Myles, I am a little familiar with the Port Arthur plant, I worked many plants along the Texas Gulf coast from Monsanto on Chocolate Bayou to the Port Arthur and Orange areas. The most time were at Exxon BOP in Baytown, Gulf (now Chevron) North of Baytown on I-10, ARCO/Lyondale in Channelview, Shell on Hwy 225 in Pasadena, DuPont in LaPorte, and Rohm&Haas in Deer Park. Saw many events take place, such as when Phillips Petroleum on 225 in Pasadena blew up and burned on Oct. 30th, 1989.... 30 lives lost. I could tell of many events witnessed that did not have good outcomes. Being in Safety gave me opportunity to learn many of the facts and chain of events behind events and what lead up to the end results. The worst thing, besides loss of lives, is the fact all could have been prevented had procedures been followed and short cuts avoided. Never a good thing when time and money take priority over Safety. And, as many on the Forum can attest to, the same applies to all the careers we have or have retired from.
Jesse TCA
