Confined Space Entry
Bayway History
Benzene
Lead
Refining 101
200

This document, usually generated by Operations, must be issued to workers before entry can be made into a confined space.

What is a Confined Space Entry Permit?

200

This year marked the official start of Bayway’s operations.

What is 1909?

200

This is the permissible exposure limit for benzene over an 8-hour time-weighted average.

What is 0.5 ppm?

200

These types of filters must be used in vacuums or respirators to capture lead dust.

What are HEPA filters?

200

This is the initial process in oil refining that separates crude oil into different components based on their boiling points.

What is distillation?

400

Entry into a confined space is prohibited if the oxygen content is less than this percentage.

What is 19.5%?

400

This company built the Bayway Refinery.

What is Standard Oil?

400

The most common route of benzene poisoning occurs through this.

What is inhalation?

400

This document contains information on the hazards and safe handling of lead materials.

What is a Safety Data Sheet (SDS)?

400

This unit operation cracks larger hydrocarbons molecules into smaller, more useful molecules like gasoline.

What is catalytic cracking?

600

This process involves purging oxygen from a confined space, typically with nitrogen, before entry to reduce hazards.

What is inerting?

600

Bayway’s first product line mainly produced this petroleum product.

What is kerosene?

600

THE DAILY DOUBLE!

All vessels or enclosed spaces that normally contain or have contained products equal to or greater than this % benzene must be tested for benzene before entering.

600

Lead can cause serious harm to this system in the body, which controls all other bodily functions.

What is the central nervous system?

600

This is the process of removing water, salts, and other impurities from crude oil before refining.

What is desalting?

800

This individual must be contacted for guidance if the temperature inside a confined space exceeds 100°F.

Who is the Industrial Hygienest?

800

This pipeline supplied crude oil to Bayway for many years.

What is the Buckeye Pipeline?

800

This material is used for gloves and is suitable for preventing skin contact with benzene.

What is nitrile?

800

This type of medical testing is most commonly used to determine a worker's potential exposure to lead.

What is a blood test or blood lead level testing?

800

This is the name of the process used to recover and recycle gases and liquids in refineries, reducing waste.

What is vapor recovery?

1600

This person must notify the dispatcher prior to issuing a permit for confined space entry.

Who is the Permit Issuer?

1600

This was Bayway’s first permanent building, completed in 1908.

What is the #2 Machine Shop?

1600

Benzene vapors are this many times heavier than air.

What is three times?

1600

This regulatory agency sets the occupational exposure limits for lead in the workplace.

What is OSHA?

1600

This process uses a metal-based catalyst to break down and rearrange hydrocarbon molecules into higher-value products.

What is catalytic reforming or powerforming?

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