Yenkin Majestic Incident Investigation

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opo21
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Yenkin Majestic Incident Investigation

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https://youtu.be/35FkCArjLU0?si=WaFfw95iVy6kxVmF
And then this can happen as well.
You have a documented pressure of 12 psig and you modify the pressure vessel by introducing a manway without calculations and test that at 4 psig.
Incident occurred at 8 psig.
Has that been pressure tested at 12 psig, this fatal incident could have been avoided.
jeem
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Re: Yenkin Majestic Incident Investigation

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And CBS continues delivering amazing investigation insights.
No calculations performed at all for the manhole installed tells us that there might have been no change review done.
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