The scene
It is Sunday, 2:30 in the afternoon. It rained in the morning and stopped at noon. It is 55 degrees and overcast, with the wind from the west at 5 miles an hour. Buildings A and C are closed and Gate 3 is locked. The only people on campus are one Building B operator on rounds and the security guard at Gate 2. On patrol in the truck yard at Honey Badger Logistics, Building C, the guard finds a Honey Badger tractor, parked there since Saturday, with a cracked fuel tank dripping diesel onto the asphalt. There is a sheen on the water in storm inlet SI-3 and a diesel smell. On the same patrol he sees a rainbow sheen on the lake at a pipe on the shoreline, about 50 feet out. The tank holds 150 gallons, and about 70 are gone. Two people are fishing from a boat near the shoreline pipe. Security has not called anyone yet.
Scene facts
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When, where and what
| Day, time and shift | Sunday, 2:30 p.m. Weekend staffing. |
| Where | Building C truck yard, at storm inlet SI-3. Sheen on the lake at a pipe on the shoreline. PI-C-201 grid E3; PI-C-001 grids E6 and F4. |
| Inside or outside | Outside. |
| What spilled (name on the label) | Diesel fuel. |
| What it was in | Fuel tank on a parked Honey Badger tractor (side-mounted saddle tank). |
| How much the container holds | 150 gallons. The driver filled it Saturday. |
What happened
| Who was there and what they were doing | Nobody. The tractor was parked Saturday afternoon. Gate 2 security found it on patrol. |
| What happened | The bottom of the fuel tank is cracked. Diesel ran across the yard into SI-3 during the morning rain. |
| How much is out | About 70 gallons are gone from the tank. |
| Is it still leaking? | Yes. A steady drip from the crack. |
| What it spilled on | Wet asphalt. |
| Which way it is running | Across the yard into SI-3. |
The scene now
| What you see right now | Rainbow sheen on the water at SI-3 and on the lake at a pipe on the shoreline, about 50 ft out. Diesel odor at SI-3. The tractor is dripping onto the asphalt. |
| Did anyone get it on them? | No. |
| People on site right now | One Building B operator on rounds and the Gate 2 security guard. Buildings A and C are closed. Gate 3 is locked. |
| Weather and wind | Rain ended at noon. 55 °F, overcast. Wind from the west at 5 mph. |
| What is nearby | Storm inlet SI-3. The fueling area (D-1, D-2, dispenser island DI-1) and spill kits SK-7 and SK-8. Other parked tractors and trailers. Lake Tiberius, with two people fishing from a boat near the shoreline pipe. |
| What has been done so far, and who has been called | Security has not called anyone yet. |
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Maps
The red circles mark the tractor at SI-3 and the sheen at the shoreline pipe. Tap a drawing to open it full size, then zoom in. The enlarged view has its own graphic scale in feet.
