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Louisville Train Derailment Case Study

Louisville Train Derailment Case Study. Michael J. Magda Livonia Fire & Recue Western Wayne County HMRT. Monday Oct. 29, 2012. Derailed at 0630 72 cars, 5 engines. Monday Morning B riefing . Approach and Position. Approach and Position. Approach U phill/upwind

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Louisville Train Derailment Case Study

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  1. Louisville Train Derailment Case Study Michael J. Magda Livonia Fire & Recue Western Wayne County HMRT

  2. Monday Oct. 29, 2012 Derailed at 0630 72 cars, 5 engines

  3. Monday Morning Briefing

  4. Approach and Position

  5. Approach and Position • Approach • Uphill/upwind • Conditions found through observation • Visible clues • Occupancy in the area • Heavy or light industrial • Residential • Incident type • Spill • Leak • Release • Container

  6. Site Management • Establish Command • Fill Command positions • Isolate immediate area • Request resources • Establish Staging Area

  7. Request Resources • Hazmat • EPA • MDEQ • PEAS (State Assists) • NRC • USCG • Environmental companies • Additional Hazmat Teams • Tech Rescue? • Additional Fire companies • Salvation Army • American Red cross • County Roads • MDOT • Police • Local • State

  8. Request Resources • Railroad • Environmental companies • Contractors • Customer • Contractors • Environmental contractors • Chemical Specialist • Local EOC • Full activation • County EOC • State EOC • Regional Assists • IMT • Medical unit • Etc.

  9. Request Resources • NTSB • MIOSHA • OSHA

  10. Identify the Problem • Survey the Incident • Surrounding conditions • Hazard behavior

  11. Monday Afternoon Briefing

  12. Hazard Assessment • Identify the Hazards • Physical • Chemical • Environmental condition • Survey the incident • Identify defining criteria? • Identify the chemical hazards

  13. Hazard Assessment • Defining Criteria • Occupancy & location • Container shapes & sizes • Marking & colors • Labels & Placards • Shipping papers • Monitoring & detection • Observational clues

  14. Hazard Assessment • Behavioral event (Stress Events) • Breach • Release • Engulf • Impingement • Types of Harm • Damage Assessment

  15. Hazard Assessment • Reference Materials • SDS’s/MSDS’s • Shipping papers • Internet • Passive Analysis • Observation • Referencing defining criteria

  16. Abbreviations used in NIOSH • MW—Molecular weight. • BP—Boiling point at 1 atm • Sol—Solubility in water • Fl.P—Flash point in °F • IP—Ionization potential • VP—Vapor pressure at 68 °F • MLT—Melting point for solids • FRZ—Freezing point. • UEL—Upper Explosive Level • LEL—Lower Explosive Level • MEC—Minimum explosive concentration, in g/m3 • Sp.Gr—Specific gravity at 68 °F • RGasD—Relative density of gases referenced to air = 1

  17. Styrene UN 2055

  18. Styrene

  19. Hydrogen Fluoride (HF) UN 1052

  20. "The Hydrogen Fluoride is the chemical that first responders are most concerned about and makes the greatest risk for the community as well as the responders themselves," says Louisville Metro Emergency Management Director Doug Hamilton.

  21. Hydrogen Fluoride

  22. 1,3 Butadiene UN 1010

  23. Butadiene

  24. Sodium Hydroxide UN 1823 or UN 1824

  25. Hazard Assessment • Active Analysis • Reconnaissance • Monitoring & Detection • Corrosively • pH, F, spiffier paper • Flammability • 4 gas meters • Oxygen potential • 4 gas meters • Toxicity • PID, colorimetrics

  26. Hazard Assessment • Quantity of material • Containment systems • Correlate to Defining Criteria • Stress event • Physical damage (Potentials)

  27. Hazard Assessment • Probability or likelihood to harm • Physical damage (Potentials) • Stress • Breach • Release • Engulf • Impingement • Harm

  28. Hazard Assessment • Damage potentials of containers • Crack • Score • Gouge • Wheel burn • Dent • Rail burn • Street burn

  29. Hazard Assessment • Implementing Response Objectives • Rescue • Public Protective Actions • Spill Control • Leak Control • Fire Control • Recovery

  30. Monday Night Briefing

  31. Monday Night

  32. Tuesday Morning Briefing

  33. So, What happen?

  34. Lack of Control • Who was in control? • Fire Dept. • Hazmat • Railroad • Compliant? • IAP • Site Safety Plan

  35. Basics Causes • Personal Factor • Education & Training • Inadequate equipment

  36. Immediate Causes • Substandard Act/ Practices: • Reconnaissance • Hazard Assessment • Damage Assessment • Risk Assessment • PPE Selection

  37. Incident/Event • Contractor using a torch

  38. Loss • 5 Members injured • 3 critical • 2nd & 3rd burns • 2 treated and released • Delays • Clean-up • Commerce • Infrastructure

  39. Why a Torch? • Couplings • Debris • Hot Tap

  40. Hot Tap • Technique • Gain access • Liquefied gasses or liquids • Flaring vapors or liquids • Venting gases or vapors • Involves • Threaded nozzle • Welder • Specially designed drill • Valve

  41. Hot Tap

  42. Hot Tap SOG • Note: This Guideline is one of many methods that could be utilized for the removal of products in the field. An evaluation of all methods shall be performed before choosing the method that suits the situation. • Note: This Guideline shall be used in conjunction with other Guidelines found in this manual i.e. Sit Safety Plan, Grounding and Bounding, Incident Action Plan etc.

  43. Hot Tap SOG • Because of the possibility of burn-through or explosive decompression,a hot tap should not be used under any circumstances on tank car tanks containing the following products: • Bromine; • Chlorine; • Cryogenic liquids; • Elemental sulfur; • Ethylene; • Ethylene oxide; • Hydrocarbons in stainless steel tanks; • Hydrochloric acid; • Nitric acid; • Propylene oxide; • Sulfuric acid.

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