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Accident # | 87642 |
State Police # | 06-02804 |
Accident Date | 2006-05-04 |
Report Date | 2006-05-08 |
Follow-up Date | 0000-00-00 |
Follow-up: | No |
Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
Hydrogen | 50m | LOHT | NO | NO | NO | BRQ |
Accident Classified As: Below Reportable Quantity (BRQ)
4 inch gate valve packing blew out releasing hydrogen into the atmosphere. Incident cause: the packing blew out the 4 inch valve
This packing had no indication that it was going bad.
Roads east of the refinery were temporarily blocked as a precautionary measure. Also LOHT was shutdown and depressured to the flare.
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