The Scenario:
You are back at your plant the Monday after the Dangerous When Wet leaking tanker incident happened, and you are telling your fellow HazMat Team Coordinator how you handled the situation. Before he has a chance to offer his opinion, a call comes in over your radio that a forklift has punctured a 55 gallon drum at the door between the oxidizer storage area and the production department. There is a spill, and no one is injured; however, the production employee does not know what was spilled. You make an immediate page to all emergency response team members in the area, and then you head out the door to the scene with your fellow HazMat Team Coordinator (the production department chief engineer). While en route to the scene, you call the plant manager and apprise her of what you know and that you will report back as soon as you have more information.
The incident command center can either be the production office or the conference room near the plant manager's office. In this case, your first choice is the production office.
The storage area building has multiple storage bays for oxidizers, flammables, acids, and bases. When you arrive near the scene, you find the punctured drum on its side against a pallet of three other drums and a very small fuming cloud of vapor developing from the area, but you cannot tell its exact point of origin. It turns out that the drums are just inside the storage area building. You can see that the drums on the pallet have flammable labels. The fourth flammable drum has been knocked off the pallet and is also lying on its side next to the punctured drum. The punctured drum has not been identified at this point – it is a strong oxidizer, strong acid, or strong base raw material.
Questions:
1. How do you proceed?
2. What information are you after, how do you gather it, and what instructions do you provide for your team?
3. What hazardous situations are you and your team facing? If you need to, you can differentiate these situations depending on the punctured drum being a strong oxidizer, strong acid, or strong base. Develop a brief priority list and a brief action list for what you should do.
4. What, if any, restraints should you exercise?
5. What advice would you give to any other individuals coming upon the scene?
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S
UBSTANCES
- W
ATER
-R
EACTIVE
- C
ORROSIVE
ERG2012
GUIDE
137
POTENTIAL HAZARDS
HEALTH
•±
CORROSIVE
and/or
TOXIC;
inhalation,
ingestion
or
contact
(skin,
eyes)
with
vapors,
dusts
or
substance
may
cause
severe
injury,
burns
or
death.
•±
Fire
will
produce
irritating,
corrosive
and/or
toxic
gases.
•±
Reaction
with
water
may
generate
much
heat
that
will
increase
the
concentration
of
fumes
in
the
air.
•±
Contact
with
molten
substance
may
cause
severe
burns
to
skin
and
eyes.
•±
Runoff
from
²re
control
or
dilution
water
may
cause
pollution.
FIRE OR EXPLOSION
•±
EXCEPT FOR ACETIC ANHYDRIDE (UN1715), THAT IS FLAMMABLE,
some
of
these
materials
may
burn,
but
none
ignite
readily.
•±
May
ignite
combustibles
(wood,
paper,
oil,
clothing,
etc.).
•±
Substance
will
react
with
water
(some
violently),
releasing
corrosive
and/or
toxic
gases
and
runoff.
•±
Flammable/toxic
gases
may
accumulate
in
con²ned
areas
(basement,
tanks,
hopper/tank
cars,
etc.).
•±
Contact
with
metals
may
evolve
³ammable
hydrogen
gas.
•±
Containers
may
explode
when
heated
or
if
contaminated
with
water.
•±
Substance
may
be
transported
in
a
molten
form.
PUBLIC SAFETY
•±
CALL EMERGENCY RESPONSE Telephone Number on Shipping Paper frst. I± Shipping Paper not
available or no answer, re±er to appropriate telephone number listed on the inside back cover.
•±
As
an
immediate
precautionary
measure,
isolate
spill
or
leak
area
in
all
directions
for
at
least
50
meters
(150
feet)
for
liquids
and
at
least
25
meters
(75
feet)
for
solids.
•±
Keep
unauthorized
personnel
away.
•±
Stay
upwind.
•±
Keep
out
of
low
areas.
•±
Ventilate
enclosed
areas.
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
•±
Wear
positive
pressure
self-contained
breathing
apparatus
(SCBA).
•±
Wear
chemical
protective
clothing
that
is
speci²cally
recommended
by
the
manufacturer.
It
may
provide
little
or
no
thermal
protection.
•±
Structural
²re²ghters'
protective
clothing
provides
limited
protection
in
²re
situations
ONLY;
it
is
not
effective
in
spill
situations
where
direct
contact
with
the
substance
is
possible.
EVACUATION
Spill
•±
See
Table
1
- Initial
Isolation
and
Protective
Action
Distances
for
highlighted
materials.
For
non-
highlighted
materials,
increase,
in
the
downwind
direction,
as
necessary,
the
isolation
distance
shown
under
“PUBLIC
SAFETY”.
Fire
•±
If
tank,
rail
car
or
tank
truck
is
involved
in
a
²re,
ISOLATE
for
800
meters
(1/2
mile)
in
all
directions;
also,
consider
initial
evacuation
for
800
meters
(1/2
mile)
in
all
directions.
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