GCAP has been highly involved with PSM/RMP training and PSM/RMP compliance services the last decade. Starting January 2014, we will start our Compliance Training Tour! Look for Garden City Ammonia Program to come to a town near you. For PSM/RMP Read more
Does your Emergency Shut-down and Ventilation switches comply with IIAR5-2013, Appendix B? The requirements themselves don’t differ from IIAR2-2008b, but they are laid out a little clearer in IIAR5, Appendix B: B.3.1.ii: …provide a manually operated tamper proof switch immediately Read more
Question from a past Student: My company will not provide respirators or even think about a respiratory program. Should I be actually working on the ammonia system? Garden City Ammonia Program has some strong beliefs about air purifying full Read more
IIAR/ANSI 5, 2013 and IIAR/ANSI 7, 2013 The Start-up and Commissioning of Closed-Circuit Ammonia Refrigeration Systems Developing Operating Procedures for Closed-Circuit Ammonia Mechanical Refrigerating Systems ANSI/IIAR 5-2013 specifies criteria and procedures for the start-up and commissioning of closed-circuit ammonia mechanical Read more
Hydrostatic Trapping? OSHA and the IIAR have not seen eye to eye on the issue of Hydrostatic trapping since 2006 when OSHA issued the Palmer interpretation letter which said the following: If a liquid expansion hazard exists and the only safeguard to Read more
Question: “I have a charge of about 30,000lbs of ammonia and I just added 2,000lbs to my charge. It’s been 2 years since we’ve added any ammonia and our High Pressure receiver was getting low. Do I have to account Read more
Taken from the FY 2014 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATION of the OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION: With the agency now in its fifth decade, OSHA finds itself at a crossroads concerning how it will direct its enforcement resources. OSHA has always operated under the assumption that Read more
The course book is high quality and ties all pieces with the regulatory citations. Really enjoyed the discussions of other interpretations and compliance strategies. The depth to witch every aspect was explained and having the regulations distilled and explained in Read more
