Recent Blog Posts

Locating Emergency Eyewash and Safety Showers

September 30th, 2025

This is an update to a blog that was originally posted on 1/20/15. You can read the original blog here. Question: Where am I required to install emergency eyewash and safety showers? Answer: Both CalOSHA and FedOSHA require eyewash and safety showers in “all work areas where, during routine operations or foreseeable emergencies” an employee’s […]

Ammonia Week in Review | September 26, 2025

September 26th, 2025

History Unfolds in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Chemical Leak Discovered at Historic Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte – Officials confirmed that an ammonia leak was discovered at the decades-old arena around 5 a.m. on Sept. 19. […keep reading] NTSB Report Reveals New Details on Deadly Teutopolis Ammonia Spill – A teenager driving a minivan […]

2025 CVCSD Safety Day – Tulare

September 25th, 2025

Oil Analysis

September 23rd, 2025

Question: What is oil analysis, and am I required to do it? Answer: Oil analysis refers to when an oil sample is taken out of an ammonia compressor and sent to a lab for analysis. The results of the analysis indicate whether the compressor oil has degraded to a point where it needs to be […]

Ammonia Week in Review | September 19, 2025

September 19th, 2025

Lessons And Resources in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… National Transportation Safety Board – NTSB releases final report on the 2023 anhydrous ammonia leak near Teutopolis. […keep reading] Emergency Response Exercise Simulates Aqueous Ammonia Leak at Unit 17 Power Plant – The exercise simulated a scenario in which a valve broke on a tank […]