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Possible hazmat incident at honeywell
Posted on 5/13/23 at 10:19 am
Posted on 5/13/23 at 10:19 am
Hwy 30 at 73 closed in ascension parish
That could be everyday though
That could be everyday though
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Posted on 5/13/23 at 10:22 am to nicholastiger
Didn’t they have an incident with an HF leak recently?
Posted on 5/13/23 at 10:32 am to nicholastiger
Honeywell needs to just shut down. How have they not been sued into oblivion by now?
Posted on 5/13/23 at 10:42 am to jnethe1
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Didn’t they have an incident with an HF leak recently
Yes.
And a few years ago I want to say a sulfuric leak that got off site and contaminated a large amount of the surrounding drainage and swamp. Had a buncha Boudreaux’s and Thibodeaux’s out in pirogues laying down soda ash. I’m not joking either.
They’re trying to give Westlake a run for their money with these releases.
Posted on 5/13/23 at 10:45 am to nicholastiger
quote:Honeywell is at Hwy 30 and 3115. That’s a couple miles east of there. Westlake and Methanex are where you are talking about.
Hwy 30 at 73 closed
Posted on 5/13/23 at 10:53 am to fjlee90
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And a few years ago I want to say a sulfuric leak that got off site and contaminated a large amount of the surrounding drainage and swamp. Had a buncha Boudreaux’s and Thibodeaux’s out in pirogues laying down soda ash. I’m not joking either.
Yeah I was working at the dock when that happened. It was during the flood. They dug out a containment area to let the water drain because their pump wasn’t working. Then a tank ruptured and spilled acid. It was all the way down 3115. You can probably still the rust line on the fence down there.
Posted on 5/13/23 at 11:06 am to nicholastiger
Sure doesn’t look closed on Google Map.
Posted on 5/13/23 at 11:08 am to TDsngumbo
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Honeywell needs to just shut down. How have they not been sued into oblivion by now?
Do you have any actual knowledge to make such a knee jerk claim? I worked in that complex, and have breathed HF vapor which is indeed pretty awful stuff. But the people running it were great personally, and damn smart. I really doubt the idea that it is being badly managed, at least at the local level. And I'm saying this as a plant person that has a lot of experience in reading a lot of stupid bullshite in the press by people who are fundamentally clueless.
Posted on 5/13/23 at 11:11 am to nicholastiger
LP will take meth over AP’s chemical plants any day.
Posted on 5/13/23 at 12:40 pm to Tigris
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reading a lot of stupid bullshite on the OT by people who are fundamentally clueless.
FIFY
Posted on 5/13/23 at 1:06 pm to tigerbutt
quote:LP says
LP will take meth over AP’s chemical plants any day.
Posted on 5/13/23 at 1:08 pm to Tigris
We know the same people. The person over maintenance/reliability for BR and Geismar doesn’t even have a college degree 
This post was edited on 5/13/23 at 1:10 pm
Posted on 5/13/23 at 1:09 pm to Gings5
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The person over maintenance/reliability over BR and Geismar doesn’t even have a college degree
Obviously unqualified
Posted on 5/13/23 at 1:12 pm to fjlee90
They are 10x worse than westlake. When you dig in the ground inside Honeywell the groundwater will begin to bubble due to the amount of caustic acid that’s leaked into the soil.
Posted on 5/13/23 at 2:14 pm to mytigger
Who's deadlier around there now? Which plant is the most dangerous as far as hazmat?
Posted on 5/13/23 at 2:47 pm to sqerty
I don't know if anything can dethrone HF (stuff may be flammable or cancer causing, but HF is no bueno.)
AlliedSignal (before it was bought by Honeywell) killed people on the regular, usually at the North Baton Rouge refrigerant plant. It seemed to happen most when they were transferring the HF out of the truck into the unit. Their Geismar plant, where the HF was actually produced didn't seem to kill anyone that I recall. It would have a cloud of chlorine that would hang around at ground level if the humidity was right which was unpleasant.
The issue is with the HF, especially if it's the andhydrous variant. We were told in the safety training that if you splashed your bare skin with enough HF to cover a playing card, you were terminal, and it was just a matter of time before it sucked enough of the calcium out of your body to stop your heart/neural function.
AlliedSignal (before it was bought by Honeywell) killed people on the regular, usually at the North Baton Rouge refrigerant plant. It seemed to happen most when they were transferring the HF out of the truck into the unit. Their Geismar plant, where the HF was actually produced didn't seem to kill anyone that I recall. It would have a cloud of chlorine that would hang around at ground level if the humidity was right which was unpleasant.
The issue is with the HF, especially if it's the andhydrous variant. We were told in the safety training that if you splashed your bare skin with enough HF to cover a playing card, you were terminal, and it was just a matter of time before it sucked enough of the calcium out of your body to stop your heart/neural function.
Posted on 5/13/23 at 3:57 pm to mytigger
Caustic is not an acid baw
Posted on 5/13/23 at 4:52 pm to nicholastiger
Honeywell isn't at 30 and 73. Honeywell is at 30 and 3115
Posted on 5/13/23 at 5:11 pm to Tigris
Nobody can defend Honeywell with a strait face. Spent 6 months in there last year. One of the worst facilities on the river. There is a reason all the hands call it HoneyHELL now. Getting where no one wants to work in there.
Suggested we should no longer work in that place. Company stayed. I drug up.
Suggested we should no longer work in that place. Company stayed. I drug up.
Posted on 5/13/23 at 5:27 pm to Shut Up Mulllet
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Company stayed. I drug up.
Hope they survive
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