Description of Incident
A loss of containment occurred from the loading arm quick connect/disconnect (QC/DC) coupling when disconnecting the Butane liquid loading arm from a receiving
LPG vessel.
Two personnel and two ship crew were in the immediate vicinity and were enveloped in a hydrocarbon vapour cloud.
After removing themself from the vapour cloud and regaining visibility of the loading arm controller, the Storage & Loading (S&L) Area Operator closed the QC/DC coupling using the handheld remote, stopping the leak.
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