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A Kentucky HazMat teams suits up for an ammonia scare in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… All-Clear Given After Ammonia Leak – “We’ve been preparing for this – hopefully, that it would never happen. Again, this was minor; you never want anything to happen, but it could have been a lot worse.” – […]
A farmer is air-lifted to a hospital after exposure to ammonia in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Farmer Airlifted to Hospital After Inhaling Chemical Fumes – An unnamed farmer at the time was switching tanks when he came in contact with anhydrous ammonia about a 1/2 mile north of Sigel on Rte 45. […keep […]
An ammonia leak leads to 18 people being hospitalized in Wisconsin in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… 18 People Sent to the Hospital After Ammonia Leak in Abbotsford – 18 people were taken to the hospital after the ammonia spill at Abbyland Foods in Abbotsford, WI Monday evening. According to Chief Bert Nitzke from the […]
Peter Thomas, Resource Compliance President, partners with IIAR to create new guidelines in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Peter Thomas Partners with IIAR to Create Guidelines for Low-Charge Ammonia Systems – The International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration is seeking to meet that demand with new guidelines designed to help users safely install, operate and […]
Low-charge ammonia innovations keep rolling in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Frick Continues Rollout of Low-Charge Central System – Frick Industrial Refrigeration has continued the rollout of its low-charge ammonia central system (LCCS) at a second location, a cold-storage facility in Canada, said Joseph Pillis. Frick “tweaked the system” to better accommodate low ambient […]