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CSB report on the Torrance refinery explosion
Final investigation report of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, released 3 May 2017.
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- 3 May 2017
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- Torrance refinery explosion of 2015 Primary record 1
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- U.S. Chemical Safety Board 3 May 2017 Primary record 1
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- 3 May 2017 CSB report on the Torrance refinery explosion
- 3 May 2017 U.S. Chemical Safety Board authored CSB report on the Torrance refinery explosion
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CSB Releases Final Report into 2015 Explosion at ExxonMobil Refinery in Torrance, California, U.S. Chemical Safety Board, 3 May 2017.
Primary record
a slide valve that acted as a barrier failed. That failure ultimately allowed hydrocarbons to flow into the air side of the FCC, where they ignited in a piece of equipment called the electrostatic precipitator, or ESP, causing an explosion of the ESP.
This explosion and near miss should not have happened, and likely would not have happened, had a more robust process safety management system been in place.
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