BUCKEYE PARTNERS, LP

Incident Narrative

BUCKEYE RECEIVED A HIGH SUMP ALARM AT LIMA STATION ON DECEMBER 10TH, 2014. THE STATION WAS SHUT DOWN. AT 15:15 ULTRA LOW SULFUR DIESEL WAS FOUND IN STATION YARD. INITIAL ON-SITE INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT A SMALL VALVE ON THE STATION QUALITY SKID FLUSH TUBE WAS IN THE OPEN POSITION. THE VALVE WAS SHUT AND THE OVERFLOW TO THE SAMPLE SINK IMMEDIATELY STOPPED. THE SUMP PUMP WAS ABLE TO EMPTY THE SUMP TANK. PRODUCT WAS CONTAINED BY 1630 AND RECOVERED BY 0800 THE 11TH. CLEAN-UP WAS COMPLETED ON THE 12TH BY 1600. NO ADDITIONAL CONCERNS WERE FOUND WITH VISUAL MONITORING. UPDATED 3/17/15 WE REMOVED APPROX. 12-15 CUBIC YARDS IN A ROLL OFF FOR DISPOSAL. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT A CONCRETE CONTRACTOR ACCIDENTLY OPENED THE VALVE WHEN WORKING ON POURING CEMENT WITHOUT NOTICING AND DID NOT REPORT IT. BUCKEYE WILL CREATE A LESSONS LEARNED BRIEFING OVERVIEWING THE INCIDENT AND IMPORTANCE OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AFFECTING FACILITY JOBS SIMILAR TO THIS. FURTHER, THIS AFFECTED CONTRACTOR WILL BE RE-TRAINED PRIOR TO FUTURE JOB DUTIES. UPDATED 6/10/15 THE HIGH SUMP ALARM RECEIVED AT LIMA STATION ON DECEMBER 10TH, 2014 WAS AT 14:12. OPERATIONS PERSONNEL IMMEDIATELY STARTED INVESTIGATING THE SOURCE OF THE ALARM. WHEN THE SOURCE OF THE PRODUCT ENTERING INTO THE SUMP SYSTEM COULDN'T BE IDENTIFIED, THE ENTIRE STATION WAS SHUT DOWN AT 14:55. AT 15:15 ULTRA LOW SULFUR DIESEL WAS FOUND IN THE STATION YARD. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A 1/2"" SMALL VALVE ON THE 401 QUALITY SKID FLUSH TUBING HAD BEEN OPENED. THE SMALL VALVE WAS IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN WHICH IMMEDIATELY STOPPED THE OVERFLOW TO THE SAMPLE SINK. THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE CEMENT POURING CONTRACTOR WAS UNAWARE THAT HE HAD ACCIDENTLY BUMPED THE SMALL VALVE. THIS VALVE IS NOT SEEN THROUGH THE LOCAL HMI OR SCADA, THUS LOCAL OPERATIONS PERSONNEL WAS NOT AWARE THAT THE VALVE WAS ACCIDENTLY OPENED.