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« on: March 24, 2005, 05:37:18 AM »
I used to never pay attention to stories like this one, but now that I work in a Chemical plant shit like this scares the hell out of me.

The plant where I work had a fire two years ago, about 1/1000th. as bad as this one (Only one guy got seriously injured, no one dead), and the plant where I work is only about 1/10th. the size of this one, but still the possibility of it blowing sky high (and taking me with it) exist.

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« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2005, 07:42:04 AM »
Dude, you work in a chemical factory? Ouch. How is it and what quite do you do?
My uncle used to be a fireman and was in the catchment area (as it were) of ICI, which terrified him.
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« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2005, 02:47:49 PM »
Spouse and several other branches of the family are employeed (or have been) by Fluor Daniel. They've all spent a lot of time on site for various chemical/petroleum builds. The safety material and mandatory walkthroughs they deal with as part of the job are pretty gruesome. Nothing like knowing which buzzer & klaxon means suit up and run upwind.

Pay attention to the klaxon, Paul.

NOTE: Fluor just paid off several millions to a guy who was on an IBM site and sent to work on some equipment which was supposedly shut down and electrically cut off. 60% of his body burned and 8 months later he got a payout for someone's carelessness.
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« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2005, 03:13:27 PM »
Fear can be an excellent motivator, especially to remember safety procedures.

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« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2005, 10:16:43 PM »
Aug, is that a new job that quick?
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« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2005, 10:28:22 PM »
Yeah, I was wondering that too.  I know you worked for the state before so I didn't know if this was what you did all this time or if you had a NEW job... with the state of KY.

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« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2005, 10:52:37 PM »
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Dude, you work in a chemical factory? Ouch. How is it and what quite do you do?


I'm a piping designer, which is bottom feeding in the drafting world, but the refineries and chemical plants pay well.  And I like it just fine, the work is easy and most of the people are pretty nice and easy to deal with.  By the nature of my job I don't have to deal with too many people which suits me just fine.  Unfortunately, the only person that I have any problems with is my immediate supervisor who is a complete and utter tool.

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« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2005, 11:06:13 PM »
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the only person that I have any problems with is my immediate supervisor who is a complete and utter tool.


They all are.
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« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2005, 11:55:13 PM »
No, it's my old job, which I am still hanging in limbo in.

Our agency also licenses plumbers, electricians & HVAC contractors and does all the building code inspections for the state.
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« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2005, 12:11:42 AM »
For some reason I thought  you were a Fed appointee - you're actually a State appointee? I was hoping that, like me, you wind up with a hiring preference.
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« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2005, 09:50:02 PM »
That was a BP refinery, and it pretty much blows part of the way up on a regular basis. I've been getting emails about it for two days straight.
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« Reply #11 on: April 02, 2005, 04:51:54 PM »
Why i'm so concerned about refinery explosions.

Actually I no longer work in this building, but i'm no less remote from the process than before.  You can't see it in this picture, but just behind the reactors are 7 20k gallon propylene storage tanks.  

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« Reply #12 on: April 02, 2005, 07:22:00 PM »
If it's any consolation I will probably be suffering terrible respiratory illness in 5 years due to scary printing substances.
OK, maybe not so much...
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« Reply #13 on: April 03, 2005, 08:20:25 PM »
I will be developing rat allergies any day now. That or superpowers, I think.

Anyway, best of luck to Paul in avoiding explosions. At least you're not directly on the line...
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« Reply #14 on: April 04, 2005, 01:20:23 PM »
geeze lousie dude, now would apparently not be a good time to take up smoking as a recreational hobby.
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