A report from Technical Safety BC says the release of a"significant amount" of ammonia happened May 26, 2022, at Arctic Glacier, an ice-making facility in an industrial park on the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc reserve in Kamloops.
One person died, two others were injured, the area around the plant had to be evacuated and nearby businesses were temporarily closed when the deadly gas was released as a crew began to dismantle the refrigeration system. The report makes three recommendations, including that a licensed contractor always be used when refrigeration equipment is shut down and disassembled, and that the Canadian Standards Association develop requirements for any work to decommission refrigeration systems.
“Unfortunately, when this equipment was shut down in 2015, the ammonia was not removed," Coleman says in a statement accompanying the report."Then in 2022, a licensed refrigeration contractor was not engaged to prepare the equipment for final disassembly.”
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