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Ammonia Week in Review | August 24, 2018

August 24th, 2018

A water treatment facility in Manhattan has an ammonia leak in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Hazmat Team Responds to Ammonia Leak at Manhattan Water Treatment Plant – City officials say workers doing a routine check of the facility just after 11 a.m. noticed a smell. They discovered a small leak in a 12-foot-deep […]

Management of Change & Pre-Startup Safety Review (Part 1)

August 21st, 2018

When I first got into Process Safety Management, Peter Thomas advised me, “If you want to be an expert in anything, be an expert in Management of Change and Pre-Startup Safety Review.” He then added that if you understand MOC/PSSR requirements, you will understand how every other element is affected by a process change. Now […]

Ammonia Week in Review | August 17, 2018

August 17th, 2018

An Otis Spunkmeyer cookie plant has an ammonia release leading to six being hospitalized in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Six Taken to the Hospital After Ammonia Leak in Lexington – Crews responded to the hazardous material situation at the Otis Spunkmeyer building in West Columbia on Saturday morning after an ammonia leak was found on […]

Ammonia Week in Review | August 10, 2018

August 10th, 2018

A Detroit bottling plant has a large ammonia release in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Ammonia Leak Prompts Hazmat Situation at Industrial Building near John R, State Fair in Detroit – Roads in the area were being shut down as police and fire crews responded. There was a strong odor in the area. […keep […]

Ventilation System Tests

August 7th, 2018

Machinery room ventilation systems have long been required by model codes and standards. Dating back to at least the 1967 Uniform Mechanical Code[1], refrigeration machinery rooms have been required to be configured with adequate ventilation in the event of a refrigerant release. While we have written previously about the current ventilation design, control, and testing […]