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Chemistry of Hazardous Materials Pre-course Reading

I found this NFA pre-course reading material from way back when I started my business and had a contract with a national organization for HAZMAT Specialist.  As many of you know I have been in the ER field since the late 1980’s and then spent 16 years in petrochemical and semi-conductor industries as a safety engineer/manager…...

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Silhouettes of Rail Cars, Tank Trucks and Chemical Tanks

This is an excellent resource for Emergency Responders and Process Safety practioners that explains the design, typical contents of, and traits for us to idnetify the type of container.  This should be known by ALL HAZMAT Technicians and for those who are new to Process Safety, it may prove to be helpful in explaining the…...

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Silhouettes of Rail Cars, Tank Trucks and Chemical Tanks

This is an excellent resource for Emergency Responders and Process Safety practioners that explains the design, typical contents of, and traits for us to idnetify the type of container.  This should be known by ALL HAZMAT Technicians and for those who are new to Process Safety, it may prove to be helpful in explaining the…...

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Piping Corrosion (External – Outside/In)

This is WATER damage!  It is on an NH3 process, but this was found to be external damage from treated water with an incorrect water treatment “recepie”.  The condenser was not being maintained properly either and the two failures produced this corrosion and a tad bit of erossion as the water was dripping down from…...

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Piping Corrosion (External – Outside/In)

This is WATER damage!  It is on an NH3 process, but this was found to be external damage from treated water with an incorrect water treatment “recepie”.  The condenser was not being maintained properly either and the two failures produced this corrosion and a tad bit of erossion as the water was dripping down from…...

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Line Break involving Chlorine within a crawl space goes bad when workers have FACIAL HAIR

At 10 p.m. on 3/19/18, an employee and coworker were performing preventative maintenance on a chlorine gas system used in a water filtration process. The employee and coworker were removing and reinstalling, a flange with a black Teflon rubber gasket. They were working in a 48-foot long, 24-foot wide, and 6-foot tall crawl space under…...

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Line Break involving Chlorine within a crawl space goes bad when workers have FACIAL HAIR

At 10 p.m. on 3/19/18, an employee and coworker were performing preventative maintenance on a chlorine gas system used in a water filtration process. The employee and coworker were removing and reinstalling, a flange with a black Teflon rubber gasket. They were working in a 48-foot long, 24-foot wide, and 6-foot tall crawl space under…...

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Palletizer LOTO Fatality

A 41year old female was fatally injured when she was crushed between a pallet lift and the frame of the machine. The victim was a temporary employee assigned to operate a machine called a pallet de-stacker. The overall process utilizes three stationary conveyor platforms and one conveyor platform fitted with a scissor-style lift (scissor-lift platform)…....

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Palletizer LOTO Fatality

A 41year old female was fatally injured when she was crushed between a pallet lift and the frame of the machine. The victim was a temporary employee assigned to operate a machine called a pallet de-stacker. The overall process utilizes three stationary conveyor platforms and one conveyor platform fitted with a scissor-style lift (scissor-lift platform)…....

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PRCS Fatality – Engulfment inside wood dust silo

A 47-year-old male employee was fatally injured when he became engulfed by sawdust after entering a dust collection silo.  The company is a hardwood flooring manufacturer.  On the day of the incident, the victim was cleaning the inside of a dust collection silo containing wood dust. The fire department had been called on to extinguish…...

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