On 21 July 2018, a major release of ammonia gas occurred at a Western Australian port. As part of standard operation, an ammonia tanker vessel was supplying anhydrous ammonia to a process plant. Following the completion of liquid ammonia unloading, purging of the loading arm and pipework was commenced with ammonia gas supplied by the…...
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A few years ago I posted a fatal incident involving unloading NH3. The driver made a valving error and left the liquid bleed valve to a plastic tote open while he was transferring liquid NH3 to the storage tank. He was standing ~6-10′ from the tote when it violently ruptured when the liquid NH3 entered…...
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A few years ago I posted a fatal incident involving unloading NH3. The driver made a valving error and left the liquid bleed valve to a plastic tote open while he was transferring liquid NH3 to the storage tank. He was standing ~6-10′ from the tote when it violently ruptured when the liquid NH3 entered…...
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Jack Rabbit: Chlorine Properties is a 28-minute video that uses footage from the Department of Homeland Security’s Jack Rabbit release trials to demonstrate chlorine’s dispersion properties. The video covers the following topics: Introduction Dispersion Pressure Differentials, Phase Changes, and Thermal Considerations Density Different Atmospheric/Land Conditions… Membership Required You must be a member to access this...
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On June 3, 2019, a railcar catatrophically failed when incompatible materials stored inside the car reacted and approximately 20,000 gallons of liquid waste derived fuel – fuel derived from hazardous waste – spewed from the railcar for 34 seconds. The eruption sent waste fuel several hundred feet into the air and ripped the manway hatch…...
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We just can’t make this stuff up!!! This accident happened during a “safety day”… At 8:30 a.m. on May 24, 2018, Employee #1 was in charge of setting up a booth representing the control laboratory for a safety day event at the plant, which involved approximately 1,000 employees, visitors, and vendors. Employee #1 wanted to…...
Liquid Nitrogen is not a solution to be played with! Read More »
Found this one and thought it may be helpful for those who need to train some supervisors on the use of their “meters”, “sniffers”, etc. This is a great “introduction” presentation that covers the methods and limitations of these types of instruments…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready...
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Found this one and thought it may be helpful for those who need to train some supervisors on the use of their “meters”, “sniffers”, etc. This is a great “introduction” presentation that covers the methods and limitations of these types of instruments…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready...
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Found another ppt from years back. This was one from my time with BFGoodrich Speciality Chemicals. The Corporate Safety Manager was one of the most down-to-earth CIHs I have ever worked with. Unfortunately she has now retired, but she was an absolute treasure of information and her super power was making difficult and complex matters…...
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Found another ppt from years back. This was one from my time with BFGoodrich Speciality Chemicals. The Corporate Safety Manager was one of the most down-to-earth CIHs I have ever worked with. Unfortunately she has now retired, but she was an absolute treasure of information and her super power was making difficult and complex matters…...
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