Myles..... yes, I started working construction at the ARCO plant on Sheldon Road with Brown and Root in 1975. At the same time, the Oxirane Plant was starting to be constructed to the South of ARCO, I believe it was on Miller Road. This was the same plant where an emptied storage tank was being hydro-blasted inside for cleaning and it blew due to residual hydrocarbons and a static charge from the hydro-blasting. Yes, again, with loss of life. These experiences, and my personal attitude toward accident prevention when supervising crews, is what lead Fluor Daniel to select me into their Plant Safety Program and eventually my managing of Safety at the Noltex, Rohm & Haas, Bayer Phosgene and Nitric Acid plants. Starting in 1999 I managed Safety at many projects all over our great nation for Benham Constructors/SAIC/Liedos for 15 years. I must admit, if anyone has to learn some "on the job" Safety, the petro-chemical industrial environment is quite like nothing else to learn it and be exposed to the need for it.
Jesse TCA 12-68275
