An ammonia big rig kills another driver in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… 1 Dead in Fiery Crash involving Big Rig Hauling Ammonia in Sutter County – One person was killed Thursday after a big rig hauling 20 tons of anhydrous ammonia crashed head-on with a pickup truck in a rural part of Sutter […]
Title 29 CFR 1910.119(d) requires that process safety information be developed prior to conducting a PHA. Therefore, one can conclude that it is unacceptable to complete a PHA when P&IDs are absent. But if having P&IDs available is simply viewed as a formality, the PHA team will not reap the benefits of the drawings. Often […]
An ammonia release at sea kills one and injures three others in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Ammonia Leak on Tanker Kills One and Injures Three off Malaysia – Malaysian authorities responded to a call for medical assistance to an LPG tanker anchored offshore on April 6. […keep reading] P&IDs and SOPs (Part 2) – […]
RMP, PSM, and CalARP regulations require that operating procedures (SOPs) be developed and implemented to provide clear instructions to safely conduct activities involved in a chemical process. The law requires that SOPs be “consistent with the process safety information”. If you accept the premise that P&IDs are the cornerstone of process safety information, then it […]
An ammonia release in Alabama prompts an evacuation in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Ammonia Release Prompts Response at Koch Foods – Workers at the Koch Foods plant on Paden Road were evacuated briefly Thursday after an ammonia release at the chicken processing facility, according to Gadsden Fire Chief Wil Reed. […keep reading] No […]
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