Baytown Connection (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 1, 1999 Page: 2 of 8
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Rescue, medical teams
win competition
During heavy rescue competition, Manuel Elizondo, left, John Wachel
and Byrd Reed receive a patient being lowered from the tower.
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Merrifield, Elliot Neri, Dennis Stanley,
Mark Stephens, BJ Young and John
Varghees.
Gas turbine generator
utilization improvements
Willi four gas turbine generators in
cogeneration service, BOP supplies 200
megawatts of electricity and 1.5 million
pounds per hour of steam to the
Chemical Plant-Refinery complex. “One
of the opportunities to improve energy
efficiency is to optimize Exxon’s internal
electrical generating capability,” said
rBhe chemical plant-refinery rescue team
L look lop awards in rescue and medical
competition at the second annual industrial
Rescue Training Symposium at the Corpus
Christi Refinery Terminal Fire Company
training grounds.
The medical team comprised of Paul
Wattigney, captain; Charlie Payne, assistant
captain; John Wachel, Donnie While and
Scoll Wilson placed second. Taking third was
the medical team with Byrd Reed, captain;
Manuel Elizondo, assistant captain; Donnie
Huron, Joe Merritt and Manuel Trevino.
In the heavy rescue competition, Exxon’s
team comprised Eddie Glynn Walker, cap-
lain; Byrd Reed, assistant captain; Manuel
Elizondo, Donnie Huron, Joe Merrill, Charlie
Payne, Paul Wattigney and Donnie White
placed third. Alternate was Ray Sager.
Heavy rescue competitions were set to sim-
ulate an actual incident that could occur in a
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Joe Merrill, left, and Charlie Payne assess a victim’s condition after
rescue is completed in the rescue and medical competition.
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Lucius Farris, Jeff Gillis, Shelly Jozwiak,
Mall Kolesar, Waller Kroboth, Doug
Leonard, Larry Lohse, Mark Merrifield,
Aaron Smith and Mark Stephens have
championed the efforts to manage the gas
turbine generators as a business center.
Areas of emphasis are optimization of
the base and peak firing capability;
establishing a crank wash and air inlet
filter change programs; reduction of
maintenance requirements; up-grading of
the turbine generator control systems and
development of an electrical production
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Doug Leonard, Machinery Section
Supervisor.
“Since mid-1998, the cogeneralion
facilities have been managed as a busi-
ness center to optimize output and effi-
ciency. Focusing on maximizing
efficiency and lowering the cost of pro-
duction for steam and power, the efforts
have saved approximately $350,000 over
a six-month period.”
The Process, Mechanical and
Technical management team comprised
of Suzanne Bass, Enrico Callaway,
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In announcing the award winners at
the November awards dinner in
Washington, D.C., CMA President Fred
W ebber said. 1 his exceptional energy
efficiency program is the industry s way
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energy-minded vision and practices. Our
member companies continue to seek effi-
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to maintain their competitiveness but
also to help protect the environment and
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Value your safety
By Jose Leon
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you gel up, shower, brush your teeth, dress, make
the bed, read the paper, eal breakfast and drive to
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plant selling. In this competition, the teams
had to complete three scenarios each having
1 hour and 15 minute lime limits. The sce-
narios required the teams to extinguish fires,
rescue victims in confined spaces and in vari-
ous types of structures, treat the victims and
remove them to a safe area.
Medical rescue competition teams had to
complete six scenarios which had 40-minute
time limits. These scenarios were similar to
the heavy rescue scenarios, but required
more detailed medical skills to be performed.
“The dedication of each team member is
reflected in the 200 hours each person trains
each year,” said Fire Chief Harold Huron.
All teams were required to give a presenta-
tion depicting an actual in-plant rescue
or a pre-plan of a possible rescue situation.
Developing the presentation were Eddie
Glynn Walker and Scott Wilson.
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would it be? Obviously, you’d prioritize, right? Let
me see...not reading the paper. Fine. Not eating
breakfast. Okay. Maybe not making the bed or
brushing your teeth (grin)? But would you go to
work in your pajamas? No. This is one task you
would do every time because it is a social norm—a
value. It is not to be prioritized. So, you do lake the
time to change clothes and come to work properly
dressed.
A simple example to illustrate my belief that
safety should be viewed as a “value” as opposed to
a “priority.” Priorities are negotiable. A value is
not. So, being as safe at work as al home should be
a value that we all practice and treasure.
To be consistent, we need a mindset. Something
like: Being healthy at work and al home is so
important for me and those I hold dear that I will be
aware of potential safely hazards and will act to
prevent them, or manage them so that no one will
be injured. It’s a continuous stale of alertness that
keeps us saying: I will lake the amount of lime to
be safe in every task I undertake—whether driving
my car, making repairs around the house, playing
ball, working in the laboratory or shop, aligning
process equipment or working at my office. And, I
will not lake shortcuts because that could increase
my chances of getting hurt.
I value my health more than that. So, I discipline
myself to do the task safely, paying attention to it
from beginning to end. Then, I can rest—assured
that I performed yet another task safely. And I can
go on with my next “life task,” one at a lime, toward
a long and healthy life. That’s what I mean by
safely is a “value,” not a “priority.”
When you think about it, we go though life
embracing many values. I encourage you to join me
in adding safety to our critical list of values and not
prioritize safely based on luck or taking “one more
chance.” It’s not necessary, and it’s certainly not
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