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ExxonMobil Refinery (2638), Baton Rouge
LDEQ Accident Report
| Accident # | 128384 |
| State Police # | 11-00022 |
| Accident Date | 2011-01-03 |
| Report Date | 2011-01-06 |
| Follow-up Date | 0000-00-00 |
| Follow-up: | No |
Pollutants Released
| Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
| Hydrogen | 3m | Flange | NO | NO | NO | 18.0 pounds |
Accident Classified As:
Cause of Problem: Equipment Failure
LDEQ states that hydrogen was released due to a fire on the flange.
Discharge Preventable - No Information Given
Notes/Remedial Actions
BRQ. The fire was extinguished. The reactor that caught fire was depressurized. Refinery letter states that air monitoring was conducted during incident and all readings were below equipment detection limits.
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