Ammonia Week in Review | November 6, 2015

Ammonia irritates a community in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review…..

One Day After Ammonia Leak, Community Members Still Have Questions – The first leak was on an Elkton farm field, hose failure as a tractor was pulling the fertilizer equipment. The second leak happened about two miles away. Together, they leaked about two thousand gallons of the chemical. […keep reading]

No Injuries From Anhydrous Leak – The Pontiac Fire Department was called to a suspected anhydrous ammonia leak at Caterpillar Monday evening. […keep reading]

Ammonia Leaks Raise Alarm – Last week, the Mattancherry fire station in West Kochi received a phone call alerting about an ammonia leakage at an ice plant unit close to the fishing harbour here. […keep reading]

NH3 fatality filling nurse tank (Summary Nr: 200513448) – At approximately 10:00 a.m. on November 4, 2003, Employee #1 was filling a nurse tank from the bulk anhydrous ammonia tank at the ammonia plant. […keep reading]