Union Carbide Corporation Texas City Plant - Accident History

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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

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

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

CBI claimed?n

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

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

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

CBI claimed?n

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

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

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

CBI claimed?n

Chemicals in Accident History

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

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