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Respondent is engaged in business at the Facility at which a hazardous chemical is produced, used, or stored. On March 13, 2017, EPA conducted an inspection of the Facility to ascertain Respondent’s compliance with Section 103 of CERCLA and Sections 302-304 and 311 -312 of EPCRA. During and following the Inspection, Respondent submitted information to EPA regarding the Facility and its compliance...
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Have you taken the 3 minutes to read OSHA’s expansive Compressed Gas Standard 1910.101? After all, the standard is three sections long and references Compressed Gas Association (CGA) pamphlets that are no longer in print. One of the most requested standards I get from SAFTENG members and clients is for CGA P-1 (1965): Safe Handling of Compressed Gases (which can now be downloaded...
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Respondent is the owner or operator of the refrigerated warehousing and storage area. Respondent’s refrigerated distribution center includes a Program Level 3 covered process, as provided by 40 C.F.R. § 68.10(d). Respondent uses 74,000 pounds of ammonia (anhydrous), a regulated substance in an amount that exceeds the threshold quantity as part of its covered process at its distribution center. ...
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On October 26, 2018, Respondent became the owner and operator of the facility upon the completion of a merger. According to Respondent’s RMP, Respondent handles approximately 22,477 pounds of anhydrous ammonia at the Facility. EPA conducted an inspection of the Facility on April 18, 2018, to evaluate the Facility’s compliance with CAA Section 112(r). On May 24, 2018, EPA sent a post-inspection...
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On November 30, 2015, an employee entered a large transformer, top cover removed, which had previously been filled with nitrogen. The employee fell unconscious one he/she entered the space. Another employee entered to retrieve the first employee and also fell unconscious. Another employee (#3) followed and also fell unconscious. Employees #1 and #2 died. Employee #3 was hospitalized.
So for some...
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A 52-year-old male was fatally injured when he was burned due to a flash fire inside a 23’ long x 6’ diameter stainless steel tank. The company was contracted to restore a stainless steel tank so that it could be returned to the dairy process as a Sugar Tank. At the time of the incident, an employee was spray applying a food-grade lining system (Carboline Plasite 7133) inside the tank.
Employees...
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At 1:00 p.m. on July 24, 2019, two (2) employees were filling a tanker truck from a portable bulk container (IBC) when a flash fire occurred. Employee #1 was standing on top of the ethanol tanker truck and his body, clothing, the tanker, tote, and hose caught on fire. Employee #1 attempted to slide down from the side of the tanker and fell about 9 feet onto the asphalt. Employee #1 sustained second...
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At 3:11 p.m. Employee #1, who had worked with the company for three months as a forklift operator/ repacking, was working alone in the repacking area making a transfer of acetone (flammable liquid) from an elevated 793-gallon stainless steel intermediate bulk container (tote) to a 350-gallon stainless steel tote on the floor. In order to make the transfer, Employee #1 elevated the 793-gallon tote with...
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Respondent owns and operates an agricultural storage and supply facility. On August 16, 2016, an accidental release of anhydrous ammonia occurred at Respondent’s Facility when filling a storage tank. The release resulted in the hospitalization of an employee. 22. On or about March 12, 2019, representatives of the EPA conducted an inspection of Respondent’s Facility to determine compliance...
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Many years ago I had an open debate with a “grandfather of refrigeration” on his turf in front of about 30 other refrigeration professionals and the debate was about “flange connections”, ASME B16, and TORQUE and how it all applied to covered processes regardless of what the HHC/EHS was, including anhydrous ammonia in a refrigeration process. “Torque” is a nasty...
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So what is the Assigned-Protection Factor (APF) for an air-line respirator, commonly used inside PRCSs which has, or has the potential to have an IDLH atmosphere? Is it 1,000 or 10,000?
I have always been taught/trained that the simple air-line respirator (Pressure-demand/Positive pressure mode) WITHOUT the Auxilary/Back-up cylinder the APF is 1,000, but the addition of the Auxilary/Back-up...
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My January article “What does a “suitable telltale indicator” look like when we have a dual relief system” was a hit as I received numerous requests for information on how to get these special gauges. As I promised each of you in the ammonia refrigeration industry, here is what I have used on my NH3 refrigeration RV systems:
The gauge below is a different style of tell-tale...
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