Annual NH3 General Safety inspection
Planned preventative maintenance (PPM) or Annual PM allows you to substantially reduce reactive maintenance and retain your buildings and assets in the desired or needed quality. Planned preventative maintenance is either time-based or condition monitored. Here we explore time-based maintenance vs condition-based maintenance.
Jake's Finer Foods
05/22/2024
Annual NH3 General Safety inspection
Planned preventative maintenance (PPM) or Annual PM allows you to substantially reduce reactive maintenance and retain your buildings and assets in the desired or needed quality. Planned preventative maintenance is either time-based or condition monitored. Here we explore time-based maintenance vs condition-based maintenance.
Gauges and valves installed at all vessels, equipment, and controls
All gauges and other sensors in good working condition
All accumulators and intercoolers equipped with high level float switches which sound a high liquid alarm level
Do high level float switches shut down compressors when high liquid level is detected
Main shut-off valves prominently identified with signs
Main liquid king valves prominently identified with signs
Main hot gas valves prominently identified with signs
Main pumped liquid valves prominently identified with signs
Main shut-off valves easily accessible
Main shut-off valves can be closed from outside the machinery room
Oil pots installed at all points where oil must be drained
Oil drain valves are self-closing
Sign in machinery room displays name, address and telephone of installing/servicing contractor
Sign in machinery room displays approximate quantity of ammonia
Sign in machinery room displays lubricant identity and amount
Sign in machinery room displays field test pressure
Emergency instructions and phone numbers of emergency safety and operating personnel posted
Written evacuation plan prominently displayed
Machinery room floor clean of oil, grease and water
Aisles in the machinery room clearly marked
Aisles in machinery room clear of obstructions
Personnel can exit quickly and safely in the event of a leak
Exits clear of piping and other obstructions
System is free of abnormal ice formations
System is free of ammonia leaks except for traces in machinery room
System is free of abnormal sounds, vibrations, and/or pulsations
Shower and eyewash basin available in and just outside machinery room
Ammonia gas masks, air packs and other approved emergency equipment available and accessible
Covers securely fastened to all electrical panels and junction boxes
Maintenance & repair log maintained
Formal inspection of the entire system completed by a competent authority in the last five years
Ammonia cylinders connected to the system
Describe any conditions that might negatively affect general safety
Source: Jake's Finer Foods (Community Member)