Preliminary Animation of Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery Fire and Explosions
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2019
- At approximately 4:00 am on Friday June 21, 2019, there was a release of flammable vapor in the alkylation unit of the PES refinery in Philadelphia, PA. The vapor found an ignition source, causing a fire and multiple explosions.
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That is how a Government group staffed by dedicated, responsible individuals serves it's trust to the public. Thank you very much for putting this out.
The company deserves some credit for having designed a good system that no one was killed or was that just luck?
I totally agree. These people have their shit on lock.
This agency, like the NTSB, remains effective because politics hasn't interfered with their investigations into the root causes of accidents.
@@dahveed284 minus the attempts of the current president trying to shut them down!
@@peterf.229 Both sides have corrupted the science and engineering communities for their political goals.
As a refinery operator, just let me say THANK YOU to the operator(s) who dumped the HF before the explosions. You saved many, many lives that morning. You are a hero.
Absolutely! Usually these videos concentrate on the negatives, and what more could have been done, rather than (in this case) what actually worked to prevent it getting worse. The credit we take in risk assessments for the "Operator Training", "Procedures", Alarms and Responses etc. etc. came good here.
So strange to call the operator a hero. The operator is is person that took his training and his job seriously. There was an engineer that designed the dump tank , the government agencies that regularly check that everything is in working order ect. Are they all hero's or was the whole system designed to work like this when things go wrong?
I am an operator. I consider this person a hero. It is not necessary for you to share my opinion. Have a good day.
@@martbosman8373 No, they aren't heroes. Just the operator is. It's one thing to design a system, it's another one to react quickly in the heat of the moment and save lives. Nobody refers to emergency procedures when the emergency happens, because they don't have time to go read them; they just react. This operator reacted quickly to an unexpected situation and saved multiple lives. Show some respect.
@@janetsminten8196 A hero is someone who goes beyond the call of duty. This is exactly his duty.
If the control room had been on fire and he would have run in anyway to save lives ,absolutely. To sit in a control room half a mile away and press a few buttons, not so much. Outstanding work,yes.
I my view it degrades the word hero.
Have a nice day.
It's terrible that these need to be made, but damn...The production quality is incredible
You should check out their other videos
@@orioledtd I'm subscribed already! I've watched all of their videos!
Yeah the 2018 and 2017 ones were the most incredible so far! I’m sure their next “full” video will be at least as good.
@@Resdim This isn't made by anyone associated with oil, don't be rude.
Accident's happen. It's awesome that we have teams dedicated to preventing them from being repeated.
This company seems to have had much better emergency procedures in place than those usually featured on this channel.
Being able to flush the horrible chemical into an explosion proof containment before the main explosion occurs sounds impressive.
Emergency equipment and response procedures on all HF alkylation units are really well maintained specifically because the HF acid is so toxic.
Yup. It sounds like they did everything they could to mitigate disaster once it started.
No, the company didn't not follow the Hierarchy of Control.
This is a 130 year old plant, with the issues of AHJ's and 'Grandfathering' run rampant.
Now over 1000 people are without work.
@@SwiftyMcV What do you mean?
@@MetalheadAndNerd
Grandfathering - exempt (someone or something) from a new law or regulation.
They have 130 years of grandfathering.
AHJ Authroity Holding Jurisdictions define what standards and regulations apply.
In USA and Canada, we are know for being reactionary, not following best practice or the latest and best standards.
The narrator in these videos does an amazing job. This man is so talented.
He's really become the voice of the USCSB. idk what I would do with my life if the next video had someone else narrating it.
Chris Hayes LoL Same! His name is mentioned frequently in the comments. Probably in the credits. “Sheldon Smith” rings a bell off the top of my head?
Hes the David Atenborough of disaster videos
They should hire him for Forensic Files II to replace the late Peter Thomas
I was afraid USCSB stopped making these videos, welcome back!
I was just thinking this same thing a few days ago.
Ya'll realize that when they aren't making new videos its a good thing, a very good thing.
@@coreyschmidt1647 Isn't that because there hasn't been any chemical incidents?
@Oscar Ramirez Exactly!
@@coreyschmidt1647 sure they're in texas right now...or soon to be
Being a veteran of the USCSB UA-cam Notification Squad and having watched basically every video on the channel, I was fully expecting him to say something like “an operator quickly engaged a safety to divert the highly hazardous chemical to a safe containment unit. But the mechanism did not operate. Workers had reported it to management who had known for years, and yet the mechanism was never replaced.”
My thought exactly.
😂😂😂
There is ZERO safety. Don’t you understand that the river is now and FOREVER contaminated as is the air, soil! Look up PFAS to understand what a death trap people here must deal with…cancers, lung diseases, skin diseases… it’s EVERYWHERE!!! Nowhere to get it out of the bloodstream and the environment. Everything made from PFAS too. Educate yourselves, please!!!💀🙏🙏🏾🙏🏿😷🤮🧪🫁🤒☠️
Threw a 38 ton tank shell across the river- holy hell, what a thing to have seen. Glad to hear there weren't any fatalities in this one- and welcome back USCSB!
*19 ton. A ton is 2,000 pounds. But yeah, still impressive.
@@shayamaddex996 doesnt really matter that much my truck weighs about 4-5 tons, so figure about 4 times or so that much and it was the piece of metal. I suck at math or Id calculate how much force it too, which is a LOT
I guess this means you weren't shut down. Welcome back.
Was thinking the same , the Trump administration seems to have found some cash ?
bram r yup, he must’ve found some extra change in one of his pant pockets while doing laundry lol
Well, good money spent , learned allot on the sense of opening my eyes and beware !
@@-allround- The president (it doesn't matter who it is) can recommend certain things in a budget proposal. He even wanted to shut off NIST's atomic clock broadcasts as well. Congress restored this in the budget that was actually passed and that the president signed into law.
Ah , not a trump hater or lover or whatsoever , thanks for the explanation. you guy's got a different system over there I guess , when the budget is cut in the Netherlands , it's over and done..
Hydrofluoric Acid is amongst the scariest substances I know. Good thing no one was seriously injured.
@@mrg8872 Then you never worked with HF before...
It's always a sad day when these need to be made.
Don't get me wrong, I find them fascinating, I just want everyone to be safe
That's the same feeling I have. I think these videos are really interesting and great, but I realize that in order for these videos to get made a dangerous or even fatal incident has to take place.
This is probably the only UA-cam channel where it is "bad to see them back".
Safety and safe working enviroment works almost like evolution, in baby steps and it literally could not happen without bad and unfortunate events taking place. Even though we now can use hind-sight, predict, calculate and simulate accidents to try to prevent them, accidents do happen constantly and they will continue happen for as long as we manufacture anything. There will always be some new and unforseen situation and only thing we can do is do our darnest to minimize the risks to workers and enviroment, implement proper evacuation procedures and faster first responder times. Then let engineers make sure that that particular accident will not happen ever again.
@@alaric_ As they say, all safety regulations are written in blood.
Well hey, 5 minor injuries and no lingering health impacts? That's pretty good for a multiple explosion incident. "This thing blew up but everyone's fine, now CSB gets to make another video" is kind of a best-case scenario IMO.
Omg I was afraid you stopped making videos due to budget cuts. So excited that we get to see more CSB investigation videos and animations soon! The only reason I would be glad to see them stop making videos is if we somehow stopped having these sorts of accidents :/
ah cool uscsb is hearting comments
How do I get one of these hearts.
@@Bankable2790 you have to win their heart 😁 they don't just give it to anyone ❤
"Highly toxic" is kind of an understatement when it comes to HF. A drop of it on your skin will literally melt your bones.
Thankfully its highly reactive nature means it doesn't linger around in the environment for long.
Worse, it not only burns the skin but it leeches calcium from your bones if it's absorbed into your skin, leading to calcium poisoning.
Calcium gluconate, water, and a five minute safety shower, baby
Yes it will melt your bones, but you will be dead from a heart attack as soon as it reaches your blood stream. I've worked on AF pumps from this refinery in the 80's. The treatment for exposure to AF is potentially life threatening as well.
@@mjfw10 AF is short for what ?
@@christianknapp1768 Hydrofluoric Acid
A new uscsb video AND no-one died? Today is a good day indeed.
I love the videos but not the loss of life. I am glad no one was killed in the explosions and that the technician that siphoned off the rest of the HF into a holding tank was trained to do the right thing to keep injuries to a minimum. Nice to hear about a non fatal explosions.
"threw a 38,000lb across the river" GOTDAMN BOi. Thats some force.
Does anyone know how to create a rough calculation of how much energy that took?
@@Thompson8200 You'd need an angle of incidence and the distance traveled, but it would be super simple to calculate. The angle could probably just be guessed at 45 degrees.
@@Thompson8200 ~55,000 Kj or 40,100,000 lbft but it's gonna depend heavily on the assumptions. I assumed that the place the vessel was launched from and the place it landed were the same elevation and that the time of flight was 12-13 seconds. from there you can back calculate initial x and y components of velocity and combine them into the initial velocity. The explosion would've propelled the fragment to around 180mph in order to send it that far.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projectile_motion
ua-cam.com/video/jo4YAX79U2E/v-deo.html (time of flight is based on the assumption that the 38000lb fragment is the one that flies off the screen during the initial explosion, and the same fragment is creating the dust cloud on the left of the screen as the camera zooms out).
You would need to include the force it took to shear the bolts and welds and destroy the other supports holding the vessel in place.
@@michaelcoppedge519 I'd say +/- 10% and call it good. The energy to rip the vessel apart and break the bolts is going to be negligible compared to the work required to throw it across the river
It's amazing to see this channel in my feed again! Many thanks to the incredible team at the USCSB.
We show these, and the full investigation ones, to our people as part of the PSM training. They are great at demonstrating WHY and importance of detail attention. Great animations.
These are certainly bittersweet notifications. I share these with my colleagues to promote critical thinking on the job. Thank you for sharing
Well stranger welcome back
I like the new animations and info graphics
The finest channel on UA-cam returns.
Yay! I was afraid these videos were no longer being made. I hope the budgetary restrictions haven’t been too bad lately 🙇 Thank you for your work!
BRO! USCSB UPGRADED THEIR 3D TECH! These are my favorite videos on youtube. USCSB, you're the freaking MVP, man.
I don’t comment on UA-cam normally. But for these, thank you.
ayy welcome back. always nice to hear his voice, glad no one was killed.
The narrator DESERVES an OSCAR. His voice, reading and his tone is EXACT and precise. His English is crystal clear.
His voice reminds me Homeworld 2 for some odd reason.
Wonderfully made videos that keep getting better. The narrator, with that voice, has to be a very interesting person. I picture an old man in a dark, old, and wooden house in the woods narrating on a dark and cold rainy night in front of a fireplace. Keep up the good work. I am an engineer in a refinery, and truly appreciate these videos. Help me be more conscious about safety.
Thank you for posting this, I look forward to seeing the more in depth report when it is available. This method of sharing is much better than OSHA printed reports. I think people learn more from them and retain the information better with this video format. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this. Charles
I worked with HF back int he day and have the scars to prove it - nasty stuff indeed. I remember when the alloy spec change came out. At the time we were told the composition of the alloy changed due to recycling methods that introduced more copper into the alloy. I was pleased to see the CSB is all over that issue in the factual update. Glad to have them back!
www.csb.gov/assets/1/6/pes_factual_update_-_final.pdf
You were exposed to it and you're alive? That's amazing, what medicine did they give you?
@@GyroCoder Calcium Gluconate and a soak in the emergency shower probably, there's not a great deal you can do but hope the calcium gluconate sequesters the fluoride ions and keeps plasma calcium concentration at safe levels to prevent the potentially fatal neurological dysfunction that can come with significant exposures.
Gyro not all exposures mean death. I’ve worked around people who have came in contact with it. Very painful but not always death.
This is a process that works! investigate, analyze, and report. Thank you for putting these together!
Man, the production value of these videos is going trough the roof faster than all of those exploding tanks.
I'm continually impressed by the quality and clarity of the information the USCSB provides. Excellent work, it's much appreciated!
Pretty sweet model in the background, looks like every significant building in philly
Thank you so much! This was a local fixture and I was really hoping to understand what happened! Amazing that so few people were involved.
USCSB, you do heroic work. Thank you from Canada.
Good to see this channel isnt dead. You make excellent teaching material.
im just loving these animations, they are such high quality and so enjoyable to watch.
Man, this new animation is very slick. Also whew it's been a while!
Very educational. Saving lives with these videos. Thank you
I've been waiting for this one for so long
Me too. They say I need a hobby
Reporting as a person who like to extend my knowledge about industrial accidents.
It's been a while! Welcome back. These videos are actually really good. Not everyone gets to see all the different aspects of other industries and their safety risks via real world examples.
I've been wondering about the details of the explosions cause ever since it happened. Thank you making this informative and well-made video explaining and exploring this incident!
Welcome back USCSB. Thank goodness no one was seriously injured.
A new one! Yay you're back. It was a sad day when I watched the last of your uploaded videos and had no new ones.
Didn't realize I was subscribed. However, I really enjoy watching/learning from these videos.
You guys are awesome, easily one of the most dedicated and transparent Gov't agencies out there. It's unfortunate that this sort of content needs to be made, but so long as these accidents occur, your contribution to the improvement of workplace safety is invaluable. I'm sincerely happy to see that this team is able to continue making content for the viewing public.
Omg you’re back!! I love these clips!
Love these videos!
For some reason watching CSB video are just even more satisfying than watching other stuff.
I've been highly anticipating this video, I hope we get to see more on this disaster. Miracle no one was seriously hurt or killed
Im so glad to see another video from the CSB!!
Great work! Your team is an asset to the industry
I honestly love the flat grey geometry aesthetic
Holy moly, the videos are back
Glad to have you back USCSB!
Excitement, action and a good ending. My bed time story for tonight, thank you USCSB.
Thank goodness CSB's funding hasn't been cut. Love these videos
So thankful for the work done by the people at the CSB
I live right across the old PES refinery, lemme say that it was absolutely loud and so foreign to me when it occurred.
Please, award the animators. Awesome videos!
Really, top-notch animation!!
i love to see new content from my favorite creator!
I was working at the Paulsboro Oil Refinery across the Delaware River when this happened I watched it happen , I thought it was the fuel farm at the Philly airport. The fireball was so bright it looked like daytime for about 40 seconds and you could see the shockwave come across the river it was the craziest thing I had ever seen!
These are amazing! I have watched every single one multiple times bc these are so informative and well made
This needs more funding. I love these videos
This video is amazing. The animation quality is way higher than what I expected, and even though it doesn't explain why these things happened, I would love to see more of this. Its a shame that there aren't too many people that will see it though. Keep up the good work! :)
One of the very few channels I have the bell turned on for!
The animation is a whole study in effectively communicating details.
It's terrifying how recently this happened, and yet I never knew about it.
Really looking forward to the full report and completed animations
Thank you USCSB. I find these videos fascinating and informative as tragic as they may be.
There’s been a lot of explosions lately and I understand it takes years for the investigations to complete. Looking forward for future animations and explanations.
As an engineer, I hate to see new videos from the USCSB come out as it means more preventable industrial accidents have occurred. But I must say, the lessons are incredible to learn. Please keep the videos coming, looking forward to the analysis on this one, and keep up the good work, CSB team. The system failure and human factors analysis that is typical in your videos is applicable generally across more than just chem e type industries and is appreciated!!
Amazing animation like always. Looking forward to full report and video about it.
Always amazing videos, great job You CSB
This is bonkers. I can't wait to see the final report video
Thanks for making these videos. Greetings from an European.
What a catastrophe. I hope the work of the USCSB is saving lives in industry. It seems like they put a lot of time and effort into what they do
it might not seem like it but they are. it is why they need to stay fully funded to help communicate fixes and changes that need to be made for safety issues and to continue to investigate these types of incidents. they like the NTSB have to figure out what causes accidents and apply the solutions.
We were waiting for you
These animations are incredible. Government departments should be more like this, because it's very informative
love your videos
Glad to see you back. There was a little audio fuzz early in the video but it was only there for a little
very well done animation,
greetings from Austria
Great videos!
You’re back !!
CSB Gang
Gang,Gang Yo
YES YES YES YES YES....ANOTHER INDUSTRIAL ATROCITY SUMMATION VIDEO FROM USCSB!! I'M SO HAPPY YOU'RE ALL STILL DOING THIS
I hope we can learn and improve things from this accident as opposed to rediscovering the same old failings from other accidents.
please keep this funded! wonderful!
It had been 11 months since the last video, I thought you were potentially shut down with all of the funding cuts from this administration. I'm so happy that is not the case.
If you would have told me five years ago that the only channel I would have notifications turned on for is a federal agency that investigates chemical accidents, I would have laughed in your face; yet here I am watching another extremely well produced/animated/narrated piece. Stay cool CSB.
I work at the UPS Philadelphia air hub we was waiting for the next shift to start when we heard it it blow up we had no idea what it was but you can see the fire from the airport. If I'm not mistaken I believe they did an emergency evacuation at the Airport because no one knew what it was.
ChesterWolf The Griffin
same thing happened at the Navy Yard where we installing a new roof. Shut down for 2 days until they confirmed no toxins in atmosphere.
Just finished a roof at PES month prior. Good thing because one of those ‘smaller’ parts would have flown right over us. Bad thing< we still haven’t been paid!! Sounds like we never will either.
so having lived by Phlly before moving to Arizona I was wondering if that chunk of debries that went across the river it near the Airport. And as an aside I remember that refinery from when I took off and landed at the airport you could see it sometimes
Welcome Back Guys! I thought you weren’t making videos anymore.
Hats off to CSB amazing animation
You can tell this was not a BP refinery.
The operator made reasonable choices and most of the equipment worked.
Best movie trailer of 2019.
Glad that no one died.
USCSB posted a new video! Dang, long time no see. Can't wait for the full analysis.
welcome back