Air scrubbers are common equipment in our facilities that are used to remove particles, gases, or even chemicals from the air within a given area. Periodic inspection and routine maintenance of air scrubbers is required as is with all equipment in our facilities. The Aluminium Plant Safety Blog has story involving an air scrubber that caught on fire.
A fire one morning during the week of December 29, 2013 extensively damaged an air scrubber and has halted production at a large industrial facility in Batavia Township, Ohio in the United States.
The Central Joint Fire - EMS District responded to a reported structure fire at Global Scrap Management at just after 6 a.m. Sunday.
Upon arrival, fire crews encountered an air scrubber on fire
approximately 10 feet away from the south wall of the facility. There was also
smoke in the facility.
The factory was running production at the time of the fire and will
not return to production until the scrubber can be repaired, according to
Central Joint Fire-EMS
Chief.
The scrubber filters the air from the melting operations. The inlet
is inside the building over the furnace. It takes the dirty air, filters it and
then releases it to the outside.
The size of the air scrubber unit, which is made of steel, is
approximately 30 feet tall, 12 feet wide and 25 feet long.
A total of 30 firefighters responded to the incident, including
crews from the Williamsburg Township Fire Department.
No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is still under
investigation.
According to its website, Global Scrap Management provides total
recycling for all types of aluminum scrap.
Congratulations to GSM for no workers being injured, as well as to the firefighters who put the fire out.
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