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Process Safety Management: Ammonia FEBRUARY 24, 2016

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This course is part of the 12th Annual Washington State Agriculture Safety Day

For more information and registration, visit: www.wagovconf.org or osha.washington.edu

r e g i s t r a t i o nRegistration for this

course is through the Agriculture Safety Day

website. Please visit wagovconf.org

to register as an attendee

i n f o r m a t i o n

206-543-1069 or 800-326-7568

ce@uw.edu osha.washington.edu

Anhydrous ammonia is widely used as an effective refrigerant in many food service facilities, agricultural plants, and cold storage warehouses. Anhydrous ammonia is a colorless, flammable and toxic gas that may present hazards to those responsible for using it. This course covers an introduction to the hazards of ammonia, a review of the regulatory requirements for process safety management, safe work practices, and risk management procedures that are necessary to prevent r eleases and exposures in the workplace and in the community.

C O U R S E O B J E C T I V E SAt the completion of this course, participants should be able to:• Recognize the basic properties of gaseous and liquid ammonia• Describe the health effects of anhydrous ammonia exposure• Understand the hazards associated with ammonia• Discuss how to work safely with anhydrous ammonia• Identify the process safety management standards associated

with ammonia

A U D I E N C EThis short course is targeted to employers, workers, and safety pro-fessionals responsible for storing, using, and transferring anhydrous ammonia as a refrigerant, especially those working in industry facilities such as meat, poultry, and fish processing plants, dairy and ice cream plants, wineries and breweries, fruit processing facilities, cold storage warehouses, and fertilizer plants.

D a t e & L o c a t i o nfebruary 24, 2016

Wenatchee Convention Center

121 N Wenatchee Ave Wenatchee, WA 98801

E X P E R T I N S T R U C T O R Samy Duz is President of iWorkWise, a consulting company specializing in the practical application of safety and environmental regulations. She is a Certified Safety Specialist, OSHA-authorized trainer, and past plant manager of an OSHA VPP site. Amy has been working with process safety and emergency response for more than two decades; she specializes in ammonia safety and compliance.

rick gleason worked for Federal OSHA and State WISHA as an inspector for 13 years. He has been teaching undergraduate students, graduate students, and working professionals at the University of Washington for the last 15 years. Rick currently serves as a senior lecturer in DEOHS, and is the lead Seattle area instructor for the Pacific Northwest OSHA Education Center, which is housed within the department.

A g E N D A 8:00 AM–9:15 AM Ammonia: Hazards and Safe Work Practices —from Farm to Distribution Amy Duz, iWorkWise

9:15–9:30 AM Break

9:30–10:45 AM Regulatory Requirements for Those Who Use Ammonia— General Duty, OSHA and DOSH Process Safety Management Standard Amy Duz, iWorkWise

10:45–11:00 AM Break

11:00–11:15 AM CERCLA, EPCRA, and Clean Air Act Programs Amy Duz, iWorkWise

11:15–11:45 AM Compliance and Enforcement Rick gleason, MSPH, Senior Lecturer and OSHA Instructor, University of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences

11:45–12:00 NOON Questions

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Process Safety Management: Ammonia FEBRUARY 24, 2016