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Turnaround in numbers:
The 2013 Turnaround was the biggest in SAPREF’s 50-year history. It was a real feat of engineering and project management. But how big is a big Turnaround? The numbers below answer the question best:
Manpower peak
6800
Bolts replaced
250 000
Tons of new structural steel installed
173 tons
Breakfast packs
390 000
Bus trips
2080
Cabling
35km
Carbon steel piping installed
3330 metres
Studbolts procured and installed
18 842
Columns completed
54
Cranes
69
Scaffolding erected
2900 tons
Compressors on site
50
Diameter Weld Inches
37 000
Heat Exchangers
242
Refractory
385m2
RVs overhauled
314
Scrap metal
500 tons
Spades installed and pressure tests
6200
Trenches
4,5km
Vacuum trucks
9
Vessels completed
136
Work packs
2860
Schedule (actual vs. plan)
65 days vs. 63 days
And yet, despite the amount of work and the number of people the safety statistics tell a story of discipline, skill, leadership and world class safety management:
LTIs (Lost Time Injuries, that is, injuries that result in a person being away from work for at least a shift)
0
Fires
2
First Aid Cases
52
Medical Treatment Cases
1
LOPCs (loss of primary containment)
2
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The Cat Cracker reactor top, complete with cyclones and diplegs, smoothly rises out of the shell to be replaced by a complete new assembly during the 1985 Turnaround.