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Erie Community College
Anhydrous Ammonia Alliance
Annual Alliance Report

  1. Alliance Background

    Date Signed
    05/14/08

    Overview
    OSHA and Erie Community College’s Department of Workforce Development/Corporate Training formed an Alliance to provide ECC staff, members and others with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect employees’ health and safety, particularly in reducing and preventing exposure to process safety management and emergency response hazards at companies using anhydrous ammonia in refrigeration systems.

    Implementation Team Members
    Gordon DeLeys, CAS OSHA (BFAO)
    Sam Leone, ECC

    Contributors
    Marvin Tryon, Project Director, ECC Industrial Refrigeration Training Instructor

    Evaluation Period
    05/14/08 to 05/13/09

     
  2. Implementation Team Meetings
    08/20/08

     
  3. Events and Products

    Training and Education
    • ECC developed five non-credit courses dealing with anhydrous ammonia refrigeration systems (General Safety and Health for Food Processors, Fundamentals of Process Safety Management, Developing and Managing a Process Safety Management Program, Introduction to ISO 22000, and ISO 22000 Auditor Training) and two credit courses (Industrial Refrigeration I & II).
    Outreach and Communication
    • Events
      • ECC staff member Sam Leone gave a presentation at Mollenberg-Betz’s Safety Day (Mollenberg-Betz is a local commercial HVAC and refrigeration contractor)
      • 04/21/09: ECC hosted a panel discussion on anhydrous ammonia refrigeration systems for the Niagara Frontier Chapter of the ASSE
    Promoting the National Dialogue on Workplace Safety and Health

     
  4. Results
     
    Type of Activity (Conference, Training, Print and Electronic Distribution, etc.) Number of Individuals Reached or Trained
     
    NNJFS&H Council Meeting (3-09) 100
    04/21/09: ECC hosted for the Niagara Frontier Chapter of the ASSE a panel discussion on anhydrous ammonia refrigeration systems 45
    ECC developed five non-credit and two credit courses dealing with anhydrous ammonia refrigeration systems  
    TOTAL 145

     
  5. Upcoming Milestones
    ECC will be offering the two credit courses and the five non-credit courses on anhydrous ammonia refrigeration systems starting in September 2009.