Recent Blog Posts

Yoke and Adapter Ruling

January 1st, 2019

Recently an Administrative Law Judge settled a long-standing issue that has been frustrating the sulfur dioxide industry. For the past several years, CalOSHA has been routinely citing facilities that utilize a union adapter to connect to a sulfur dioxide ton container. CalOSHA’s basis for citation has been failure to comply with recognized and generally accepted […]

Ammonia Week in Review | December 28, 2018

December 28th, 2018

A Colorado brewery sends six people to the hospital in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Colorado Budweiser Brewery Ammonia Leak Leaves Six in Hospital – Six people were taken to hospital after an ammonia leak at the Fort Collins Anheuser-Busch brewery in Colorado during the evening of Tuesday 18 December. Two of the six had to be […]

Ammonia Week in Review | December 14, 2018

December 14th, 2018

A “water curtain” is used to stem a leak in the UK in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Blenheim Business Park Evacuated Over Ammonia Leak – An ammonia leak at a winemaking company has affected several businesses at an industrial park on the southern outskirts of Blenheim. Jackson said firefighters initiated a hazardous materials protocol […]

Training Requirements: Operating Procedures (Part 4 of 4)

December 11th, 2018

The first article in this four-part series on training provided an overview of RMP/PSM/CalARP training requirements and the second article covered training requirements for general facility employees. While the third article explained process overview training, this fourth and final article will explain training operators on operating procedures (SOPs). After operators understand how their system works, […]

Ammonia Week in Review | November 30, 2018

November 30th, 2018

2,000 eels perish by ammonia in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Company Admits to Poisoning Fish and Eels with Ammonia – In April this year the ammonia was found in a four kilometre stretch of the Kaputone Creek in the suburb of Belfast, along with the dead eels and fish. After an investigation lasting several months, […]