Hazardous substances releases associated with Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in industrial settings, Louisiana and Texas.
Hazardous substances releases associated with Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in industrial settings, Louisiana and Texas.
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路易斯安那州和德克萨斯州工业环境中与卡特里娜飓风和丽塔飓风相关的有害物质释放。
DOI：
10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.07.124
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发表时间：
2008
影响因子：
13.6
通讯作者：
Allison Koehler
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作者：
P. Ruckart;Maureen F. Orr;K. Lanier;Allison Koehler
关于 2005 年 8 月和 9 月袭击墨西哥湾沿岸的前所未有的飓风的公共卫生应对措施的科学文献主要集中于评估与健康相关的需求以及对伤害、传染病和其他疾病的监测。然而，飓风也导致受影响各州意外释放有害物质。对参与危险物质紧急事件监测 (HSEES) 系统的两个州（路易斯安那州和德克萨斯州）的数据进行了分析，以描述与卡特里娜飓风和丽塔飓风相关的工业环境中危险物质释放的特征。 HSEES 是一个活跃的多州基于网络的监测系统，由有毒物质和疾病登记局 (ATSDR) 维护。 2005 年，路易斯安那州和德克萨斯州的工业环境中报告了 166 起与飓风相关的有害物质事件。大多数（72.3%）的释放是由于为飓风做准备而紧急关闭以及飓风过后的启动造成的。重点是造成影响的因素、释放的有害物质和事件情景。建议防止或最大程度地减少未来飓风期间有害物质的急性释放，包括安装备用发电装置、固定设备和管道以承受强风、建立安全关闭工艺操作的程序、遵循既定且最新的启动程序和检查表，以及仔细执行启动前安全审查。
The scientific literature concerning the public health response to the unprecedented hurricanes striking the Gulf Coast in August and September 2005 has focused mainly on assessing health-related needs and surveillance of injuries, infectious diseases, and other illnesses. However, the hurricanes also resulted in unintended hazardous substances releases in the affected states. Data from two states (Louisiana and Texas) participating in the Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance (HSEES) system were analyzed to describe the characteristics of hazardous substances releases in industrial settings associated with Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. HSEES is an active multi-state Web-based surveillance system maintained by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). In 2005, 166 hurricane-related hazardous substances events in industrial settings in Louisiana and Texas were reported. Most (72.3%) releases were due to emergency shut downs in preparation for the hurricanes and start-ups after the hurricanes. Emphasis is given to the contributing causal factors, hazardous substances released, and event scenarios. Recommendations are made to prevent or minimize acute releases of hazardous substances during future hurricanes, including installing backup power generation, securing equipment and piping to withstand high winds, establishing procedures to shutdown process operations safely, following established and up-to-date start-up procedures and checklists, and carefully performing pre-start-up safety reviews.