LA Bucket Brigade : Refinery Accident Database

Calumet Lubricants 8 (1214), Shreveport

LDEQ Accident Number Accident Date	Point Source(s)	Notes	Amount of Release
80881 2005-07-29	#4 Vac Unit - Distillation Unit 300-350	Cause: Pump seal failure on a viscosity distillate pump for the vacuum distillation unit 300-350. Hot oil sprayed out and flashed (smoke burn). #4 vacuum unit. Followup: No Notes: No Information Given
80723 2005-07-22	Tank 105	Cause: T-105 was overfilled and released P-80 in a diked area. Tank gauge stuck earlier in the day. Followup: No Notes: Stopped the flow into the tank and vac trucked the oil to recycle tank/remediation of soil. Some went into the process sewer system; reported 100+ barrels spilled on the ground, not sure how much went into the process sewer system.	420.0 gallons
116061 2009-06-29	MEK	Cause: Due to an electrical power failure, operations were dumping deketonizer bottom water to the sump. Also at the same time operations were dropping out the primary and secondary feed drums to the warm wash receiver. They had only one predilution pump on and the warm wash receiver overflows to the sump. The south sump pump could not keep up and solvent backed out of the sump leg drain at the MEK charge pump. Source of ignition was heat trace that was arcing above the pump. Followup: Yes Notes: Fire was extinguished, electrical heat tape turned off, and an electrician was called over to look at it.	1.0 pounds