In this assignment, take the newly vacated role of the HSE Manager of WesTexCold Warehouse. An OSHA inspector was through the facility last week, and management has fired the previous HSE Manager once they received the laundry list of violations. Use the Emergency Response Plan created previously for WesTexCold Warehouse and design a series of three different emergency drill scenarios for the hazards covered in the Emergency Response Plan. Do not create procedures.

WesTexCold Warehouse is an integrated temperature-controlled infrastructure with flexible solutions to meet the food producer, retailer, and food services providers' needs in Texas.WesTexCold has facilitated the movement of goods from farm to fork for over 100 years.

WesTexCold provides state of the art facilities for cold storage and repackaging of frozen food products. WTC offers storage customers complete repacking services using state-of-the-art equipment with attention to approved sanitation practices. Capabilities include converting bulk-packed totes or cases to consumer-sized packages, re-boxing, re-labeling, or other related functions. The warehouse and storage services include minus 10 freezer storage, 36 non-frozen storage, full or partial pallets, floor loading, and unloading, and stretch wrap.

The warehouse has 120 employees and two refrigeration systems that use Anhydrous Ammonia (NH3) as a refrigerant. The systems have an NH3capacity of 34,000 pounds. This scenario is fairly simple in that the processes involved do not include chemical reactions. NH3is basically compressed and allowed to return to the gaseous phase, and then the process starts all over again. Changing to the gaseous phase will result in a decrease in temperature due to the gas laws. These systems are closed systems; that is, the NH3 stays within the system and is not released to the outside. The cooled refrigerant runs through coils, and the air is forced to blow through the coils. If the NH3is vented to the outside due to an incident, the substance takes on its gaseous form and is extremely corrosive and capable of causing chemical burns.

WesTexCold Warehouse is located in Beaumont, Texas.

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