Managing Transportation RisksDon Loftis – Olin Corporation

Principle Software EngineerRail Security Coordinator

Chlor/Alkali and Vinyls

Geographic Coverage

Transportation Risk Evaluation

Managing Risks

Balance Mitigation (Admin & Controls)

ACC - Responsible CareAn Administrative Control

•Olin is a Responsible Care Member• Care about all distribution events

even non-custodial events•All in together….

Risk Categories (Rail)

• Proper Handling (Customer and Railroad)

• Equipment Health (Safe for Transportation)

• Equipment Handling (Ride Quality)

• In-Plant Security

• In-Transit Security

• Outcomes can be influenced by othersCreate comprehensive tracking records on every shipment

including safety and environmental effects

Entering / Leaving Olin Plant

In-TransitDelivered

Railcar Shipment Overview

In-Transit Data Sources

• GPS with Open/Close Dome Detection• Motion Detection Image Capture

• Impact and Deceleration DataGPS

• NOAA – Hurricanes Storms• USGS – EarthQuake Data• ALOHA Plume Modeling

WEB

• EHM Alert Data• CLM Data RailInc

In-Transit Alerts

• Ride Quality (Impact – Decel)• Security (Dome Opened)

• Tampering (Motion Detection)

• Severe Storm and Temperature• Earthquake Exposure

• DDCT incidents, EW, MA• EHM Alerts Wild,ABD,THD

• Off Route • Abnormal Junction

Deliver Alert Information

Read RFID at Entrance

Capture HD Car Images

Due REG. Maintenance

EHM Alerts

Send Notifications/Alerts to RIGHT PERSON - RIGHT DEVICE

Alerting Visibility

• Do Not Load• Bad Order• Do Not Use• RR DDCT• RR EHM

(Wild,etc)• RR EW (ABT,etc)• GPS Alerts

• Impacts• Speed

Drops• Tracking Alerts

• Weather• Quakes• Floods

RailRoad Equipment Healthreduce Incidents/Derailments

THD- Truck Hunting Detector

TPD- Truck Performance Detector

WILD- Wheel Impact Load Detector

ABD- Acoustical Bearing Detectors

LORF- New Statistical Alert on AB EB

AAR Rules allow InTransit repairs based on Alerts

Running Repair Bills and Service Interruptions – 70 WS

/ month and 4 days / car transit in 2012

Class I RR – Wayside Sensor Network ALERT Data EHM

Plant Rail Crew

SAP

EHMCLM

EHM DDCT EW MA Olin Alerts directed to Rail Crew

Email Alert

Inspect Car

Remove Alert

Fix Car Defect

• Cost Avoidance $ $• ORC Dist. Avoidance

Entering / Leaving Plant

BAD WHEEL

BAD TRUCK

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Weekly Average Condemnable Wheels 2012-2017

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We Monitor/Fix our Wheels to Keep Dangerous Railcars off the Rails

Fleet Health Results

• Averaging $$K/mon savings by removing alerts on new WheelSets

• Helped to flatten maintenance budget

• Save by preferring Turned Wheels over New

• Focus and streamline our inspections

• Found Dangerous Trucks

• Win Win Win !!!

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DERAILMENTS 2000-2015

Why Weather and EarthQuakes?

• Ensure Olin railcars do not contribute to derailments or track infrastructure decline– Railcars are flagged for inspection (Bearing damage –

Flooding, Wheel & PRV Earthquake)

• Probability Extreme weather events is high in the Gulf regions, East Coast, and Quakes West

• Shipments can go from South to North seeing 80 degree temperature swing

La Habra Quake

Severe Weather TrackingHurricane Matthew

Harvey

Monitor Cars in Flood Zone

Document Trips in GoogleEarth Flights

Images

Impacts

Storms

Decels

Notes

Maint

EHM Alert

GE Flights include Events and Images

Integrated Release modelingEPA Aloha, WISER

Multi-K Sensor Equipped GPS Devices

Monitoring GPS

SECURITY (Tampering)• Motion detection Image capture• In-transit valve dome access with ImageRIDE QUALITY• Impact Accelerations in G’s• MPH Coupling and Decelerations speed• Image Capture for high impact events

Security Events Reported• 17 HCL tank-car tampering since October-09

– Working with RR, TSA, Rail Police, State police

• Tamper indicator bags

• Inspection Photos post-load

• Motion Detection GPS Cameras

In-Transit

False Alarms Happen

Motion Image Capture

But It Works...o False alarms can be

reduced

o Takes about 2 minutes to

review images each day

(about 120 images)

o Wildlife

o Drastic light changes

• Locomotive

• Yard Lights

Abnormal Ride Quality

• Short Duration high impact events < 50 ms

• Over-Speed couplings (7 mph) GPS based

• Vertical or Side events

• Olin Marks these for inspection

• LOGIC to Insert Event into OEHM Alert CUE

HighG, Decel, Security, Quake, Water, Wind, EW, MA, ABD, THD, WILD, DDCT

Coupling Speeds AnalysisIn-Transit

System Wide Coupling Speeds

2013 - 2015

Speeds

Event

Count Total %

4 mph 30788 31.20%

5 mph 29573 29.97%

6 mph 17320 17.55%

7 mph 11037 11.19%

8 mph 5978 6.06%

9 mph 2511 2.54%

10 mph 1055 1.07%

11 mph 410 0.42%

Total 98672

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Where do OSC Happen? Hump vs Flat

Hump Flat

Speeds Hump Flat Total

4 mph 5948 24840 30788

5 mph 5975 23598 29573

6 mph 3957 13363 17320

7 mph 1651 9386 11037

8 mph 827 5151 5978

9 mph 364 2147 2511

10 mph 183 872 1055

11 mph 62 348 410

Total 18967 79705 98672

Average:

4 to 1 Flat to Hump

Do not know ratio of

visits Flat to Hump

Railcar CouplingWhat Breaks??

YOKE

Draft KEY

Cplr. PIN

Knuckle

Coupler Body

Draft Gear Packs Go Here

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% Damage Probability

ALERT at 7+ mph

SPEED #Max_events #Bad_Components % Damage

4-6 mph 2002 4 0.20

7 mph 308 9 2.92

8 mph 197 21 10.66

9 mph 93 42 45.16

10 mph 53 41 77.36

11 mph 7 6 85.71

Total 2660 123

% Damage = BadComponents /MaxEventsat each speed level

• Photos provide visual context• Paired Tank-Car Alerts (redundancy)• Turn Alerting on between end points

FalseAlarms

7 MPH with 5.5 G Vertical 8 MPH with 4.9 G Lateral

Why Photos ??Embedded Cameras in GPS

Derailment 9/17

Impact PictureAfter Re-Track

Olin’s Intent

• Share a RR’s Data with THAT RR• Not share a RRs ride quality data with other RR!!!• Hope/belief RR will use data to fix issues

As a Rule:• Olin will not report individual event to RR. This

avoids RR costs to resolve single events• Share results about systematic problems

Pilot to test Trip RecordingLow Cost option for GPS

Car Repair Billing Data

• REPAIR_DATE• APPLIED_JOB_CODE• CONDITION_CODE• WHY_MADE_CODE• BILLING_ROAD• REMOVED_JOB_CODE• BILLED_ROAD• CAR_INITIL• CAR_NUMBER• CAR_KIND_ID• LOAD_EMPTY• REPAIR_SPLC• REPAIRING_PARTY• QUANTITY (Cost)• APPLIED_QUALIFIER• RESPONSIBILITY_CODE id• REMOVED_QUALIFIER• NARRATIVE_INFORMATION• COMPONENT_INITIAL• COMPONENT_NUMBER

• Load empty cycles since component installed• Miles since component installed• Estimated ton miles since component installed• Where are Repairs Occurring (frequency-costs)• Predictability… Opportunities….

Information

Thank You ♥

Don Loftis

Olin Corporation

Principle Software Engineer

Rail Security Coordinator

dbloftis@olin.com