Ammonia Week in Review | August 6, 2021

A boiler explosion leads to an ammonia release in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review…

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Boiler Explodes Causing Ammonia Leak at Strasburg Milk Plant – Several downtown streets were closed for hours and nearby neighbors had to evacuate as hazardous materials crews cleaned up the scene. […keep reading here, here, or here]

Auditing Elements: Process Safety Information (Part 4) – This program element is unique in how many prescriptive subcomponents are contained within the requirement. […keep reading]

Ammonia Leak Causes Wheeling Pizza Factory Evacuation – An ammonia leak caused the evacuation of a pizza factory in Wheeling Saturday and three people were treated for minor health concerns, fire officials said. […keep reading]

12 Firefighters Suffer Chemical Burns while Responding to Hazmat Situation in Cambridge – Cambridge police said the substance is believed to be a breach of ammonia and peroxide. […keep reading]

Ammonia Leak from Snowmaking Machine Temporarily Closes New Zealand’s Largest Ski Field – It came after ammonia, which is a colourless, highly irritating gas with a pungent odour, was found to be leaking from a snow making machine in Whakapapa’s Happy Valley on Mount Ruapehu. […keep reading]

No Sign of Ammonia Detected at Tank Farm Area where Odors Detected – Testing done in recent weeks by the Department of Energy at the Hanford Site in Washington state has turned up no signs the foul odor encountered by workers around a tank farm was ammonia from tank vapors, an agency spokesperson said this week. […keep reading]

How to Reduce Hazards, Increase Safety around Manure Gas – In many circumstances the manure gases are produced and dissipate into the atmosphere. However, there are circumstances where the manure gases collect in an area and produce conditions that are harmful to people and animals that breathe the gases. […keep reading]

Carson Company Pays $127K to Settle EPA Violations – “It is very important for facilities that store dangerous materials like anhydrous ammonia to understand the risks of this hazardous chemical and maintain a safe operation.” […keep reading]

City Approves Permit Amendment for Helena Chemical to Store Flammable Chemical, Deemed Safe – City Commissioners voted to amend the conditional use permit (CUP) for Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC, locally known as Helena Chemical, to allow them to periodically store anhydrous ammonia on site in order to manufacture ammonium polyphosphate to supply to local farmers as a fertilizer. […keep reading]

Climate-Related Incidents Need to be Accounted for in Process Safety – It also calls on the EPA to: expand RMP coverage to more facilities in areas prone to natural disasters; build prompt implementation and compliance design into new rules; and take and support actions to invest in community protection, enforcement, and infrastructure that are responsive to climate, equity, and justice. […keep reading]