Learn from the Phillips explosion
Journal Article
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· Hydrocarbon Processing; (USA)
OSTI ID:5819518
- Chemical Manufacturers Association, Washington, DC (US)
The explosion and fires at the Houston Chemical Complex in Pasadena, Texas, in 1989 were a worst- case scenario for Phillips Petroleum Co. The initial blast in a polyethylene unit registered a 3.0 on the Richter scale at seismographs at Rice University. There were 23 killed and more than 300 injured. The plant lost communications and much of its water system. The building housing its emergency operations center and emergency plans was wrecked in the explosion. This paper presents an assessment of the response to the explosion.
- OSTI ID:
- 5819518
- Journal Information:
- Hydrocarbon Processing; (USA), Vol. 70:3; ISSN 0018-8190
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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