In the USA, OSHA REQUIRES employers to “Fit Test” each worker who will wear a tight-fitting respirator. This includes all types of tight-fitting respirators, from half-face air purifying respirators to full-face supplied air respirators. The workers are also REQUIRED to be fit tested with EACH MAKE, MODEL STYLE and SIZE face piece they are medically qualified and […]
It is pretty common for PSM/RMP facilities to have a windsock or two on-site. However, the condition of these devices ranges from brand new to a piece of wire sticking up in the wind. In this posting, I want to offer some tips on how we should manage our windsocks as a “piece of critical
A NH3 Tanker Truck rolled over and lost it’s load. A GREAT video to see the behavior of a Liquid Spill of NH3. We can see the liquid pouring our of the tanker and immediately flashing off to a gas. Auto-refrigeration is observed as the gas hangs low over the pooling liquid. AMAZING FOOTAGE at
At approximately 05:35 hours on 19 November 1984 a major fire and a series of catastrophic explosions occurred at the government owned and operated PEMEX LPG Terminal at San Juan Ixhuatepec, Mexico City. As a consequence of these events some 500 individuals were killed and the terminal destroyed. Three refineries supplied the facility with LPG
Without a doubt one of the VERY BEST NH3 Response Training videos! And it is FREE, thanks to TRANSCAER! Be patient, it takes a minute to load. CLICK HERE to download the Student Manual (pdf).
This taped 911 call is being provided for others to learn from. Many of us think that dialing 911 and effectively communicating with the emergency dispatcher needs no training. This call may convience us that we need to train those who would be tasked with this critical link to the emergency responders. Imagine that it
Some responders would tell you this was a “sucessful response”. They stopped the leak and did not injury anyone in the effort; however, it is not too difficult to identify several things these responders could have done differently in their response. Can you identify them? How many did you identify?
Accident No.: DCA05-MP001 Type of System: Hazardous liquid Accident Type: Pipeline rupture and leak with vapor cloud Location: 6 miles west of Kingman, Kansas Date: October 27, 2004 Time: 11:15 a.m. central daylight time Owner: Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. Facility: Magellan Ammonia Pipeline/Enid Lateral Operator: Enterprise Products Operating L.P. Fatalities/Injuries: None Damage/Clean-up Cost: $680,715 Material
These pictures are the result of a SCBA Cylinder incident which happened on 6th of April 2008 at 2130 hrs in a Fire Station in XXXXXXXXX.Here’s what happened: (5 photos)
UPDATED on 6/23/2017 This study was conducted in conjunction with the Faculty of the Undergraduate College of Integrated Science and Technology, James Madison University, Virginia; the Harrisonburg (VA) Fire Department; and the Harrisonburg (VA) Rescue Squad HRS. Although not done as a true research study, it was done as well as could be expected
Not a year goes by where I am teaching a HAZMAT or PSM course at a facility that has ammonia (NH3) where I am challenged on the fact that NH3 is explosive/flammable. I stress that it takes 160,000 ppm of the gas for it to burn, but it WILL BURN when it reaches this level
