The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has set the date for “oral arguments” (Friday, March 16, 2018, 9:30 A.M. USCA Courtroom 31) challenging EPA’s delay of the Risk Management Plan (RMP) Amendments. The case is 17-1155 Air Alliance Houston, et al., v. EPA and E. Scott Pruitt…. Membership Required You must be a...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has set the date for “oral arguments” (3/16/2018) challenging EPA’s delay of the Risk Management Plan (RMP) Amendments. The case is Air Alliance Houston, et al., v. EPA and E. Scott Pruitt…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a...
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At approximately 3:15 pm on may 9, 1986, employees started to charge the number 1 line carbo-cooler, using a cylinder containing 150 pounds of anhydrous ammonia at 129 psi (room temperature). Employee #1, in an effort to speed the charging process, was adding water at 132 degrees to the ammonia cylinder (to raise the internal…...
I read a lot of OSHA case files and sometimes I find the narrative very interesting. This one, I found to be darn near impossible to have occurred as written… At approximately 2:30 p.m. Employee #1’s coworker, a refrigeration technician, was troubleshooting a compressor shutdown and opened a valve which vented anhydrous ammonia into Engine Room #3…....
At 3:10 p.m. on February 7, 2017, an employee was making preparations to replace the relief valve of a 1,000 gallon ammonia (NH3) nurse tank. The incident investigation reported that the tank was empty of liquid NH3. However, it contained approximately 80 psi of vapor pressure. The employee set up a 30 gallon drum that…...
At 7:15 a.m. on May 10, 2017, vapor phase anhydrous ammonia was released in an uncontrolled manner from a high-pressure line. The release took place when an employee drilled a 5/32-inch diameter pilot hole into a 3-inch schedule 40 seamless steel pipe containing anhydrous ammonia. The pilot hole was drilled as a starter hole for…...
To make this simple, I like to use this slide from my Process Safety course for a visual aid in how we should be “looking at process safety”… It also does a decent job of outlining what a HCA could look like. More on HCA’s later…… Membership Required You must be a member to access...
This is a highlighted version of WA-OSHA’s DRAFT of their proposed PSM standard for refineries. I have highlighted those areas that are “new” as compared to OSHA’s PSM Standard (1910.119)…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
Last year we saw the state of California implement their “PSM for Refineries” standard and now the state of Washington’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health is releasing draft language for a new chapter that will ONLY apply to Process Safety Management (PSM) for petrochemical refining facilities. This Process Safety Management rulemaking is in the…...
Here is some good ole sound advice on relief valves from our friends to the north (Technical Standards & Safety Authority). These are some good basic rules to follow, regardless of what country your pressure vessel operates. … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
Case #1 At 10:15 a.m. on February 12, 2015, an employee was working from the elevated basket of a manlift, installing sheetrock in an area of the job site where water piping was undergoing pneumatic testing, at 130 psi. At the same time, another contractor was performing a compressed air leak test. An 80-pound section…...
