Phillips explosion of 1999
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Two contractors were killed and three men were injured in an explosion on the morning of Wednesday, June 23, 1999, at Phillips Petroleum Company's K-Resin plant in its chemical complex at 1400 Jefferson Road, Pasadena, Texas 77506. An alarm sounded at 11:30 am when the blast occurred and a fire erupted. It took more than an hour for Phillips' onsite fire department to extinguish the blaze.[1]
Those killed were 24-year-old Juan Martinez and his uncle Jose Inez Rangel, who were performing a hydrostatic test on pipe until they were burned to death by 500-degree F molten plastic.[2] Both Martinez and Rangel were employed by Zachry Construction Corporation.[3]
Facility Today
Today, the facility continues to manufacture high-density polyethylene (HDPE), as well as K-Resin SBC.[4] This complex employs 750 workers for the production of specialty chemicals, including 150 operations and maintenance personnel.[5]
The facility also experienced fatalities in 1989 and 2000. A massive propane leak occurred on 25-Jun-2008 in a utility easement just outside plant property.[6][7] [8]
See also
- Chevron Phillips
- Phillips Disaster of 1989
- Phillips explosion of 2000
- 2001 Humber Refinery explosion
References
- ↑ "Explosion Kills Two at Phillips K-Resin Plant". http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5258/is_199906/ai_n20345564. Retrieved 2007-12-09.[dead link]
- ↑ "Tort Reform Lone Star Style". http://www.southernstudies.org/news/fs20041014.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
- ↑ "K-Resin(Registered Trademark) Facility Incidents". http://sec.edgar-online.com/2002/03/15/0000912057-02-010087/Section3.asp. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
- ↑ "Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC - Worldwide Operations (hotlink sequence: Polyethylene, Texas, Pasadena)". http://www.cpchem.com/enu/plants_facilities.asp. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
- ↑ "Docket H054A, EX. 50-1-2-24, 24.0 Chromium Catalyst Users, page 24-5 (5 of 20)". http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ContentViewer?objectId=09000064801ef778&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
- ↑ "Pasadena propane pipeline springs a leak". khou.com (KHOU-TV, Inc.). 2008-06-25. Archived from the original on 2008-07-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20080710062617/http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou080625_tnt_pipeline.3a457bdb.html. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
- ↑ "Accident sparks propane leak near plant". ktrk.com (KTRK-TV/DT). 2008-06-25. http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=6222957. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
- ↑ "Propane Leaks From Pasadena Pipeline". click2houston.com (KPRC-TV/DT). 2008-06-25. http://www.click2houston.com/news/16707499/detail.html. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
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