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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

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• August 2017

• Hurricane Harvey

• Category 4 Hurricane

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• 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

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Case Study #1

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• Results:

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Questions?

Thank you, and be safe.