Asharad
quote:
That probably wasn't chlorine that you were smelling. It probably was a swimming pool. Trust me, you don't just smell chlorine gas. It takes your breath away.
There are no pools for at least 4 miles in any direction. Thanks though
It was raining my covered area is 75x40 and drains onto the limestone.
Undoubtedly, it was coming off of there.
This post was edited on 12/3/16 at 1:34 pm
Posted on 12/5/16 at 12:12 pm to Geauxtac260
Anyone hear of what may have caused the incident?
Posted on 12/5/16 at 12:22 pm to Cuz413
a farmer burning a cane field under a transmission line knocked out power to parts of the plant. It caused a very small leak.
This post was edited on 12/5/16 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 12/5/16 at 12:59 pm to rodnreel
I have seen this happen in the past where smoke from a cane field carried enough carbon for the air to be ionized between phases of 230Kv.
Posted on 12/5/16 at 1:26 pm to griswold
quote:
I remember at at my next job being scared to stand on a chair to reach for something on a high shelf.
"I'm sorry. Gonna have to tie off before I can grab that ream of paper up there."
Blank stare.
Posted on 12/5/16 at 1:43 pm to rodnreel
quote:I'm pretty sure Dow Plaquemine has its own power plant.
a farmer burning a cane field under a transmission line knocked out power to parts of the plant. It caused a very small leak.
ETA- Looking now, i don't believe they don't. I thought they had a coal fired power plant on site. Maybe i'm thinking of another facility.
This post was edited on 12/5/16 at 1:47 pm
Posted on 12/5/16 at 1:48 pm to meauxjeaux2
quote:Three of them, I think, but they are still tied to the grid and power flows both ways.
I'm pretty sure Dow Plaquemine has its own power plant.
I think the root cause here was a problem with Entergy, because I heard Shintech also went down, but we didn't hear anything about it because they didn't have any leaks as a result.
Posted on 12/5/16 at 2:59 pm to CaptainPanic
quote:
It's likely that they have a voluntary respirator usage program or have an area to grab respirators nearby in the event of an accident, but nobody requires an escape respirator, per person, into a plant.
Very wrong. Axiall has two chlorine units and requires it to be worn at all times. Only they supply them and if you go in and exchange a used one for a new one you better have reported it.
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