The Safety Authority of British Columbia (BC) has released a case study of all refrigerant leaks in BC from 2007 to 2015. The study breaks down: Number of Refrigeration Units by Refrigerant and Safety Classification The Boilers, Pressure Vessels and Refrigeration (BPVR) Incident Investigations Refrigeration Incidents by Refrigerant Ammonia Releases by Facility Type Ammonia Releases…...
The state of Ohio updated it’s Mechanical Code as it applies to “Refrigeration” in November 2017. Here are the updates:… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
As of yesterday (12/15/2017), the state of Ohio has a new fire code, which just happens to be a revised version of the 2015 International Fire Code. As I have been writing about this year, this revised code could have an impact on a number of businesses/industries. For example, ammonia refrigeration processes that are built…...
2018 is just around the corner and with it’s arrival comes the 2018 International Fire Code (IFC) and some changes. For those in the process safety arena or just storing/handling/processing hazardous materials, Chapter 50 Hazardous Materials, is a valuable resource for the design of piping systems conveying those hazardous materials. In 2018 IFC there are some…...
This incident involved issues with LOTO and PPE with the line break/process opening. OSHA issued citations against 1910.111, .147, .134, and .1200. At 4:00 p.m. on March 13, 2017, in preparation of a new pump arriving, a worker started draining lines leading to a 30,000-gallon liquid anhydrous ammonia tank. After the tank had been drained,…...
An outside storage tank at a wastewater treatment chemical manufacturing plant exploded, killing the plant manager, 64, and former town commissioner. According to Police, he was working on a ladder operating an electrical tool of some sort on the tank. As we can see from the aerial footage, the tank appears to have been a fiber…...
U.S. fire departments responded to an average of 4,440 structure fires involving hot work per year. These fires caused an average of 12 civilian deaths, 208 civilian injuries and $287 million in direct property damage per year. From 2001-2015, five firefighters were fatally injured in four accidental fires started by torches. Forty-two percent of the fires involving…...
What’s changed in CAMEOfm 3.4 and Tier2 Submit 2017? A BIG change for those of you submitting RMP(s), Tier2 Submit is stopping support for the older MER file format. See below for more, but the new file format will be in place in 2018!… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership...
The short answer is yes, but the fact that they have negotiated this deal for a company to begin using NH3 over R-22 is very telling. This month EPA settled a case in which the agreement required the company to replace R-22 with NH3 freezers on some fishing vessels. The company will implement enhanced leak detection…...
The US EPA has been providing hurricane response updates on a weekly basis and one small bit of data really stands out to me. Last week I posted that over 950 storage vessels were captured after they broke away from their process; however, it should be noted that NONE of these vessels involved an RMP…...
An ammonia cylinder burst late Monday while being heated as part of preparations to restart the alkylation unit at a 86,000 barrel-per-day refinery, sources familiar with plant operations said on Tuesday. A company spokesman said the company responded to an incident at the refinery, in which there were neither injuries nor offsite impact. The refinery was…...
This week NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration posted an AWESOME RESOURCE for those of you responsible for your RMP’s Off-Site Consequence Analyzes (OCA) and EPCRA hazard analyses and who like to use CAMEO software suite when doing these off-site consequence analyses. Part 1: Worst-Case Analysis (RMP) Part 2: Alternative Analysis (RMP) Part 3: ALOHA and Green Book… Membership...
