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Author Archives: Brian Chapin
Region 7 Ammonia Safety Day
If you are within a couple hundred miles of Kansas City, Kansas it’s worth attending the 7th annual Region 7 Ammonia Safety Day which is held at the Kansas City Community College on May 28th, 2014. More information including the schedule and enrollment … Continue reading
Posted in Community Involvement, Compliance, CSB, EPA, Operator Training, OSHA
Tagged CSB, EPA, Operator Training, OSHA, PSM, RMP
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Here’s a change that doesn’t require a Formal MOC!
I am sure many of my PSM friends have noticed my lethargic posting rate at the blog over the past year or so. I’ve been running all around the country helping people with their PSM programs through Audits, PHA’s and … Continue reading
Posted in General Information, Management of Change
Tagged Biography
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Welcome 2015!
I’ve been slow in my posts recently due to an incredibly hectic schedule in both my professional and personal life and for that I apologize. I’ll see what I can do to improve the post rate in 2015. Remember, there … Continue reading
Posted in Community Involvement, General Information, Standardization, Uncategorized
Tagged Biography, Lessons Learned
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Relief Systems – Understanding Design and Design Basis
In compliance audits all over the country, we’re finding that the requirements for documenting the relief systems are not being met in many PSM programs. How bad is the situation? About 1/3rd of the relief documentation we see shows that … Continue reading
Posted in Compliance, Good Engineering Practices
Tagged EPA, OSHA, RAGAGEP
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What’s the deal with Valve torque?
A common question I get is whether or not flanged and bonneted valves need to be torqued when they are installed. Unfortunately, many of these questions are due to OSHA citations – Ideally you want to answer this question BEFORE the … Continue reading
Posted in Compliance, Contractors, Good Engineering Practices, Mechanical Integrity
Tagged Contractors, RAGAGEP
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EPA RMP Executive Summary
As part of GCAP’s PSM course, we pull the publically available RMP from RTKnet.org for each facility in the class. We’ve seem some strange things in the Executive Summary and wanted to share some guidance on what exactly should and should not … Continue reading
Lessons Shared #2 – “That policy is for other people…”
This post is part of a series on Lessons Shared… This incident is about a common problem in PSM plants: Some people don’t think the rules apply to them. This story is from a friend who works as a refrigeration … Continue reading
Posted in Compliance, Culture, Incidents
Tagged Contractors, Incidents, Lessons Learned
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Respecting Maintenance and Operational Skill
I recently read a fascinating article from Japan concerning a new “trend” at Toyota where they are reintroducing manual processes along-side their automated robotic processes. Essentially, they are putting smiths into their factories where workers are taught how to fashion … Continue reading
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Handling Compound Valve and Multi-Valve platforms in P&IDs and SOPs
I was at the IIAR convention a few weeks ago which afforded me the opportunity to do something I’ve long wanted to do: Get a chance to ask representatives from Danfoss, Hansen and R/S Parker to give me their thoughts … Continue reading
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$205,000 fine for dumping 40 pounds of ammonia
Kodiak fish processor North Pacific Seafoods pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to illegally dumping ammonia into the Kodiak city sewer, while the processor’s chief engineer faces charges of his own. District Court Judge Ralph Beistline imposed $205,000 in criminal … Continue reading
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