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4080 N. 20th Avenue
Wausau, WI 54401
(715) 675-9784REIengineering.com
Presenters: Erin Henderson, M.S.
REI Engineering, Inc.
• Provide Comprehensive Services with
Solutions in:
• Civil Engineering
• Land Planning and Surveying
• Environmental Consulting
• Regulatory Compliance/Safety Consulting
• Continually Exceed our Client’s
Expectations
WSC 76 Empower Your Employees to
Administer Critical Procedures
When Facing a Disaster
Presenter: Erin Henderson, M.S.
REI Engineering, Inc.
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Erin Henderson
REI Engineering, Inc.
• Industrial Hygienist, Safety/Environmental Compliance Consultant, & Spill Team
• USAF 1996-2005; Bioenvironmental Engineering • Peacetime duties: Occupational &
Environmental Health
• Wartime duties: Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense
• B.S. Environmental Management
• M.S. Emergency Management
• Likes: Kayaking, disaster movies, tilt-shift photography
• Personal Hero: Emmit Reese, played by Don Cheadle in the 1997 film Volcano
Overview
• Requirements
• Case Studies
29 CFR 1910.38Emergency Action Plans
• 29 CFR 1910.38 requires that employers have
an EAP to “facilitate and organize employer
and employee actions during workplace
emergencies.”
• The EAP must contain “procedures for
employees who remain to operate critical
plant operations before they evacuate”
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29 CFR 1910.119Process Safety Mgmt of Highly Hazardous Chemicals
• 29 CFR 1910.119 requires the employer to develop
and implement written operating procedures that
provide clear instructions for safely conducting
activities involved with…
• Emergency shutdown including conditions under which it
is required, and assignments of qualified operators to
ensure that emergency shutdown is executed in a safe and
timely manner,
• Emergency operations, and
• Startup following a turnaround, or after an emergency
shutdown.
Emergency Operations;1910.119(f)(1)(i)(F)Normal shutdown; and,1910.119(f)(1)(i)(G)Startup following a turnaround, or after an emergency shutdown.Emergency Operations;1910.119(f)(1)(i)(F)Normal shutdown; and,1910.119(f)(1)(i)(G)Startup following a turnaround, or after an emergency shutdown.
Risk Management Plan (RMP) Rule
• EPA requires that facilities that use
certain hazardous substances to develop
a Risk Management Plan that …
• Identifies the potential effects of a chemical
accident,
• Identifies steps the facility is taking to
prevent an accident, and
• Spells out emergency response procedures
should an accident occur.
Case Study #1
Arkema, Inc. Crosby, TX
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Case Study #1
• Arkema, Inc.
• International specialty chemical company;
three primary organizations
• High performance materials
• Coating Solutions
• Industrial Specialties
• Crosby, TX plant
• Organic liquid peroxides
Case Study #1
• August 2017
• Hurricane Harvey
• Category 4 Hurricane
Case Study #1
• Arkema plant
• 19 tons of organic peroxides
• Extremely flammable
• Must be refrigerated to prevent ignition
• Emergency Preparations:
• Risk Management Plan
• Process Safety Management Procedures
• Flood Plan
• Backup Power
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Case Study #1
• Arkema:
• Electric power
• Liquid nitrogen cooling
system
• Generators
• Backup generators
• Refrigerated
emergency trucks
• Harvey:
• 130 mph winds
• Able to
intensify after
weakening
• Torrential rain:
30-60”
Hurricane Harvey vs. Arkema