SFPP, LP

Incident Narrative

AT APPROXIMATELY 2310, KM'S OPERATOR WALKED INTO THE YARD IN RESPONSE TO A SUMP MOVEMENT ALARM AND DISCOVERED THAT THE SAMPLE SHACK BEAKER HAD BEEN LEFT RUNNING AND DIESEL FUEL HAD OVERFLOWED ONTO THE CONCRETE FLOOR AND OUT ONTO THE GRAVEL/SOIL ADJACENT TO THE SAMPLE BUILDING. NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE ALONG WITH A COURTESY CALL TO THE CSFM. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE VALVE WAS INADVERTENTLY LEFT OPEN AT APPROXIMATELY 1945, WHICH IS WHEN IT IS BELIEVED THE OPERATOR LEFT THE BEAKER RUNNING IN THE SAMPLE SHACK. THE SYSTEM IS ABLE TO DRAIN TO THE SUMP UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS WHICH CAUSED THE MOVEMENT ALARM. AT APPROXIMATELY 2136, THE PIPELINE WAS PINCHED TO 400PSI (FROM APPROXIMATELY 28PSI DURING THE TRANSFER) IN ORDER TO SHUT-DOWN THE LINE. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THIS INCREASE IN PRESSURE CAUSED THE BEAKER TO OVERFLOW MORE AGGRESSIVELY, SPRAYING THE DIESEL FUEL INTO THE SAMPLE SHACK. A TOTAL OF 36 GALLONS WAS RELEASED AND WAS TOTALLY RECOVERED. NOTE: PART A, #4 RELEASE DISCOVERED AT 2310. THE PROBABLE BEGINNING OF THE OVERFLOW WAS AT 2136. IT IS UNKNOWN WHEN THE 5 GALLON REPORTING THRESHOLD WAS EXCEEDED, AS MOST OF THE PRODUCT WAS DRAINING TO THE SUMP.