EPA has begun limiting the use of refrigerants that have high global warming-potential properties. The refrigerant manufacturing industry has responded by developing a number of replacement refrigerants. One of the characteristics of most of these products is that they are minimally flammable as compared to other flammable refrigerants. Different protection schemes exist for lesser risk…...
In the 2018 edition of the International Fire Code (IFC), which is the code, most of the states revise and adopt in some format. As I have said for nearly 20 years now, this fire code is an EXCELLENT resource for those looking to improve their design and construction of their processes that handle hazardous…...
This video is an excellent demonstration of the power within a compressed gas cylinder. This was an ammonia cylinder; actually, one of the more tamer compressed gases (as far as energy goes) of HAZMATs in cylinders. But look at the damage to the side of this shipping container – peeled open like someone used a…...
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At 11:00 a.m. on July 7, 2017, Employee #1was attempting to dislodge a 24-inch rubber plug from a 2foot diameter sewer pipe located inside a 24foot deep wet well. The workers were outside the well pulling on a 1/4-inch nylon rope that was attached to the 24-inch diameter plug. The plug was lodged inside a…...
At 9:00 a.m. on December 15, 2017, an employee was cleaning the excess oil from the bottom of a tanker rail car following a previous application of oil to prevent corrosion. The employee collapsed due to a 98% atmosphere of nitrogen being present inside the tank car. The employee was killed due to asphyxiation…. Membership...
At 5:15 p.m. on May 16, 2017, an employee was preparing to paint a car. The employee hooked up his airline respirator to a nitrogen hose instead of to the compressed air hose, resulting in the employee suffering asphyxiation…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log...
Citation 1, Item 1 is classified as “Serious” and alleges that Respondent violated 29 C.F.R. § 1910.176(b), stating that “employees are exposed to struck-by hazards from unstable material storage.” A penalty of $10,864.00 is proposed for this item. For the reasons that follow, the Citation is AFFIRMED, and the proposed penalty is assessed. The Accident…...
Signs your weak-seam welded roof on your atmospheric storage tank worked as designed! Interesting video, but it shows how things are supposed to work when an atmospheric flammable storage tank is exposed to a fire. Firefighters need to understand how weak-seam welded roofs work so that can stay clear. You can see the roof of…...
According to the RMP submitted to U.S. EPA by the facility, it fell within North American Industry Classification System Code 32599 as “all other chemical product and preparation manufacturing” and used flammables including butane, difluoroethane, isobutane, methyl ether and propane as process chemicals and held at least 10,000 lbs. As of July 6, 2004, the…...
The U.S. Department of Justice and the EPA have entered into a consent decree with an agricultural cooperative to address alleged chemical accident prevention and preparedness violations under the Risk Management Program of the Clean Air Act. The alleged violations relate to the companies’ management of anhydrous ammonia at nine facilities, which have a combined…...
