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Propylene Fire

Propylene Fire

A forklift towing a trailer collided with a line containing highly flammable liquid propylene, causing a release and a vapor cloud explosion. Sixteen workers were injured, the process unit was heavily damaged, and a nearby school was evacuated. Investigation Status The United States Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) issued a case study report about this incident at a news conference in Houston on July 20, 2006. This Case Study report is also lined on Merlot or is available at http://www.csb.gov/completed_investigations/docs/Formosa_TX_Case_Study_07-14-06.pdf
Keywords:
Hazardous materials, process safety, chemical fire, process fire
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Material Type:
Case Study
Date Added to MERLOT:
January 26, 2009
Date Modified in MERLOT:
August 16, 2017
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Submitter:
James "JD" Brown
Primary Audience:
College General Ed
Technical Format:
Video
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Mirror site requires Internet Explorer
Language:
English
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No
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Unknown
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