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Caps and Plugs - One Day You Will Miss Them! — Process Safety Beacon, December 2011
Caps and Plugs - One Day You Will Miss Them! — Process Safety Beacon, December 2011
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- Digest
- Process Safety Beacon December 2011
- Hydrocarbon ReleaseIsolationProcess Safety
- Barrier managementDropped objectsFireLoss of containment
- Inspection and maintenance
- Process pipework and pipelinesValve
- Management of change
- Downstream and process industries
Summary
Falling scaffolding debris opened a quarter-turn vent valve, releasing flammable material that ignited, killing one worker and seriously burning two others. The bulletin explains the importance of caps, plugs and additional containment barriers, checking missing closures, considering valve design and handle placement, and reviewing modifications through management of change.
Classifications: Barrier management; safety barrier management.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Loss of containment; containment loss.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Process pipework and pipelines; process piping.
Classifications: Valve; valves.
Classifications: Management of change; MOC; change management.
Classifications: Downstream and process industries; refining; petrochemicals.
Summary
One-page Beacon on why caps and plugs on open-ended lines, vents and drains matter.
Process Safety Beacon December 2011. Themes: hydrocarbon release, isolation, process safety.