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re: Any plant baws in SETX
Posted on 7/27/21 at 10:03 pm to Privateer 2007
Posted on 7/27/21 at 10:03 pm to Privateer 2007
Hearing at least 2 deaths. But not sure if it’s true. Came from someone at the channelview site
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Posted on 7/27/21 at 10:03 pm to Teauxler
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acid release
Based on products produced there, that makes sense.
H2S I think unlikely.
The refinery is a separate facility in Pasadena.
Posted on 7/27/21 at 10:20 pm to Leon Spinks
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Two people are dead and four people sustained injuries following a chemical leak at the LyondellBasell Industries in La Porte, the city’s Office of Emergency Management confirmed Tuesday.
Crews responded to reports of an incident at LyondellBasell Industries, which is located at 1515 Miller Cut-Off Road, around 7:35 p.m. Officials said the facility experienced an acetic acid leak, which is a simple monocarboxylic acid containing two carbons. It has a role as an aprotic solvent, a food acidity regulator, an antimicrobial food preservative, and a Daphnia Magna metabolite.
Curious if they were operators or contractors. Scary stuff.
This post was edited on 7/27/21 at 10:22 pm
Posted on 7/27/21 at 10:26 pm to fightin tigers
For those of you who read H2S 17 times before deciding to google what it meant. 
Posted on 7/27/21 at 10:30 pm to Leon Spinks
2 dead. The plant makes ethylene, propylene, polyethylene, polypropylene, acetic acid and vinyl acetate monomer.
Posted on 7/27/21 at 10:30 pm to reauxl tigers
H2S is most recognized as farts.
This post was edited on 7/27/21 at 10:31 pm
Posted on 7/27/21 at 10:35 pm to Leon Spinks
Wasn't there a shelter in place in Laporte just last week due to a leak at one of the plants there?
This post was edited on 7/27/21 at 10:36 pm
Posted on 7/27/21 at 10:35 pm to fightin tigers
Acetic acid…that is not what I was expecting to read. This is terrible news. People often forget how dangerous it is working in plants
Posted on 7/27/21 at 10:37 pm to fightin tigers
Most deaths from H2S is because is where highly concentrated it has no smell. Mercaptans have the smell.
And there shouldn't be any H2S in that plant at all.
And there shouldn't be any H2S in that plant at all.
Posted on 7/27/21 at 10:42 pm to CitizenK
H2S isn’t even required PPE at that plant so that makes sense
Posted on 7/27/21 at 11:37 pm to Leon Spinks
But, but, were they vaccinated and were they wearing their masks?
Posted on 7/28/21 at 3:11 am to jamiegla1
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Acetic acid…that is not what I was expecting to read
This is wild. Must have been a huge spill
I’m an operator and we use acetic as a feed. Unload trucks of it weekly to keep the tank full.
I’ve been “hit” by fumes a few times. Strong vinegar smell, enough to make you jerk your head and gtfo but I never considered it to be deadly
This post was edited on 7/28/21 at 3:14 am
Posted on 7/28/21 at 4:43 am to Stexas
Week night at that time. I’m betting turnarond. Contractors
Posted on 7/28/21 at 4:59 am to ThreauxDown
We use acetic acid at my plant, to blend in for another product. Working in the lab I have to test it’s strength. It’s is a miserble odor for sure, but like the mercapan they put in other things so you can smell it, I never thought it would kill you.
I can see how if you were engulfed in it you could be overcome. It’s have to be a pretty big release I’d think.
I can see how if you were engulfed in it you could be overcome. It’s have to be a pretty big release I’d think.
This post was edited on 7/28/21 at 5:00 am
Posted on 7/28/21 at 5:20 am to Leon Spinks
Yes I was there and just talked to the foreman who died.. pretty messed up how you could just being talking to someone and he dies a hr later
Posted on 7/28/21 at 5:21 am to Stexas
It was contractors
Posted on 7/28/21 at 6:14 am to ThreauxDown
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Strong vinegar smell
That’s because vinegar is acetic acid, but your bottle of vinegar from Walmart is ~5% acetic acid with balance being water. 95+% acetic acid used in industrial feedstocks so infinitely more potent (and dangerous)
Posted on 7/28/21 at 6:35 am to geauxnc0308
High strength acetic acid, has a smell to it, that I can see if released, could easily have a bad outcome. The 250ml sample jars I deal with will make my entire lab stink for hours with our hoods running full force.
Had to have been a spill/release. Prayers go out to those involved. Like myself.. Never knew it could do this, but looking back can see how it would with a spill.
Had to have been a spill/release. Prayers go out to those involved. Like myself.. Never knew it could do this, but looking back can see how it would with a spill.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 6:52 am to Leon Spinks
Glacial Acetic Acid - Think way stronger than the strongest Vinegar you will ever encounter. Smell is overpowering. Chemical burns are deep and very painful. Stuff is not the worst acid you will encounter, but very very nasty. Causes lung damage if airborne exposure is lengthy or strong.
Nothing I read said the dump was large, but I bet it was.
Feel for these folks. Prayers said.
Nothing I read said the dump was large, but I bet it was.
Feel for these folks. Prayers said.
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