Fertilizer Plant explosion near Waco

[TeyshaBlue]

so the West Fertilizer Company has NO GUILT, SU ION OR ANY ACCOUNTABILITY for THEIR fert?

West Fertilizer Co. Told The EPA There Was 'No' Risk Of Explosions

Officials at the West Fertilizer Co. plant where a massive explosion killed as many as 15 people and injured more than 160 on Wednesday told the Environmental Protection Agency and local authorities that the factory presented no risk of explosion.

The company wrote that there was “no” risk of fire or explosion on a required emergency planning report, according to a review of the do ents by the Dallas Morning News.
In the report, the company said it had up to 54,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia -- a gas with suffocating fumes that can explode if it’s lit at very high temperatures -- on hand, but indicated that the worst-case scenario that could take place would be a 10-minute release of the gas that wouldn’t result in any injuries or deaths.

(Read more at the Dallas Morning News)

Sergeant W. Patrick Swanton of the Waco Police said in a press conference Thursday morning that while there’s no indication the blast was a result of criminal activity, “we’re not ruling that out,” according to the New York Times.

West Fertilizer Co. could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday.

The company was cited in 2006 for failing to get or qualify for a permit, according to the Associated Press. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality also investigated the plant that year after receiving a complaint of an ammonia smell that was “very bad.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/18/west-fertilizer-co-epa_n_3110050.html

lol simpleton. What happens when you mix water with anhydrous ammonia?

Dumbass. There was no explosion until the VFD hit it with water, ergo, there was no structural risk of explosion. Huffpo could have figured this out, if they wanted to. And, since we don't even have a cause of the accident yet, your dancing on the graves of victims to push your chicken- maran ideology is pathetic. Exactly what I would expect of a coward.

[BobaFett1]

lol simpleton. What happens when you mix water with anhydrous ammonia?

Dumbass. There was no explosion until the VFD hit it with water, ergo, there was no structural risk of explosion. Huffpo could have figured this out, if they wanted to. And, since we don't even have a cause of the accident yet, your dancing on the graves of victims to push your chicken- maran ideology is pathetic. Exactly what I would expect of a coward.

Huffpo is so Tmz I be shamed to use them for a link.

[TeyshaBlue]

the piece of enlightened progressive comments in the Huffpo article.

It's a shame. HuffPo is actually a fairly decent read. But they can up like anybody else.

The moonbats came out for that article.

[boutons_deux]

lol simpleton. What happens when you mix water with anhydrous ammonia?

Dumbass. There was no explosion until the VFD hit it with water, ergo, there was no structural risk of explosion. Huffpo could have figured this out, if they wanted to. And, since we don't even have a cause of the accident yet, your dancing on the graves of victims to push your chicken- maran ideology is pathetic. Exactly what I would expect of a coward.

I'm not dancing on the graves.

I'm betting that if evidence was not destroyed, the WFC will be found guilty of bad/no safety practices, maintenance, design, whatever.

Now that they've seen their town destroyed and lost family, friends by WFC, some employees, ex-employees may come forward with the damning evidence that WFC was a profit-only bunch of cowboy assholes.

[BobaFett1]

I'm not dancing on the graves.

I'm betting that if evidence was not destroyed, the WFC will be found guilty of bad/no safety practices, maintenance, design, whatever.

Now that they've seen their town destroyed and lost family, friends by WFC, some employees, ex-employees may come forward with the damning evidence that WFC was a profit-only bunch of cowboy assholes.

You better be able to back your statement up.

[TeyshaBlue]

I'm not dancing on the graves.

That's exactly what you're doing. Using the victims as a foundation to pile your idiotic buzzwords upon.

So what was the cause?

mgmt not training kids?

absence of a culture of safety, the typical BigOil style?

simple stupidity?

old equipment being run until it broke, the typical BigOil style?


BigAg is not worker friendly place, toxic chemicals causing cancer, etc, powerful machinery, pissed-off bubbas with guns, etc.

you. You don't know the first thing about what happened, but you've already made up your mind. ing coward.

[BobaFett1]

That's exactly what you're doing. Using the victims as a foundation to pile your idiotic buzzwords upon.


you. You don't know the first thing about what happened, but you've already made up your mind. ing coward.

TB they want to jump on the blame game be4 they have all the facts.

[TeyshaBlue]

But, I can totally understand why you're too cowardly to examine your motives.

[TeyshaBlue]

TB they want to jump on the blame game be4 they have all the facts.

STFU...you aint much better.

[BobaFett1]

STFU...you aint much better.

I feel I am much better my brother.

[boutons_deux]

That's exactly what you're doing. Using the victims as a foundation to pile your idiotic buzzwords upon.


you. You don't know the first thing about what happened, but you've already made up your mind. ing coward.

well, we'll see if my hunch is right or if you giving the benefit of the doubt to some podunk TX fert company's management is. Less the 10 employees, do you wonder if they have a safety/compliance officer to protect employees and community from their extremely explosive products?

http://www.manta.com/c/mmcfc1w/west-fertilizer-co

[boutons_deux]

Regulators fined Texas plant for safety violations


Federal regulators fined the company that operates the Texas fertilizer plant that exploded overnight $10,000 last summer for safety violations. But the government accepted $5,250 after the company took what it described as corrective actions.

Records reviewed by The Associated Press show that the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration determined that the West Fertilizer Co. planned to transport anhydrous ammonia without making or following a security plan. An inspector also found that the plant's ammonia tanks weren't properly labeled.

http://www.counton2.com/story/220156...ety-violations

[BobaFett1]

Regulators fined Texas plant for safety violations


Federal regulators fined the company that operates the Texas fertilizer plant that exploded overnight $10,000 last summer for safety violations. But the government accepted $5,250 after the company took what it described as corrective actions.

Records reviewed by The Associated Press show that the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration determined that the West Fertilizer Co. planned to transport anhydrous ammonia without making or following a security plan. An inspector also found that the plant's ammonia tanks weren't properly labeled.

http://www.counton2.com/story/220156...ety-violations



























wait til the facts come out.

[TeyshaBlue]

well, we'll see if my hunch is right or if you giving the benefit of the doubt to some podunk TX fert company's management is. Less the 10 employees, do you wonder if they have a safety/compliance officer to protect employees and community from their extremely explosive products?

http://www.manta.com/c/mmcfc1w/west-fertilizer-co

Even when you're wrong, you never admit it. Moot point, coward.

[boutons_deux]

Even when you're wrong, you never admit it. Moot point, coward.

TB yet another non-response

[TeyshaBlue]

TB yet another non-response

Yet another denial.

[Wild Cobra]

NPR did a great series on "walking down the corn", 500+ killed in grain bins, over many years.

"The last 40 years, close to 500 people have suffocated in grain bins. 2010 was the worst year on record. We also do ented the weak enforcement of worker safety laws that regulate grain storage and handling."

OSHA considers them a confined workspace, and requires certain safely protocols. It is generally those performing the work that ignore the safely because the procedures are a hassle, and don't considering what can happen.

[boutons_deux]

OSHA considers them a confined workspace, and requires certain safely protocols. It is generally those performing the work that ignore the safely because the procedures are a hassle, and don't considering what can happen.

the company is responsible.

Any worker walking down grain should have a supervisor confirming they are wearing safety gear.

so ing simple, if the employers really took employees lives seriously.

[Jacob1983]

I bet it was some hillbilly Tim McVeigh type that did this . There is no way that this was an accident. And who does this anyways? This has basically destroyed that town now. I used to drive through West all the time on I35. They have Czech food at one of the gas stations. People are evil and need to be slapped for this.

[Drachen]

dad is on CNN with his daughter saying that they should watch this because "I knew it was going to explode and told my daughter that we were going to see a pretty good explosion"

dude.

[boutons_deux]

Hey, kids, it's safe distance, this oughta be fun to watch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROrpK...ature=youtu.be

[BobaFett1]

I bet it was some hillbilly Tim McVeigh type that did this . There is no way that this was an accident. And who does this anyways? This has basically destroyed that town now. I used to drive through West all the time on I35. They have Czech food at one of the gas stations. People are evil and need to be slapped for this.

Jacob1983 I thought same thing.

[Wild Cobra]

the company is responsible.

Any worker walking down grain should have a supervisor confirming they are wearing safety gear.

so ing simple, if the employers really took employees lives seriously.

I suppose you want a supervisor to escort them to the bathroom too.

My God. Yes, the business ends up being responsible, but if the employes need their hands held, then they shouldn't have that job.

[Winehole23]

Jacob1983 I thought same thing.

couldn't possibly be an accident. something tells me Rick Perry, Barack Obama and the local sheriff had advance knowledge.

[Winehole23]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppau_explosion