Ammonia Week in Review | August 8, 2014

A big leak and a big fine make up this week’s brief edition of the Ammonia Week in Review…… 

Ammonia Leak Closes Vanguard Culinary Group On Whitfield Street- Anhydrous ammonia at a frozen food plant leaked out Sunday when emergency officials couldn’t safely stop it, a Fayetteville Fire Department official said.  The public was not in danger, Assistant Fire Chief Mitchell Morgan said.  “The leak is gone,” he said late Sunday afternoon. “There’s no more product to leak.”  […keep reading]

OSHA PSM Citations @ Brewery (NH3 Refrigeration & $92,400)- OSHA has cited a beer brewery for refrigeration system violations and proposes $92,400 in fines. OSHA issued two repeat and eight serious safety violations following an inspection of the brewery’s ammonia refrigeration system. The violations were cited under OSHA’s Process Safety Management (PSM) Standards.  […keep reading]