Résumé

PETER PAUL HOWELL, PE, CSP, CFEI, FAIChE

23 Edgewood Drive, Hurricane, WV 25526

OSHA Compliance . . . Safety Performance Improvement . . . Incident Investigation . . . Auditing for Compliance with: Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practices (RAGAGEP), OSHA PSM Regulation, and EPA RMP Regulation . . . Process Hazards Analysis . . . Design, Operation, Maintenance and Management of Chemical and Refinery Equipment and Facilities

Progressive positions in chemical industry, from Group Leader to Vice President and General Manager. Diverse experience in plant engineering, operations, maintenance, safety and technical group management.

Professional Experience

Mark V, Inc. Hurricane, WV

1996 – Present

President
Consult with federal/state agencies, organizations, and private industry on process safety, hazardous waste remediation, and accident investigation.

Investigated approximately 146 incidents that occurred in chemical plants, refineries, pulp and paper mills and similar industries for attorneys, insurance companies and regulatory agencies. Determined the root causes using methodologies consistent with NFPA 9211, Center for Chemical Process Safety2, United Steel Workers3, and the National Safety Council.4 The root causes determined were based on the evidence, Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practices and federal regulations. Prepared finding reports, gave approximately 40 depositions and on 16 occasions, provided testimony at trial.
The root causes of these incidents were almost always found to be failure to comply with OSHA’s Process Safety Management regulation and/or Recognized And Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practices (RAGAGEP) such as: inadequate Process Safety Information (PSI); (Reactivity data, Corrosion data, Piping and Instrument Drawings (P&ID), Safety systems, alarms and interlocks); Process Hazards Analysis (PHA); Operating Procedures; Operator Training; Integrity (MI), (inadequate testing and inspection, Positive Material Identification (PMI)): and Management of Change (MOC); or Operator/Maintenance error.Develop new compliance directive for OSHA for their Process Safety Management regulation as it applies to reactive chemicals.
Adjunct Professor – Marshall University Safety Engineering Department (Chemical Process Incident Investigation; Process Safety Management Fundamentals).
Edited and helped to prepare New Environmental Remediation Technologies: Guidance Criteria for Occupational Safety and Health, published by the Operating Engineers National HAZMAT Program.
Developed an Emergency Response Data Sheet, an innovative concept designed to minimize the risk to emergency responders responding to an incident. Published on the EPA – Emergency Response Team’s website.
Performed accident investigations and determined the root causes for a wide range of chemical, pulp & paper and refining processes.
Performed process safety management compliance audits.
Performed Process Hazards Analyses.
Developed a Management of Change procedure for a World top-ten chemical company.
Wrote and edited process safety management handbook which identifies Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practices, which has been endorsed by OSHA and published by the Operating Engineers National HAZMAT Program.
Evaluated EPA accident reports for completeness and ability to determine the root cause of the incident.
Evaluated DOE hazardous waste site remediation technologies for use of recognized and generally accepted good engineering, environmental, health and safety practices.
Evaluated the hazards and the safeguards provided against those hazards for a community concerned about an adjacent chemical facility.
Assisted the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection in updating their Toxic Catastrophe Prevention Act.

CDI ENGINEERING GROUP (Formerly MTI Group), Charleston, WV 1992 – 1995

Manager – Engineering and Chief Engineer (1994 – 1995)
Project Manager – OSHA Process Safety Management Project (1995)
Manager – Process Engineering (1992 – 1993)

Managed staff of 250 engineering/technical personnel in two regional offices; planned and administered annual budget of $40MM and multiple projects ranging from $1-75MM; trained 100+ engineers. Responsible for the execution, financial performance, and quality of all projects.

Provided guidance and direction on the process design and detailed design of numerous facilities, expansions and improvements of chemical facilities. Increased revenues by 75% over 3 years by: instituting total quality management process; project manager training to manage rather than monitor projects; developing and implementing project control procedures; and initiating the use of new technology (CADD, 3D-CADD, Photogrammetry).
Planned and implemented $50MM equipment information documentation project to ensure compliance with OSHA PSM Regulation 29 CFR 1910.119 (d) (3) by performing compliance audits and executing corrective engineering work.
Wrote general operating procedures, maintenance procedures, and project reports. Prepared auditing protocols and compliance methodology for OSHA’s Process Safety Management Regulation.
Established Process Engineering Group (35 professional staff) providing Process Design Packages and performing PSM compliance work for numerous clients.

HANLIN GROUP (Formerly LCP Chemicals and Plastics), Moundsville, WV 1989-1992

Vice-President and General Manager (1991 – 1992)
Plant Manager (1990 – 1991)
Technical Manager (1989 – 1990)
Managed staff of 235 employees; planned and administered $60 MM annual budgets. Responsible for all aspects of plant’s operation: manufacturing, engineering, maintenance, personnel, safety, environmental compliance, quality, and financial performance.

Converted adversarial labor-management relationship into a cooperative relationship, reducing grievances 97.5% in first year. Negotiated 3-year union contract, ratified by 8:1 majority.
Initiated preventive/predictive maintenance program and the preparation of maintenance procedures, increasing plant’s on-stream factor from 96 to 99%.
Established safety program reducing first aid cases 62% and lost time injuries 77%.
Initiated TQM and SPC program achieving status as ISO 9000 approved supplier.
Coordinated efforts of insurance carrier, engineering and marketing departments to determine cause of accidents, get plant on-line, and minimize impact on customers.
Completed $50MM modernization project, reducing costs, improving product quality and reducing environmental emissions.
Conducted incident investigations.
Coordinated compliance program for CMA’s Responsible Care Program and OSHA’s PSM regulation.

PPG INDUSTRIES, Corpus Christi, TX; Pittsburgh, PA; Natrium, WV 1966-1989

Department Technical Manager (1986-1989)
Principal Process Engineer (1983-1986)
Principal Process Engineer/Project Manager (1980-1983)
Group Leader, Operations and Maintenance Manager, Project Manager, Operations Foreman, Process Development Engineer (1966-1980)
Promoted during 23-year career through a series of increasingly responsible operating, maintenance, engineering, and management positions to Department Technical Manager. Responsible for process design for new equipment and process modifications, coordinating project-based construction and maintenance, and developing new technology. Completed start up and commissioning of new plants. Directed accident investigation teams.

Led Process Hazards Analysis (PHA) teams for numerous facilities.
Led accident analysis teams to determine the root causes of numerous incidents.
Developed numerous operating and maintenance procedures and training programs.
Prepared process designs for several new processes and assisted/approved designs performed by engineering contractors.
Designed chemical process equipment and assisted/approved equipment designs prepared by engineering contractors.
Developed/designed/installed a state-of-the-art air emission control process which brought the facility into compliance and produced $8.5MM annual savings.
Assisted in the startup of a novel Calcium Hypochlorite production facility. Assisted in the development of operating procedures and the training of personnel. Led efforts to improve the efficiency, safety and environmental compliance of the facility. Created new Calcium Hypochlorite sanitizing agent product line, increasing annual sales 15%.
Led teams responsible for commissioning three new plants (total $475 MM) in US and Canada.
Created seven new chemical processes.
Established program with community college to train maintenance personnel.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.

Postgraduate study towards, Masters of Engineering/Business Administration (29 hours), Texas A&M University, College Station TX, and Marshall University Graduate College, South Charleston, WV.

Twenty plus Continuing Education Courses.

Certifications

Licensed Professional Engineer: Texas and West Virginia

Certified Safety Professional

Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator

Professional Associations

Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and Past Chairman of Local AIChE Section;

Emeritus Member, Technical Steering Committee, AIChE Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) and the Engineering Practices Subcommittee that prepared the book “Guidelines for Design Solutions for Process Equipment Failures.”

Member, The Design Institute for Emergency Relief Systems (DIERS) of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and member of the committee that prepared the 2ed edition of Guidelines for Pressure Relief and Effluent Handling;

Founding Member, Reactivity Management Roundtable of the Center for Chemical Process Safety of the American Institute of Chemicals Engineers and member of the Chemical Processing Essential Practices subcommittee;

Member, Institute of Chemical Engineers (IChemE);

Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers;

Member, National Fire Protection Association and member of the Hazardous Chemicals Technical Committee that prepares codes pertaining to controlling the hazards of hazardous chemicals;

Member, American Chemical Society

Member, American Society of Safety Engineers and Past President of the local chapter;

Member, National Association of Fire Investigators;

Member, Kanawha Putnam Emergency Planning Committee and the Plan Implementation Evaluation subcommittee;

Honors and Awards

Candidate for Presidential appointment to U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.
Nominated for the West Virginia Environmental Achievement Award.
Governor’s award for improving labor-management relations in the state.
Panelist, National Science and Technology Council’s PPP 2000 Forum 14, When Natural and Industrial Disasters Collide;
Panelist, DOE, SSEB, and NEETC’s Guidance Criteria for Occupational Safety and Health National Technical Workshop;
Member, OSHA – EPA – Chemical Safety Board Roundtable on Reactive Chemicals
Business Unit Technical Achievement Award for developing new air pollution control technology.
Listed as a Safety Professional by the National Registry of Safety Professionals.

Publications & Presentations

Guidelines for Design Solutions for Process Equipment Failures; co-author, Center for Chemical Process Safety of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (1998), New York, NY;
Guidelines for Process Safety Concepts Assessment and Implementation, Protocol Development for Type II Innovative Environmental Remediation Technologies; Howell, International Union of Operating Engineers, National HAZMAT Program (1997), Beaver, WV;
New Environmental Remediation Technologies: Guidance Criteria for Occupational Safety and Health; co-author, International Union of Operating Engineers, National HAZMAT Program (1998), Beaver, WV;
Emergency Response Data Sheet (ERDS) Preparation Protocol (with worked example); P. Howell, International Union of Operating Engineers, National HAZMAT Program (1999), Beaver, WV;
Essential Practices for Managing Chemical Reactivity Hazards, Johnson, S. Rudy & S. Unwin, Center for Chemical Process Safety of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2003), New York, NY (peer reviewer);
Guidelines for Pressure Relief and Effluent Handling Systems, 2ed Edition; Center for Chemical Process Safety of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2017), New York, NY;
Relief System Design for Reactive Systems – Get the Facts; Howell & G. Melhem (2003), ioMosaic, Salem, NH;
There Are Holes: Peter Howell, July 2003, ioMosaic Quarterly Newsletter, Volume 2, Number 2, Second Quarter 2003; ioMosaic, Salem, NH;
Recommended Practice 101 – Control Of The Hazards Associated With Reactive Chemicals; Reactivity Management Roundtable Conference, May 19, 2004, Boston, MA;
Guidelines for Mechanical Integrity Systems, Center for Chemical Process Safety of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2006), New York, NY (peer reviewer);
Designing Emergency Relief Systems for Runaway Reactions, Peter Howell and Georges Melhem; Chemical Engineering Progress, September 2005; the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, New York, NY;
Recommended Practice RP-101 Controlling the Hazards Associated with Reactive Chemicals; 3^rd International Symposium on Runaway Reactions, Pressure Relief Design and Effluent Handling, November 1-3, 2005 Cincinnati, Ohio, Organized by the Design Institute for Emergency Relief Systems (DIERS) Users Group, 2005, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, New York, NY;
NFPA 400 Hazardous Materials Code; 1^st Edition, co-author; National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA (2009); nfpa.org;
Recommended Practice 101 – Control of the Hazards Associated With Reactive Chemicals; Mark V, Inc. (2009) markfive.com
Polymerization Reactor Explosion at the XYZ Chemical Company; American Institute of Chemical Engineers 43^rd Loss Prevention Symposium, paper 96e; April 29, 2009; Tampa, FL; aiche.org/ccps;
Plant Explosion Emphasizes Importance of Implementing PSM: Process Safety Progress, Volume 29, No. 2, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, New York, NY (2010), aiche.org;
Reactivity Management Tool, Free computer program for evaluating potential reactivity hazards – co-author/developer; American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Center for Chemical Process Safety (2012);https://www.aiche.org/ccps/resources/tools/reactivity-management-tool
NFPA 400 Hazardous Materials Code; 2^st Edition, co-author; National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA (2012); https://www.nfpa.org/;
Pressure Relief Valves. Last Line of Defense? DIERS 51^st Users Group Conference, Las Vegas, NV April 17-19, 2013;
An Expert’s View of Incident Investigation; DIERS 53^rd Users Group Conference, October 13-15, 2014, Mobile, Alabama;
Recognized And Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practice; What is it? DIERS Conference, March 16-18, 2016, Houston, Texas.
Hazards of Combustible Dust. DIERS Conference, October 24-26, 2016, Houston, Texas

Recent Incident Investigations

Incident

Material Involved

Facility

Client

Recycle gas compressor explosion – Chemical plant

Ethylene

Shell Chemical; Deer Park, Texas

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Wastewater storage tank explosion – Refinery

Hydrocarbon vapors

Pennzoil: Rouseville, PA

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Hydrocracker Explosion – Refinery

Naphtha

Tosco; Avon, CA

Contra Costa County Health Services

Oil well snubbing operation explosion – Oil exploration

Natural Gas

Sonat Exploration; Bienville Parrish, LA

U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

Polymerization reactor explosion – Plastic resin manufacture

Butadiene, Styrene, NBL (Normal Butyl Lithium)

Phillips Chemical; Pasadena, Texas

Attorney

Molten tar storage tank eruption – Asphalt manufacture

Tar, Naphthalene

AlliedSignal; Ironton, OH

Attorney

Wastewater sump explosion – Specialty chemical manufacture

Trinitromethane (TNM), Monochlorobenzene (MCB), Nitrous oxides (NOX)

Lomac; Muskegon, MI

Michigan OSHA

Pyrophoric material fire – Metal alkyl manufacture

TEAL (Triethylaluminum)

Akzo-Nobel; Deer Park, Texas

Attorney

Butadiene storage tank explosion – Plastic resin manufacture

Butadiene, butadiene polyperoxide, popcorn polymer

Phillips Chemical; Pasadena, Texas

Attorney

Toxic material release – Specialty chemical manufacture

Ketene, Diketene

Lonza; Bayport, Texas

Attorney

Toxic material release – Sodium hydrosulfite manufacture

Sulfur Dioxide, Hydrogen Sulfide, Methanol

Celanese/Clariant; Bucks County, AL

Attorney

Unexpected equipment startup – Oriented Strand Board (OSB) manufacture

Rotary Airlock, Wood

Louisiana-Pacific; Silsbee, Texas

Attorney

Toxic material release – Specialty chemical manufacture

Ketene, Diketene

Lonza; Bayport, Texas

Attorney

Energetic release of energy – Fertilizer (ammonia and urea) manufacture

Carbon Dioxide

Agrium; Borger, Texas

Attorney

Waste boiler explosion – Wood pulp and paper mill

Black Liquor

Durango Paper; St. Marys, GA

Attorney

Unexpected equipment movement – Paper mill

Paper machine, Paper

Westvaco/Mead; Evadale, Texas

Attorney

Flash Fire – Refinery heat exchanger

Hexane

Sunoco, La Port, Texas

Attorney

Pyrophoric material fire - Hazardous waste recovery

Phosphorus

Glenn Springs, Columbia, TN

Attorney

Corrosive liquid exposure – Polypropylene resin manufacture

Caustic

Huntsman Petrochemical, Port Neches, Texas

Attorney

Paper Dryer Explosion – Paper mill

Steam

Knowlton Specialty Papers, Watertown, NY

Attorney

Butadiene reactor explosion, Butadiene storage tank explosion – Plastic resin manufacture

Butadiene

Phillips Chemical, Pasadena, Texas

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency & U.S. Department of Justice

Hot, high pressure boiler water exposure – Refinery

Hazardous solvent waste; Liquid waste derived fuel

Ash Grove Cement, Foreman, AR

Attorney

Flash fire - Liquid hazardous waste fire– Cement plant

Hazardous pyrophoric (TEAL) waste

Texas Eastman, Longview, Texas

Attorney

Pyrophoric material fire – Hazardous waste incinerator

CPVC

Noveon, Inc. – Louisville, KY

Attorney

Plastics decomposition & fire – Chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) manufacture and compounding

Methyl Iodide

Texas Eastman, Kingsport, TN

Tennessee OSHA

Toxic material release – Specialty chemical manufacture

Gasoline components, light naphtha, hexane

BP Products North America, Texas City, Texas

Attorney

Vapor cloud explosion and resulting fire – Refinery

Plastic Blow Molding

The Plastics Group Fremont. OH

Attorney

Electrocution

Sulfuric Acid

Exide Technologies Laureldale, PA

Attorney

Hazardous material exposure – pipe & tank failure

Falling load of steel

Kemco Mobile, AL

Attorney

Crushing of man working under a load

Light hydrocarbons

Partridge-Raliegh Smith County, Mississippi

Attorney

Tank explosion and fire at oil and gas well

Tributyl phosphate, tributoxyethyl phosphate, Hydrogen sulfide, carbon monoxide

Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals, Inc., Gallipolis Ferry, WV

Attorney

Toxic material release - Exposure to fumes while welding in a hazardous waste tank

Toluene diisocyanate (TDI)

Bayer Material Science Baytown, Texas

Attorney

Toxic material release - Runaway reaction in tank resulting in an explosion – Chemical plant

Light hydrocarbons

Pasadena Refining Systems Pasadena, Texas

Attorney

Flash fire in process sewer - Refinery

Sulfuric acid, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen sulfide

Valero Refining Houston, Texas

Attorney

Toxic material release – Release of toxic vapors from acid storage tank - Refinery

Hot paper stock/water/chlorine dioxide

MeadWestvaco Escanaba, MI

Attorney

Burns from hot chemicals in pulp bleacher

Hot water (condensate)

MEMC Pasadena, Inc. Pasadena, Texas

Attorney

Burns from hot condensate

Cumene hydroperoxide

Von Roll America – Waste Technologies, Inc.

Attorney

Runaway reaction and explosion at hazardous waste disposal cement kiln

Glacial Acetic Acid

Equistar Pasadena, Texas

Attorney

Release of hazardous materials; Chemical exposure – Chemical plant

Hot Pitch

ExxonMobil Torrance, CA

Attorney

Release of hazardous materials; Chemical exposure and burns – Refinery vacuum tower

Natural gas

Dune Energy, Inc. Bayou Couba, LA

Attorney

Physical explosion of pressure vessel in oil production field

Hot pitch

ExxonMobil

Attorney

Release of hot pitch and resulting flash fire – Refinery vacuum tower

Baytown, Texas

Attorney

Fired heater explosion – Ocean going barge

Diesel fuel

Penn Marine Barge Everglades

Attorney

Toxic material release - Pipeline rupture resulting in vapor cloud explosion – Refinery HF alkylation

Isobutane, HF

Citgo Corpus Christi, Texas

Attorney

Toxic material release - Hose rupture releasing toxic gas – Chemical plant

Silicon tetrafluoride

MEMC Pasadena, Texas

Attorney

Pipeline rupture resulting in vapor cloud explosion – Refinery Sat Gas unit

Light Hydrocarbons

Delek refining Tyler, Texas

Attorney

Pump/pressure vessel rupture resulting in vapor cloud explosion – Refinery propylene distillation

Propane/Propylene

Alon USA Refinery Big Spring, Texas

Attorney

Runaway reaction – incompatible materials explosion during distillation

Sodium hydroxide Ethylene glycol

Air Products & Chemicals Pueblo, CO

Attorney/Insurance Company

Pressure vessel explosion – Gas transmission line filter separator

Nitrogen

Kinder Morgan pump station, Smith County, MS

Attorney

72 incidents resulting in emission events and or noncompliance with permits and orders - Refinery

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC), Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S), Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)

BP Products North America, Texas City, Texas

Texas Attorney General/TCEQ

Explosion/fire while welding on pipe/tank – Crude oil transmission line

Crude oil

Marathon, St. James, LA

Attorney

Explosion and fire from ruptured heat exchanger – Refinery hydrocracker unit

Naphtha, hydrogen

Tesoro, Anacortes, WA

Attorney

Toxic material release - Release of hot, toxic hydrocarbons from a Flexicoker Heater during maintenance - Refinery

Naphtha, hydrogen sulfide, steam

ExxonMobil, Baytown, Texas

Attorney

Toxic material release - Centrifugal compressor failure and resulting emission event – Refinery hydrocracker unit

Benzene, hydrogen, sulfur dioxide, hydrocarbons

BP Products North America, Texas City, Texas

Attorney

Fireball/Dust explosion during maintenance – Rail car maintenance facility

Steel shot abrasive blasting and paint dust

Watco Mechanical Services Hockley, Texas

Attorney

Fireball/Fire during maintenance of underground LPG storage system – LPG Storage facility

Ethane Propane

Enterprise Products Partners Mont Belvieu, Texas

Attorney

Toxic material release - Explosion and fire resulting from runaway reaction – Chemical plant

Methyl isocyanate (MIC)

Bayer Agricultural Chemicals Institute, WV

US DOJ (EPA)

Fireball while performing maintenance on Flare Drum - Refinery

Hydrocarbons

Valero Memphis, TN

Attorney

Explosion and fire in pressure vessel while performing maintenance – Chemical plant

Hydrocarbons

Chevron Phillips Chemical Port Arthur, Texas

Attorney

Toxic material release - Release of toxic vapors from storage tanks during catalyst pre-sulfiding – Refinery hydrocracker unit

Hydrogen sulfide, Methyl Mercaptan, Dimethyl Sulfide Dimethyl Disulfide Ethyl Mercaptan

BP North America Texas City, Texas

Attorney

Release of hot toxic liquid from reactor expansion joint – Chemical plant

Bisphenol A (BPA), Phenol, Hydrochloric acid

Haverhill Chemicals Haverhill, OH

Attorney

Vapor cloud explosion/fireball during pipeline pigging – Natural gas transmission line

Natural gas liquids (NGL)

Eureka Hunter Wick, WV

Attorney

Toxic material release - Release of hot, toxic liquid from cartridge filter – Chemical plant

Ammonium phosphate, Hydrogen cyanide, Ammonia

Dow Chemical/Rohm & Haas Deer Park, Texas

Attorney

Large bag of tools dropped onto head of employee working below

Hand and power tools

Chevron USA Richmond, CA

Attorney

Storage tank roof structure collapse

Construction methodology

TARSCO/Trafigura Corpus Christi, Texas

Attorney

Vapor cloud explosion – Release of hot naphtha due to vessel overflow, misdirected flow

Naphtha

International Wax, Inc. Smethport, PA

Attorney/Insurance Company

Fireball – Reactive chemical ignition during maintenance

Sodium Chlorate

Environmental Enterprises Columbus, OH

Attorney

Fireball – Hydrogen release during flare drum maintenance

Hydrogen

Marathon Petroleum Texas City, Texas

Attorney/Insurance Company

Dust explosion and fire in baghouse & ductwork

Wood sanding dust

Georgia Pacific Corrigan, Texas

Attorney

Toxic material release – Exposure to hydrogen sulfide while loading sodium hydrosulfide tank truck

Hydrogen sulfide Sodium Hydrosulfide Sodium Hydrogen Sulfide

Calumet Montana Refinery Great Falls, Montana

Attorney

Toxic material release – Exposure to hydrogen sulfide while gauging production tanks

Hydrogen Sulfide Petroleum hydrocarbons

EOG Resources Montague County, Texas

Attorney

Explosion – Internal pipeline explosion during maintenance

Crude oil

SUNOCO Logistics Nederland, Texas

Attorney

Explosion – Reactive chemical explosion in vacuum truck tank

Hydrogen Peroxide

PeroxyChem Pasadena, Texas

Attorney

Explosion and fire – Pipe failure due to Sulfidation corrosion

Light gas oil, naphtha

Chevron Richmond, CA

Attorney

Fire in Sulfur Recovery Unit during maintenance

Sulfur, Sulfur Dioxide Hydrogen Sulfide

Shell Chemical Deer Park, Texas

Attorney

Exposure to Toxic Materials at oil production facility

Hydrogen Sulfide

EOG Resources

Attorney

Fire in a Fluidized Bed Cat Cracker (FCCU) during maintenance

Wood Plastic/rubber

Marathon Oil Texas City, Texas

Attorney/Insurance Company

Steam release at boiler during maintenance

Steam

Graphic Packaging International Queen City, TX

Attorney

Vapor cloud explosion and fire in Alkylation Unit during startup/maintenance

Isobutane

ExxonMobil Baton Rouge, LA

Attorney

Dust explosion in electrical control panel at powder coating facility

Epoxy paint dust

Aegion Coating Systems Conroe, Texas

Attorney

Explosions and Fires at Chemical Plant due to pipeline rupture

1,3-Butadiene, Butadiene Popcorn Polymer and other hydrocarbons

TPC Port Neches, Texas

Attorney

Fire at Chemical Plant

Confidential

U.S. Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board

Fire and Explosion at Chemical Plant

Confidential

Attorney

Confined Space Asphyxiation

Argon

Ferguson McMoRan Copper Mine, Morenci, AZ

Attorney

Exposure to Toxic vapors while opening pipeline

Hydrofluoric Acid

Wynnewood Refining, Wynnewood, OK

Attorney

Fire and explosion in Refinery while opening pipeline

Hydrogen

Shell Convent Refinery, Port Allen, LA

Attorney

Fire and explosion in refinery while performing maintenance on a pipeline in a refinery

Hydrogen, Naphtha, Hydrogen Sulfide

ExxonMobil refinery Baytown, Texas

Attorney

Release of toxic and asphyxiant gases causing asphyxiation and neurological damage

Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Carbon Monoxide

OXEA Chemicals Bay City, Texas

Attorney

Fire and explosion in refinery during a process upset

Naphtha

BP-Husky Refinery Oregon, Ohio

Attorney

Asphyxiation of a worker inside an inerted reactor

Nitrogen

Hunt Refining Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Attorney

Asphyxiation of a worker inside an inerted reactor

Nitrogen

HF Sinclair Refinery El Dorado, Kansas

Attorney

Asphyxiation of a worker inside a reactor containing an inert gas

Argon

CF Industries Nitrogen Donaldsonville, Louisiana

Attorney

Burns from hot condensate while modifying pipeline

Hot condensate

Clariant, Pasadena, Texas

Attorney

Acid burns in refinery Alkylation Unit

Concentrated Sulfuric Acid

Motiva, Port Arthur, Texas

Attorney

Fire, explosion and fatality due to tube failure in a furnace in the HDO unit in a refinery

Diesel and hydrogen

Marathon/TESORO Martinez, California

Attorney

Severe burns while dumping a coker unit

Coke and superheated water

Valero Norco, Louisianna

Attorney

Fatal fire due to structural failure of a hydrocarbon processing pump

Naphtha

Blanchard Refining Company (Marathon) Texas City, Texas

Attorney

Résumé

Professional Experience

Mark V, Inc. Hurricane, WV

CDI ENGINEERING GROUP (Formerly MTI Group), Charleston, WV 1992 – 1995

HANLIN GROUP (Formerly LCP Chemicals and Plastics), Moundsville, WV 1989-1992

PPG INDUSTRIES, Corpus Christi, TX; Pittsburgh, PA; Natrium, WV 1966-1989

Education

Certifications

Professional Associations

Honors and Awards

Publications & Presentations

Recent Incident Investigations

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