LA Bucket Brigade : Refinery Accident Database

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Formosa Plastics (288), Baton Rouge

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Year	Number of Incident Reports				Number of Pollutants	Amount of Pollutants		Citizen Complaints
Year	Reportable Quantities Released	Below Reportable Quantities Released	No Information Given	Total	Number of Pollutants	pounds	gallons	Citizen Complaints
2005	1	3	0	4	2	3	0	0
2006	0	3	8	11	6	0	0	0
2007	3	3	3	9	5	9,374	0	0
2008	2	10	2	14	5	2,036	0	0
2009	1	5	0	6	3	3,011	0	0
2010	2	6	0	8	7	340,776	0	0
2011	2	3	2	7	5	1,560	0	0
2012	1	3	1	5	4	1,320	0	0
2013	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	12	36	16	64	13	358,080	0	0

Pollution Summary

Year	Greenhouse Gases	Criteria Pollutants	Ozone Forming Chemicals
Year	Greenhouse Gases	Criteria Pollutants	pounds	gallons
2005	0	0	0	0
2006	0	0	0	0
2007	0	0	0	0
2008	0	0	0	0
2009	0	0	0	0
2010	23	0	0	0
2011	0	0	0	0
2012	0	0	0	0
2013	0	0	0	0
Total	23	0	0	0

By causal factor

Causal Factor	Number of Accident Reports
Causal Factor	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	Total
Corrosion	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
Corrosion						34 lb				34 lb
Equipment Failure	0	2	1	5	1	3	0	1	0	13
Equipment Failure			5,815 lb		10 lb	340,742 lb				346,567 lb
Human Factors	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4
Human Factors			1,438 lb	2,036 lb				1,255 lb		4,729 lb
Instrument Failure	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Instrument Failure										BRQ
Maintenance/Procedures	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
Maintenance/Procedures										BRQ
No Information Given	1	0	1	2	0	1	2	0	0	7
No Information Given			1,584 lb				5 lb			1,589 lb
Piping or Tubing	2	3	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	10
Piping or Tubing	1 lb							65 lb		66 lb
Process Upset	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	6
Process Upset	2 lb				3,001 lb		1,540 lb			4,542 lb
Seal or Gasket	0	3	3	2	3	0	3	0	0	14
Seal or Gasket			537 lb				16 lb			553 lb
Start Up, Shut Down	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Start Up, Shut Down										BRQ
Weather	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
Weather										BRQ

Pollution Summary by number of accident reports

Pollutant Released	Greenhouse Gas	Criteria Pollutant	Ozone Forming Chemical	Number of Accident Reports
Pollutant Released	Greenhouse Gas	Criteria Pollutant	Ozone Forming Chemical	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	Total
Vinyl Chloride				3	5	5	9	4	4	4	4	0	38
Ethylene dichloride				1	7	1	8	4	3	2	1	0	27
Hydrochloric Acid				0	0	0	5	2	1	2	1	0	11
Natural Gas				0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3
1,2-Dichloroethane-D4			X	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Ethylene			X	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Hydrogen Chloride				0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Sodium Hydroxide				0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Stormwater				0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Organic Compounds				0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Propylene			X	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Carbon tetrachloride				0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Chloroform	X			0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
All Releases	1	0	3	4	11	9	14	6	8	7	5	0	64

Pollution Summary by amount released

Pollutant Released	Greenhouse Gas	Criteria Pollutant	Ozone Forming Chemical	Units	Amount of Release
Pollutant Released	Greenhouse Gas	Criteria Pollutant	Ozone Forming Chemical	Units	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	Total
Natural Gas				pounds	0	0	1,584	0	0	340,599	1,540	0	0	343,723
Vinyl Chloride				pounds	3	0	7,253	2,036	3,001	0	18	1,265	0	13,576
Sodium Hydroxide				pounds	0	0	537	0	0	0	0	0	0	537
Hydrogen Chloride				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	143	0	0	0	143
Ethylene dichloride				pounds	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	50	0	60
Chloroform	X			pounds	0	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	23
Carbon tetrachloride				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	11
Hydrochloric Acid				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	7
Stormwater				BRQ	0	0	BRQ	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sodium Hydroxide				BRQ	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Propylene			X	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	BRQ	0	0
Organic Compounds				BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	BRQ	0	0	0
Hydrochloric Acid				BRQ	0	0	0	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	0	0	0
Ethylene dichloride				BRQ	0	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	0	0	0
Hydrogen Chloride				BRQ	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ethylene			X	BRQ	0	BRQ	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0
1,2-Dichloroethane-D4			X	BRQ	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vinyl Chloride				BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	0	0