突发!埃克森美孚工厂发生乙烯爆炸!目前造成66人受伤

来源:休斯顿华人 2019-08-01 11:26

慧正资讯:7月31日,美国石油公司埃克森美孚位于休斯敦市东侧的贝城烯烃工厂发生火灾。事故造成66人受伤,暂无人员死亡报告。而埃克森美孚公司是世界最大的乙烯工厂之一....

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爆炸现场

爆炸突发,人心惶惶

火灾是在大约上午11:07在休斯顿以东25英里的贝城的埃克森美孚工厂发生爆炸后开始的。工厂经理杰森·邓肯(Jason Duncan)说,许多伤者都受到轻微烧伤,所有伤者都在当地一家诊所接受治疗。

据媒体报道,工厂所在区域约有37000居民。目前,埃克森美孚公司称,出于谨慎考虑,已在工厂西侧设立一座避难所。哈里斯郡官员表示,请当地居民留在室内,并关闭门窗和空调。

爆炸后不久,大火向天空喷射出大量黑烟。

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爆炸现场

周围的居民-法官莉娜·伊达尔戈表示:

It's difficult to look out your window and see a plume of smoke. It's frightening," Hidalgo said. "It's not right for us to live next to a petrochemical plant and live in fear sometimes.

“往窗外看,很难看到一缕烟。这太可怕了,我们住在石化工厂旁边,有时生活在恐惧之中,这是不对的。

---法官莉娜·伊达尔

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雷迪·兰德里(Freddie Landry)描述当时发生的事

事发现场的员工弗雷迪·兰德里(Freddie Landry)表示:

The crane guys were moving pipe for me so, we can proceed and finish our job," Landry said. "I heard a big boom. The crane went up, and the guys said it exploded. No hesitation. We all turned around and took off."

起重机工人正在为我移动管道,这样我们就可以继续完成我们的工作,接着,我听到一声巨响。起重机上升了,那些人说它爆炸了。没有犹豫。我们都转身离开了。

---弗雷迪·兰德里

据Baytown市称,截至下午3:05,为居住在工厂西部和330以南的居民发放的住房已经取消,空气监测没有发现任何关注程度。

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@City of Baytown, TX 推特截图

该材料很容易被热,火花或火焰点燃,并与空气形成爆炸性混合物。任何暴露在火中的气瓶都可能通过减压装置排出和释放可燃气体。并且,蒸汽可能会在没有警告的情况下引起头晕或窒息。接触气体或液化气体也会导致灼伤,严重伤害和/或冻伤。

因此官方提醒周围的市民注意关注空气质量。

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官方火灾说明会现场

据悉,该德克萨斯州环境质量委员会派员到现场。埃克森美孚官员表示,没有发现任何不利的环境影响。并且发布了以下有关火灾的书面声明:

“Baytown Olefins工厂发生火灾。我们的消防队正在努力扑灭火灾。我们正在进行人员核算。我们的首要任务仍然是人员的安全,包括我们的员工,承包商和周围社区。作为预防措施,我们的工业卫生工作人员正在现场和围栏线进行空气质量监测。我们正在与监管机构合作。我们对此事件可能给社区带来的任何干扰或不便深表遗憾。“

据悉,目前具体的爆炸原因还在调查当中,官方会随时更新数据。

关于埃克森美孚贝敦工厂的黑历史

1. 设施介绍

埃克森美孚官网称他们的“综合大楼位于休斯顿船舶航道沿着约3,400英亩,位于休斯顿以东约25英里处。它由四个生产基地组成,其中一个位于Mont Belvieu附近,还有一个全球技术中心。Baytown地区拥有约7,000名员工,高度整合,使工厂和产品更加高效。”

据悉,Baytown Olefins工厂于1979年开始运营,是世界上最大的乙烯工厂之一。该公司表示,它在2018年完成了Baytown Olefins工厂的数十亿美元的乙烷裂解装置。该裂解装置每年可生产150万吨,并为Mont Belvieu塑料厂的两条新型高性能聚乙烯生产线提供乙烯原料。这是从2017年开始的。

聚丙烯是一种高性能,轻质耐用的塑料,用于汽车,家电,包装和标签。

2. 罚款

该公司今年早些时候因“未能防止未经授权的排放而未能将高反应性挥发性有机化合物排放限制在每小时一个小时的1,200磅或更少”而被罚款超过40,000美元。

2017年,埃克森美孚公司因其在贝敦工厂违反清洁空气法案而被罚款超过2100万美元。该诉讼最初由环境德克萨斯公民大厅公司和塞拉俱乐部于2010年提起,声称在2005年10月至2013年9月期间,整个贝敦大楼的未经授权的空气排放。

该工厂于2015年因2012年和2013年的空气污染报告而被罚款。

3. OSHA违规

2017年,Olefins工厂的一名工人被烧毁,该公司被罚款。

2003年8月26日,一名正在更换过滤器的员工在一场大火中严重烧伤,并在事故发生25天后死于医院。

随后的联邦调查导致罚款4,500美元,理由是违反了1970年的“职业安全和健康法案”,“雇主没有提供就业和就业地点,这些工作没有引起或可能导致死亡的公认危害或对员工造成严重的身体伤害。“

(CNN)Residents were urged to shelter in place for several hours after an explosion and fire broke out Wednesday at a massive ExxonMobil plant in Texas, injuring 66 people, officials said.

The injuries were non-life threatening, plant manager Jason Duncan told reporters. Most involved minor, first-degree-type burns, with the victims treated at a local clinic, he said. Most were ExxonMobil employees or contractors.

City officials said via Twitter Wednesday afternoon that the shelter-in-place advisory had been lifted after monitoring failed to detect "any levels of concern" in the air. The fire had been contained by the evening.

"We realize the people who live here in Baytown and our surrounding communities are worried," Baytown spokeswoman Natasha Barrett told reporters. "We understand that and we've been working hour after hour to check on things, to monitor air quality."

The fire occurred at the company's Baytown Olefins Plant, ExxonMobil spokeswoman Sarah Nordin said. The company website describes the complex as one of the largest refining and petrochemical complexes in the world. It's located about 25 miles east of Houston.

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Residents have been asked to shelter in place near parts of an ExxonMobil plant in Baytown, Texas.

Barrett said the fire began about 11:07 a.m. local time and the precautionary shelter-in-place was issued about 10 minutes later.

The blaze is in a unit that contains polypropylene material and Exxon asked that the shelter-in-place order be issued west of the plant and south of the Texas Spur 330 freeway "out of an abundance of caution," the city of Baytown said via Twitter.

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Flames and smoke rise from the ExxonMobil complex in Baytown, Texas.

Duncan said the fire broke out at a polypropylene recovery unit, where the plastic is purified for production. He said crews were working to shut down the units to isolate the fire source.

Duncan said the company is conducting air quality monitoring at the site and fence line, and cooperating with regulatory agencies. He said no adverse environmental effects had been detected.

Barrett said city and county officials were also monitoring the air.

The cause of the explosion is unknown, he said.

CNN's Chuck Johnston and Sheena Jones contributed to this report.

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