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If you follow the CSB investigations, you may remember an incident from years ago where a fire impacted a pipe rack and the supports that were treated for fire resistance withstood the fire and the ones not treated/protected failed, causing the collapse of the structure leading to a much larger fire which then impaled three (3) 1-ton Chlorine cylinders, one of which ultimately failed due to the jet...
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We visit this topic again and again, the short answer is NO!
According to ASME Section VIII, Division 1 (UG-135) and API RP 520, Pressure Safety Valves (PSVs) must be installed in a vertical position with the spindle (stem) oriented upright. Installing a valve horizontally is considered a significant deviation from engineering standards and can lead to dangerous malfunctions.
Here is why vertical...
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In the International Fire Code, Section 606 – Mechanical Refrigeration has two distinct requirements regarding the refrigerant detector(s) and their alarm signal and in both requirements, the phrase “approved location” is used. In one case, they are talking about the location of the actual refrigerant detector/sensor, and in the other case, they are talking about where the detection...
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Respondent operates ammonia storage and transfer process which contains 840,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia for storage and transfer. Respondent has one RMProgram level 2 covered process. On March 3, 2016, the EPA conducted an onsite inspection of the RMProgram related records and equipment to assess the Respondent’s compliance with the RMProgram requirements and the implemented recognized...
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On May 25, 2016, I was sitting on and repairing an industrial conveyor belt. Suddenly, the conveyor belt started up, and I went on a ride that changed my life forever.
I spent 16 days in the hospital, where doctors focused on placing a rod and screws into my left arm (the rod and screws eventually became infected with MRSA and had to be removed from the arm) and applying skin grafts to areas where...
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This is 100% real… you can’t make this stuff up! WHAT THE HELL were they thinking?
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CORRECTION Made 3/21/2018
So I was glad I was sitting down when I started reading the Public Review #2 Draft of IIAR-6, Standard for Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Closed-Circuit Ammonia Refrigeration Systems. Now it’s just a DRAFT version out for public review and comments, but I was so pleased to see TABLE 13.1, Overpressure Protection Devices Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance...
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Between November 20 and December 31, 2017, WorkSafeBC officers conducted the first phase of a three-phase ammonia inspection initiative.
Officers inspected ice rinks and recreational facilities that use ammonia as a refrigerant. The focus of the inspections was:
risk assessment,
exposure control plans,
work procedures,
emergency response and evacuation plans
Of the 223 sites inspected, 181 were using...
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It is the year 2018 – OSHA promulgated its Control of Hazardous Energy standard (1910.147) in 1989. That means we should have been practicing LOTO for nearly 29 years, and yet we continue to see unreal failures related to workers performing servicing and maintenance without “locking it out.” This week’s Incident Alerts contained an incident that takes sadness to...
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A hydrogen compressor explosion led to some injuries and a TOSHA inspection, resulting in some PSM citations.
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Respondent has owned and operated a chemical manufacturing facility since at least January 2013. The facility manufactures chlorine, sodium hydroxide, solid sodium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid and calcium hypochlorite. The Facility is primarily a manufacturer of chlorine, which is produced through the electrolysis of a sodium chloride being derived from a salt vein deep under the Facility. Brine is...
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