Ammonia Week in Review | May 24, 2013

In cases you missed ammonia in the news this week, we’ve summarized it for you in the latest edition of the Ammonia Week in Review…

Worker Exposed to Ammonia at Idaho Fertilizer Plant Dies – A man who was working for a subcontractor at a Simplot fertilizer plant near Pocatello has died at a Utah hospital after being exposed to ammonia last weekend. University of Utah Hospital officials say 23-year-old Derrick E. Martinez of Garden City, Kan., died Wednesday […keep reading]

Tyson Foods Ammonia Leak Sends Seven Workers to the Hospital – Seven people have been released from an Emporia hospital after an ammonia leak at the city’s Tyson Foods plant. KVOE-AM reports that emergency workers were sent to the plant Thursday morning. Officials said the level of ammonia that was leaking was well below what’s considered lethal. Tyson spokesman Gary Mickelson says the leak temporarily disrupted production in part of the processing plant before it was found and stopped. About six weeks ago, Tyson Foods agreed to pay a nearly $4 million civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, largely because of ammonia issues […keep reading]

Problems Found at Minnesota Ammonia Plants – Minnesota doesn’t have ammonium nitrate fertilizer plants like the one that exploded in Texas last month, but the state does have anhydrous ammonia storage facilities that can be potentially dangerous.Inspection records from eight plants in its three-county area of central Minnesota showed almost all the eight had some problems in their last inspections, some of which happened as long as five years ago […keep reading]

Uzbek Team Visits LTC’s Ammonia Refrigeration Training Program – The IARW (International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses) as part of the GCCA (Global Cold Chain Alliance) reached out to Lanier Tech, the official ammonia refrigeration training partner of the IARW, to assist in a visit to the U.S. by an agricultural group from Uzbekistan. Their visit to the U.S. was sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) […keep reading]