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Pyrolon Plus 2 Case Study

Amoco Oil (now Marathon) Refinery Fire 2003

 Several workers burned using Spunbonded

Polyolefin for outer garment

 OSHA investigation resulted in several large fines

 Because of these type of occurances, NFPA

released NFPA 2113 standard

Now nearly all Refinery turnarounds (maintenance

shutdowns) are equipped with Pyrolon or a

competitive FR fabric for turnaround operations.