Introduction: Below are all of the Incident of the Week reports that have been selected and circulated by the AIChE U of M chapter in their newsletter at their weekly luncheons.
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| Excel Energy Company Hydroelectric Tunnel Fire Related courses: Heat and Mass Transfer This incident explores the hazards of brining flammable liquids into a confined space. |
| Tesoro Martinez Sulfuric Acid Spill Related courses: Operator Error While workers performed maintenance on the refinery’s alkylation unit, sulfuric acid spilled from a sampling station due to insufficient tightening of a piece of equipment which caused burns to the workers. |
| Georgia Pacific Corp. Hydrogen Sulfide Poisoning Related courses: Reactions This accident covers the inadvertent mixing of two chemicals in the acid sewer of the company causing a formation of toxic hydrogen sulfide gas which poisoned the workers. |
| Williams Olefins Plant Explosion Related courses: Thermodynamics, Fluid, Heat and Mass Transfer The incident explores how weak process safety management system failed to protect the reboiler when introduceing heat to it leading to boiling liquid and vapor causing the explosion. |
| Millard Refrigerated Services Ammonia Release Related courses: Fluids This accident covers how hydraulic shock caused a pipe to fail releasing an excessive amount of anhydrous ammonia. |
| Donaldson Enterprises Inc Fatal Fireworks Disassembly Explosion Related courses: Reactions, Heat and Mass Transfer This incident covers the unsafe disposal of fireworks and how dangerous it can be when not done properly. |
| Explosion and Fire at Former Horsehead Zinc Facility Related courses: Separations This article explores how the flooding of a zinc distillation column failed under pressure and released zinc vapor into the air which caused on explosion. |
| DPC Enterprises Festus Chlorine Release Related courses: Separations This accident entails a transfer hose connected to a railroad tanker full of chlorine bursting and leaking toxic chlorine into the local community. |
| Freedom Industries Mass Contamination of Drinking Water Related courses: Material and Energy Balances, Fluids This report covers the mass contamination of drinking water in Charleston, WV due to a failed storage tank containing Methylcyclohexanemethanol mixed with propylene glycol phenyl ethers. |
| Nitrous Oxide Explosion at Airgas Facility Related courses: Heat and Mass Transfer, Reactions This article explores how the overheating of a pump caused a decomposing reaction of nitrous oxide causing the explosion. |
| Refinery Fire at ExxonMobil Related courses: Reactions, Heat and Mass Transfer This incident is about maintenance work being being performed on Exxon’s sulfuric acid alkylation unit while a valve failed and released isobutane which ignited a large fire. |
| Chemical Release at MGPI Industries Related courses: Reactions This incident covers a release of a toxic cloud of chlorine gas over Atchison, Kansas due to the inadvertent mixing of chemicals while they were being unloaded. |
| Seveso Disaster Related courses: Controls, Reactions This incident explores a chemical release in Seveso, Italy that left lasting health and environmental problems |
| Flixborough Disaster Related courses: Fluids This accident explores the disastrous accident at a chemical plant in Flixborough, England |
| Deadly chemical explosion at BASF Related courses: Heat & Mass Transfer This article covers a deadly explosion at the site of the world’s largest chemical producers. |
| Tosoh Accident in Japan Related courses: Rections, Thermodynamics, Heat & Mass Transfer This article explores an explosion in an HCI tower in Japan. |
| Hoeganaes Combustible Dust Flash Fires Related courses: Reactions This articles discusses a series of flash fires in a facility in Tennessee. |
| ARCO Channelview Explosion Related courses: Reactions This article covers an explosion at the ARCO chemical plant in Texas |
| Terra Industries Ammonium Nitrate Explosion – Monitor Equipment during shutdown Related courses: Reactions, Heat & Mass Transfer This article discusses an Ammonium Nitrate explosion at a fertilizer plant. |
| Formosa Plastics Vinyl Chloride Release Related courses: Controls This article explores an explosion at Formosa Plastics Corporation |
| Partridge Raleigh Oilfield Explosion Related courses: Thermodynamics, Heat & Mass Transfer This article will cover the explosion at the Partridge-Releigh oilfield in Mississippi |