Respondent owns and operates a carbonated beverage bottling plant. At the facility, respondent produces, processes, handles, or stores substances listed in, or pursuant to, CAA 112(r)(3) or other extremely hazardous substances identified as such due to toxicity, reactivity, flammability, volatility. or corrosivity, including anhydrous ammonia. On March 29, 2015, there was a 3,750 pound release of…...
EPA found that Respondent had violated regulations implementing Section 112(r) of the Act at 40 C.F.R. Part 68 by failing to comply with the regulations as noted on the enclosed Risk Management Plan Inspection Findings and Alleged Violations Summary, which is hereby incorporated by reference. In consideration of Respondent’s size of business, its full compliance…...
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Hundreds of workers evacuated a candy manufacturing plant when an evaporator unit pipe failed and released approximately 22 pounds of anhydrous ammonia throughout the facility. No workers were injured in the incident which closed the plant for more than two hours. OSHA investigated the Sept. 23, 2015, incident and cited the company with three repeat,…...
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OSHA found that the nation’s largest chicken producer failed to use proper safety procedures that allowed a release of 79 pounds of anhydrous ammonia and endangered workers at its Waco facility on Sept. 28, 2015. OSHA cited the facility for two repeat and two serious violations under its Process Safety Management Standard. The company faces…...
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An employee at a food manufacturing plant was instructed to enter and clean the insides of a 3,000-gallon tank containing vinegar on Sept. 28, 2015. Once inside, he was overcome by acetic acid vapors created by the vinegar in the tank. He was rescued but was hospitalized for five days. An OSHA inspection found that…...
At approximately 11:20 a.m. on May 28, 2012 Employee #1, a 50-year-old male was working in the vicinity of the mill air receiver tank when it exploded. The State Fire Marshal report stated in their report that not enough cool water was reaching the air compressor, which failed to shut down when it overheated. The…...
This week (3/20/16) we saw yet another serious incident involving a DOT propane container (MC331). And although there is NO doubt in my mind that the incident in Alabama last was clearly and unmistakably a BLEVE (most likely a COLD BLEVE from impact damage), this most recent incident in Callaway, MN was NOT a BLEVE…....
These pics are becoming far too common! This one we can see that there is no driver, maybe he climbed up to hold the ladder!… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
WARNING! Viewer Discretion Advised – Video shows worker being pulled between two paper machine calenders. It is a FATAL accident – no blood or gore, but may be upsetting to some. … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
