{"id":681334,"date":"2018-01-05T20:59:15","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T02:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=681334"},"modified":"2018-01-07T05:21:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-07T11:21:09","slug":"osha-cites-brookshires-for-safety-violations-due-to-an-ammonia-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=681334","title":{"rendered":"OSHA Cites Brookshire\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s For Safety Violations Due to an Ammonia Leak, Company Issues a Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>TYLER – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Brookshire’s Grocery Company with 8 violations due to the September 1st ammonia leak in Tyler. It an exclusive report by KETK, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153on December 5, OSHA released their full report to Brookshire’s which stated their findings. They cited the company with 8 “serious” violations; serious being the lower ranking. The citations included maintenance, safeguards, and operational features for exit routes; process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals; hazardous waster operations and emergency response.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Each of the violations cost nearly $8,000 dollars. The total of the fine issued to Brookshire’s is more than $63,000.”<\/p>\n

Fire officials said the leak in early September occurred on the roof of a cold storage building due to a failure in the piping. Ten people were treated at the scene. 12 were released after treatment at local hospitals, including one person from a nearby business who sought treatment. The valves were shut off until the ammonia dissipated to a safe level. Morning traffic was backed up for a time due to road closures in the area of Loop 323 and Old Jacksonville Highway. <\/p>\n

The Brookshire Grocery Company issued the following statement:
\n“Please know that the safety of our employees, customers and communities has always been and always will be of upmost importance to Brookshire Grocery Company. Despite the extensive preventative processes and procedures we had in place to ensure the safety of an ammonia refrigeration system, a rare type of valve failure occurred at approximately 6 a.m. on Sept. 1, resulting in an ammonia leak. This is the first incident of this nature our Company has experienced in our almost 90 years of operation. Our emergency action plan was implemented immediately by our designated employees to minimize the impact and to ensure everyone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s safety. The Company provided immediate medical attention for individuals with expressed concerns about potential exposure. We reported the incident to the appropriate authorities and cooperated with OHSA throughout its investigation. Our Company has revised our emergency action plan and implemented voluntary improvements including upgrading our alarm system and installing state-of-the-art software to monitor, manage and, if needed, deactivate the system immediately in the event of a leak. We contested the initial, Dec. 5, OSHA citations and provided evidence that, on Friday, Jan. 5, resulted in the removal, revision and reduction of those citations. This included a 47 percent reduction in the amount we were to pay. Brookshire Grocery Company will continue in our commitment to providing a safe environment for our employees and customers and to serving our communities.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TYLER – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Brookshire’s Grocery Company with 8 violations due to the September 1st ammonia leak in Tyler. It an exclusive report by KETK, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153on December 5, OSHA released their full report to Brookshire’s which stated their findings. They cited the company with 8 “serious” violations; serious being … Continue reading OSHA Cites Brookshire\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s For Safety Violations Due to an Ammonia Leak, Company Issues a Statement<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":681335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-681334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 13:00:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=681334"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":681414,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681334\/revisions\/681414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/681335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=681334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=681334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=681334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}