Is the control room in your facility located close to the tank farm? Is any occupied or functionally significant buildings close to a Maximum Credible Loss Scenario? Is your cylinder storage shed close to the drum filling area?
If you have wondered about this ever, then you should read this article to understand Facility Siting. Some incidents from the past have cleared the importance of facility siting in a plant.
The Flixborough explosion in 1974, where cyclohexane explosion shattered control room windows, collapsed its roof and demolished the brick-constructed main office block. Twenty eight people died, and thirty-six were injured in this accident out of which Eighteen of the fatalities were in the control room. Fortunately, over 200 fatalities were averted as the incident took place on Saturday when the main office block was unoccupied.
The Phillips disaster of 1989, where 40000 kg (85000 lbs) of a mixture of ethylene, isobutane, hexene and hydrogen was released and exploded. The second explosion involved BLEVEs of two isobutene storage tanks and the third explosion was the catastrophic failure of the ethylene plant reactor. The explosions killed 23 employees and injured 314.
If you have wondered about this ever, then you should read this article to understand Facility Siting. Some incidents from the past have cleared the importance of facility siting in a plant.
The Flixborough explosion in 1974, where cyclohexane explosion shattered control room windows, collapsed its roof and demolished the brick-constructed main office block. Twenty eight people died, and thirty-six were injured in this accident out of which Eighteen of the fatalities were in the control room. Fortunately, over 200 fatalities were averted as the incident took place on Saturday when the main office block was unoccupied.
The Phillips disaster of 1989, where 40000 kg (85000 lbs) of a mixture of ethylene, isobutane, hexene and hydrogen was released and exploded. The second explosion involved BLEVEs of two isobutene storage tanks and the third explosion was the catastrophic failure of the ethylene plant reactor. The explosions killed 23 employees and injured 314.
