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The tank roof got flooded with rain water consequence to the heavy rain fall in the three daysprecedingtheincident. 2. Theaccommodatedrainwaterontheroofgotitswaytothepontoonsthroughtheheavily corrodedtopdeckhavinglargecorrosionholes. 3. Theaccumulationinthepontoonscausedtiltandsubsequentrotationagainstthedipwell pipe displacing the weather shields and distorting the secondary shield, thus creating the gapbetweentheroofandtheshellthroughwhichtheproductfloodedtheroof. Thelearningfromthisincidentisasfollows:
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2. Inspite of the tank roof having developed corrosion holes, the tank was neither decommissionednorwasfurthermaintenanceworktakenup. 3. Routineroofinspectionofthistankwasnoteffectiveotherwisethelevelofcorrosioncould nothavereachedthislevel. 4. RoutinemonsoonprecautionsandSOPsforfloatingrooftanksafterheavyrainfallswerenot followed.