January/February 2010 Inspectioneering Journal Article Index

• Board Votes to Initiate Investigation on Accidents at DuPont Chemical Facility in Belle, West Virginia Braided Hose Rupture

  January/February 2010 Inspectioneering Journal Washington, DC, January 25, 2010 - The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today voted to initiate an investigation of recent accidents at the DuPont chemical complex in Belle, West Virginia, following a release of highly toxic phosgene on Saturday... Continue reading...

• CSB Issues Urgent Recommendations to CITGO - Finds Inadequate Hydrogen Fluoride Water Mitigation System during Corpus Christi Refinery HF Alky Unit Fire

  January/February 2010 Inspectioneering Journal The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) issued urgent safety recommendations calling on CITGO to immediately improve its emergency water mitigation system in the event of another release of potentially deadly hydrogen fluoride (HF) vapor, as occurred... Continue reading...

• Management Leadership and Support for PEI

  January/February 2010 Inspectioneering Journal By John Reynolds at Intertek Like all of the other 10 MSs in our filing cabinet, this MS on Management Leadership and Support of PEI (shown in Figure 2 below) is vital to success and linked inextricably to all the other PEI MSs. Continue reading...

• Recent Technological Advances in Ultrasonic-Based Intelligent Pig Technology for Fired Heater Coils

  January/February 2010 Inspectioneering Journal By Richard D. Roberts at Quest Integrity Group For years refinery and chemical plant operators have utilized ultrasonic-based intelligent pig technology to inspect coils in convection and radiant sections of fired heaters. This proven technology provides accurate inspection data which allows... Continue reading...