An interviewed witness says:

The lenses on the cameras that are used for bromine vent monitors are often too dirty to see through. Sometimes it is impossible to see through these lenses, because of the sunrays bouncing off of them. There are no videos in the VCRs that these cameras are hooked up to. There are several areas that are blind spots, or places where an operator can’t see what he should be able to see for knowing what is going on. Operators are often overloading their systems, and don’t know that they are overloading the system until somebody calls them on the phone.

There are no monitors on the Diphenol Oxide Freight Rail Car and Cargo Tank Unloading Station.

There are no monitors on the Bromine Trailers.

There are two monitors: one on the Bromine Caustic Vent Scrubber, and on the Absorber Caustic Srubber.

The video cameras that are used by employees in Fine Chemicals for monitoring chemical transfers loading and unloading freight rail cars do not have videos in the VCRs that they are hooked up to.

None of these video cameras are reliable, because you have to have somebody watching, and there is no person with just that job. Watching these monitors is done briefly between performing other duties.

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