UPDATED 09/12/20: OSHA PSM Citations @ food plant (Fatality, NH3 & $107K)

In several of my articles over the years, I have touched on the additional hazards when working with hazardous materials in an elevated position.  In my 2016 Line Break presentation @ ASSE Safety 2016, we made a special point to mention how additional safeguards need to be in place when doing line breaks at elevation.  In this 2020 fatality, we now know the deceased was working from a scissor lift while dismantling an ammonia blast freezer in preparation for installing a new freezer.  The workers hit a charged line in their work and they were exposed to ammonia.

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