Field Notes
Writing about ammonia refrigeration, PSM compliance, the workforce, and what we’re building.
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The Old View of Safety
There's a poster in every breakroom in this industry. Different injuries, same message: the system is fine, you're the risk.
Read→Compliant and Fragile
A clean audit file, a current binder, an RMP five-year history with nothing in it — every signal that a plant is safe is a record of something that hasn't gone wrong yet.
Read→The Rule Keeps Changing. The Hazard Doesn't.
The STAA mandate wasn't written for ammonia refrigeration. The concept behind it has been here all along.
Read→The Future of Process Safety
Process safety has always been a knowledge problem disguised as a documentation problem. That's changing.
Read→The Flood Is Coming. The Ammonia Industry Isn’t Ready.
Everyone’s saying “learn a trade.” But what happens when millions take that advice at the same time?
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