2000 Phillips explosion

Chemical plant explosion in Houston, Texas February 2025 right|thumb|Site of Phillips explosions of 1989, 1999 and 2000 (as photographed in 2008). At approximately 1:22 p.m. CT on March 27, 2000, an explosion and fire responsible for one death and 71 injuries occurred at Phillips Petroleum's Houston Chemical Complex at 1400 Jefferson Road in Pasadena, Texas.The Aftermath of a Deadly Explosion: A Rhetorical Analysis of Crisis Communication as Employed by British Petroleum and Phillips Petroleum http://dspace.lib.ttu.edu/bitstream/2346/1187/1/ETDMareshFinal.PDF 2007-12-09 The fire produced huge plumes of black smoke that spread over the heavily industrialized Houston Ship Channel and neighboring residential areas.Phillips Petroleum plant explosion: the latest in a series of deadly accidents at Houston facility http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/mar2000/expl-m30.shtml 2007-12-09 The explosion occurred at the K-Resin facility, which made styrene-butadiene, a type of synthetic rubber. At the time of the explosion, the tank was out of service for cleaning and had no pressure or temperature gauges that would have provided the workers with an alert to the approaching crisis.Phillips settles fatal explosion case -- Federal penalties $2.1 million http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/special/05/blastarchive/1197465.html https://archive.today/20130119083318/http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/special/05/blastarchive/1197465.html dead 2013-01-19 2007-12-09 Ultimately, this explosion resulted in one fatality, while 32 Phillips Petroleum employees and 39 subcontractors were taken to local hospitals for sustaining burns, smoke inhalation, and cuts from debris. It took search crews five hours to locate the body of a missing employee in the rubble. The dead man was Rodney Gott, a 45-year-old supervisor, who barely survived the Phillips Disaster of 1989. During that incident, Gott was in a building when its roof collapsed, but he remained in the blazing plant to save a woman and attend to the injured." The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's six-month investigation concluded that failure to train workers properly was a key factor in the explosion and fire, and it proposed that Phillips Petroleum be fined $2.5 million in penalties for 50 alleged violations of safety standards at the facility.Worker Death Toll Mounts at Houston Petrochemical Plants http://soc.hfac.uh.edu/artman/publish/article_41.shtml https://web.archive.org/web/20040826084948/http://soc.hfac.uh.edu/artman/publish/article_41.shtml dead 2004-08-26 2007-12-09 Facility today The facility continued to manufacture high-density polyethylene (HDPE), as well as polypropylene and K-Resin SBCChevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC - Worldwide Operations (hotlink sequence: Polyethylene, Texas, Pasadena) http://www.cpchem.com/enu/plants_facilities.asp 2008-02-22 until 2011. This complex employs 750 workers for the production of specialty chemicals, including 150 operations and maintenance personnel.Docket H054A, EX. 50-1-2-24, 24.0 Chromium Catalyst Users, page 24-5 (5 of 20) http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ContentViewer?objectId=09000064801ef778&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20110520122701/http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ContentViewer?objectId=09000064801ef778&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf dead 2011-05-20 2008-02-22 The facility also experienced fatalities in 1989 and 1999. Today the facility only manufactures polyethylene. See also Texas Chevron Phillips Phillips Disaster of 1989 Phillips explosion of 1999 References 33em 29.7318 -95.1807 type:event title Category:2000 explosions Category:2000 disasters in the United States Category:2000 in Texas Category:2000 industrial disasters Category:Explosions in Texas Category:Fires in Texas Category:Industrial fires and explosions in the United States Category:Phillips 66 Category:Urban fires in the United States Category:March 2000 in the United States