A breakdown of the Atlas Foundry LPG BLEVE (2007)
Anyone who has taken one of my HAZMAT or Process Safety training courses has heard about and seen video of the Atlas Foundry LPG BLEVE that occurred back in 2007. But in a recent process safety course, several students (volunteer FF's outside of their full time job at this PSM facility) debated on the facts of the incident, of which neither was even close to being factual. So as we approach the 10-year anniversary of this fatal accident and BLEVE I thought it would be a good idea to set the record straight with what actually happened and how it happened. And yes, this was another HAZMAT UNLOADING incident gone bad... |
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