Highly volatile liquids release from underground storage cavern and explosion Mapco Natural Gas Liquids, Inc. Brenham, Texas, April 7, 1992.
Material type: TextSeries: Pipeline Accident Report ; 93/01Publication details: Washington, D.C. : The Board, 1993Description: vii, 108 p. : ill., mapsDDC classification:- 363.179809764 HIG
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Explains how highly volatile liquid products escaped from an underground storage cavern and formed a vapor cloud that exploded, killing three people and damaging almost all buildings within 3 square miles of the storage facility. From its investigation of this accident, the Safety Board identified safety issues in the following areas: safety control systems, cavern management procedures, employee and management performance, emergency preparedness, and Federal and State safety requirements and oversight for underground storage and related pipelines
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