Great Plains NH3 Safety - Manual (Page 5)

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This Using Anhydrous Ammonia Safely manual is a
companion manual, supplied with the Operator manual
for your Great Plains anhydrous applicator.
There are additional manuals covering the metering
system, breakaway coupler, flow divider, controller
console, and other system components.
This manual, the applicator Operator manual, the meter
manual and the breakaway coupler manual are required
reading for safe operations. If you do not have the
current edition of all manuals, contact Great Plains for
replacement copies.
The present manual (407-551M) covers:
• General anhydrous ammonia information.
• Safety information specific to anhydrous ammonia.
• Using anhydrous nurse tanks safely.
• Nurse tank acceptance checklist.
Enhanced Vigilance Required
Although a common, useful, and still economical
agricultural fertilizer - liquid or gaseous anhydrous
ammonia (NH
3
) is an extremely hazardous substance
(an EPA EHS hazmat).
EPA EHS (Extremely Hazardous Substance):
Despite the common odor, anhydrous ammonia properties are
dramatically different from those of household ammonia
cleaning solutions (dilute ammonium hydroxide, NH
4
OH).
An uncontrolled release of NH
3
can easily be fatal or cause
permanent disabling injury.
If you are new to NH
3
operations, study everything you can
about this chemical and how to use it safely.
Missing Manual Hazard
The nurse tank(s) you own or are leasing may not have
current manuals. If so, the nurse tank topics in this
manual need your attention. These pages cannot be a
substitute for a complete and current nurse tank cart
manual, but they cover important information for using
nurse tanks safely.
Suffocation, Blinding, Burning, Freezing, Disabling and
Disfigurement Hazards:
Your life and health,
the lives and health of your workers and community,
the continued commercial availability of anhydrous ammonia,
and continuation of agricultural NH
3
transport exceptions
depend on you conducting meticulously careful operations.
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