All year I have received dozens of phone calls and e-mails from friends and colleagues in the automotive industry regarding this new refrigerant for A/C units inside 2016 model vehicles. Over the next couple of months, I will be posting a series of articles about this new refrigerant and the impact it is having on the automotive industry. This first article is to clearly establish this material is a CATEGORY 1 FLAMMABLE GAS and any facility that has over 10,000 pounds in their “process” has a PSM Covered Process (HFO is NOT a listed RMP EHS). There has been much confusion over this new refrigerant and its classification. The makers of this refrigerant have been marketing their product as “mildly flammable” and this has caught a lot of safety departments off guard when the material actually arrives on site. But here are the facts…