Union Carbide Corporation Texas City Plant - Accident History

Accident on 1994-11-04 15:30:00

Industry (NAICS):	Petrochemical Manufacturing (32511)
Duration of Release:	00:02:00

Release Event

Gas Release?	n
Liquid Spill/Evaporation?	y
Fire?	n
Explosion?	n

Release Source

Storage Vessel:	n
Piping:	y
Process Vessel:	n
Transfer Hose:	n
Valve:	n
Pump:	n
Joint:	n
Other Release Source:

Weather Conditions at the Time of Event

Wind:	10 Miles an Hour blowing South East at 78 Degrees Fahrenheit
Atmospheric Stability Class:	c
Precipitation Present?	n
Unknown Weather Conditions?	n

On-Site Impacts

Employee or Contractor Deaths:	0
Public Responder Deaths:	0
Public Deaths:	0
Employee or Contractor Injuries:	1
Public Responder Injuries:	0
Public Injuries:	0
On-site Property Damage ($):	0

Known Off-Site Impacts

Deaths:	0
Hospitalization:	0
Other Medical Treatments:	0
Evacuated:	0
Sheltered-in-place:	0
Off-site Property Damage ($):	0

Environmental Damage

Fish or Animal Kills:	n
Tree, Lawn, Shrub, or Crop Damage:	n
Water Contamination:	n
Soil Contamination:	n
Other Environmental Damage:

Initiating Event

Equipment failure

Contributing Factors

Equipment failure:	y
Human error:	n
Improper procedures:	n
Overpressurization:	n
Upset condition:	n
By-pass condition:	n
Maintenance activity/inactivity:	n
Process design failure:	n
Unsuitable equipment:	n
Unusual weather condition:	n
Managment error:	n
Other contributing factor:

Off-site Responders Notified

No, not Notified

Changes Introduced as a Result of the Accident

Improved or upgraded equipment:	n
Revised maintenance:	n
Revised training:	n
Revised operating procedures:	n
New process controls:	n
New mitigation systems:	n
Revised emergency response plan:	n
Changed process:	n
Reduced inventory:	n
None:	y
Other changes introduced:

Confidention Business Information

Chemicals in Accident History

100% of 850 lbs. of the Toxic Chemical "Vinyl Acetate Monomer [Acetic Acid Ethenyl Ester]", CAS: 108-05-4.

Accident on 1995-12-29 20:40:00

Industry (NAICS):	Petrochemical Manufacturing (32511)
Duration of Release:	00:05:00

Release Event

Gas Release?	y
Liquid Spill/Evaporation?	n
Fire?	n
Explosion?	n

Release Source

Storage Vessel:	n
Piping:	n
Process Vessel:	n
Transfer Hose:	n
Valve:	y
Pump:	n
Joint:	n
Other Release Source:

Weather Conditions at the Time of Event

Wind:	10 Miles an Hour blowing South East at 50 Degrees Fahrenheit
Atmospheric Stability Class:	d
Precipitation Present?	n
Unknown Weather Conditions?	n

On-Site Impacts

Employee or Contractor Deaths:	0
Public Responder Deaths:	0
Public Deaths:	0
Employee or Contractor Injuries:	1
Public Responder Injuries:	0
Public Injuries:	0
On-site Property Damage ($):	0

Known Off-Site Impacts

Deaths:	0
Hospitalization:	0
Other Medical Treatments:	0
Evacuated:	0
Sheltered-in-place:	0
Off-site Property Damage ($):	0

Environmental Damage

Fish or Animal Kills:	n
Tree, Lawn, Shrub, or Crop Damage:	n
Water Contamination:	n
Soil Contamination:	n
Other Environmental Damage:

Initiating Event

Equipment failure

Contributing Factors

Equipment failure:	n
Human error:	n
Improper procedures:	n
Overpressurization:	y
Upset condition:	y
By-pass condition:	n
Maintenance activity/inactivity:	n
Process design failure:	y
Unsuitable equipment:	n
Unusual weather condition:	n
Managment error:	n
Other contributing factor:

Off-site Responders Notified

No, not Notified

Changes Introduced as a Result of the Accident

Improved or upgraded equipment:	y
Revised maintenance:	n
Revised training:	n
Revised operating procedures:	n
New process controls:	n
New mitigation systems:	n
Revised emergency response plan:	n
Changed process:	n
Reduced inventory:	n
None:	n
Other changes introduced:

Confidention Business Information

Chemicals in Accident History

0% of 18 lbs. of the Flammable Chemical "Hydrogen", CAS: 1333-74-0.
0% of 26 lbs. of the Flammable Chemical "Propylene [1-Propene]", CAS: 115-07-1.
0% of 100 lbs. of the Flammable Chemical "Methane", CAS: 74-82-8.
0% of 65 lbs. of the Flammable Chemical "Ethane", CAS: 74-84-0.
0% of 242 lbs. of the Flammable Chemical "Ethylene [Ethene]", CAS: 74-85-1.
0% of 8 lbs. of the Flammable Chemical "1,3-Butadiene", CAS: 106-99-0.

Accident on 1997-11-09 22:15:00

Industry (NAICS):	Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (325211)
Duration of Release:	00:01:00

Release Event

Gas Release?	y
Liquid Spill/Evaporation?	n
Fire?	n
Explosion?	n

Release Source

Storage Vessel:	n
Piping:	y
Process Vessel:	n
Transfer Hose:	n
Valve:	n
Pump:	n
Joint:	n
Other Release Source:

Weather Conditions at the Time of Event

Wind:	unkown
Atmospheric Stability Class:	u
Precipitation Present?	n
Unknown Weather Conditions?	y

On-Site Impacts

Employee or Contractor Deaths:	0
Public Responder Deaths:	0
Public Deaths:	0
Employee or Contractor Injuries:	1
Public Responder Injuries:	0
Public Injuries:	0
On-site Property Damage ($):	0

Known Off-Site Impacts

Deaths:	0
Hospitalization:	0
Other Medical Treatments:	0
Evacuated:	0
Sheltered-in-place:	0
Off-site Property Damage ($):	0

Environmental Damage

Fish or Animal Kills:	n
Tree, Lawn, Shrub, or Crop Damage:	n
Water Contamination:	n
Soil Contamination:	n
Other Environmental Damage:

Initiating Event

Equipment failure

Contributing Factors

Equipment failure:	y
Human error:	y
Improper procedures:	y
Overpressurization:	n
Upset condition:	n
By-pass condition:	n
Maintenance activity/inactivity:	n
Process design failure:	y
Unsuitable equipment:	n
Unusual weather condition:	n
Managment error:	n
Other contributing factor:

Off-site Responders Notified

No, not Notified

Changes Introduced as a Result of the Accident

Improved or upgraded equipment:	y
Revised maintenance:	n
Revised training:	y
Revised operating procedures:	y
New process controls:	n
New mitigation systems:	n
Revised emergency response plan:	n
Changed process:	n
Reduced inventory:	n
None:	n
Other changes introduced:

Confidention Business Information

Chemicals in Accident History

100% of 0 lbs. of the Toxic Chemical "Chlorine", CAS: 7782-50-5.

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