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MMONI
SAFETY A
Facilitator’s Guide
What’s Inside
Facilitator’s Guidelines
a Overview
b Getting Started
d Presentation Guidelines
f Lesson Plan
h Frequently Asked Questions
1 Introduction
3 What Anhydrous Ammonia Is
6 Potential Hazards
11 Working Safely
18 Summary
19 Quiz
22 Quiz Answers
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Overview
Presentation Materials
Collect all of the necessary materials and supplies before
beginning. Here are some suggested materials and supplies:
• Desks and chairs arranged so that everyone will be able to see the
viewing screen, the facilitator, and each other.
• Preview the video. Note any key points you want to expand upon
in your presentation.
1. Program Objective
This guide reviews Ammonia Safety. In it, we will cover:
• What Anhydrous Ammonia Is
• Potential Hazards
• Working Safely
For example, if you fill a contain- square inch. For this reason, a
er to 90-percent of its capacity tank that stores ammonia is usual-
with ammonia that’s at 0-degrees ly considered to have an 85-percent
Fahrenheit – then you raise the usable capacity. In other words,
temperature of the ammonia 15-percent of the tanks holding
from 0-degrees to 68-degrees – capacity should be left unfilled to
the ammonia will expand, moving allow for expansion.
the container from 90-percent full
to 99-percent full. At the same What occurs in a situation where
time, the pressure in the contain- ammonia that’s under pressure
er increases from 16 pounds per does escape? Because it is under
square inch to 110 pounds per pressure, if equipment fails,
ammonia is likely to escape very
rapidly. Once it’s released into
the atmosphere it evaporates, gen-
erally forming an invisible vapor
or cloud that will expand by 850
times. The liquid still within the
container quickly reaches its boil-
ing point. The boiling point for
anhydrous ammonia is very cold –
minus 28 degrees Fahrenheit.
If the quantities of ammonia used safe while on the job, and RMP
at your facility are large enough, is a regulation overseen by the
Process Safety Management and EPA, which functions to pro-
the Risk Management Program, tect the people and environment
or PSM and RMP for short, will beyond a facility’s property.
be an important part of this
process.
15. If you think you smell ammonia while on the job, you should wait
until the end of your shift to report it to your supervisor.
a. True b. False
1. b False
2. a True
3. a 15%
4. c -28 degrees Fahrenheit
5. b False
6. e 50 ppm
7. b False
8. a eyes
b nose
c throat
d lungs
9. e Only a and c are correct
10. c 15% to 28%
11. b False
12. a True
13. a True
14. d a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) operated in a
positive pressure mode.
15. b False
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