CARRIER INFO
General requirements: All carriers must log in showing picture ID with security.
All new drivers will need to read and sign truck driver rule sheet, annually thereafter.
Trucks must meet all DOT requirements (placards, regulatory tests current).
Any truck arriving for a load that has last unloaded at a reactor site needs to notify operations prior to loading.
Trucks must not have quarter turn valves unless equipped with a device to lock closed to prevent accidental opening.
Urea trucks also require:
- Load confirmation
- Scheduled load time
- CDL required
- Tarps required on all urea loads. ( No holes in tarps)
- Trailer interior needs to be clean and free of water or other material (grain, fertilizer, etc.)
- Maximum height on coarse fines truck is 10 feet.
- Bag trucks require tarps, v-boards and adequate tie downs on bag trucks, flatbeds or curtain trailers are best. Rivergate does not have a loading dock. If a van truck comes in truck drivers are required to pallet jack their own loads. Rivergate does have a pallet jack they can borrow if needed.
Ammonia trucks also require:
- Load confirmation
- Scheduled load time
- CDL required
- A current Far West or Calif Fertilizer card for handling Ammonia. Operations will request to se this card.
Rivergate Facility
A full face respirator is required when performing maintenance or operational work. The following excerpt from Garin Erickson Corp HES is also required at Rivergate:
Bulk ammonia transport requirements: STORAGE AND HANDLING OF ANHYDROUS AMMONIA 29 CFR 1910.111 (from Oregon Regulations Subpart H) (b)(1) ANSI K61.1 incorporated by reference (b)(10)(iv): Each vehicle transporting ammonia in bulk except for farm applicator vehicles shall carry a container of at least 5 gallons of water and shall be equipped with a full face mask.
ANSI SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE STORAGE AND HANDLING OF ANHYDROUS AMMONIA K-61.1-1999, CGA G-21.1-1999
3. Safety
3.5 Cargo Tanks
3.5.1 Each cargo tank transporting ammonia except an implement of husbandry shall carry for first aid purposes
- at least 5 gallons (20L) of clean water in a container designed to provide ready access to the water for flushing any area of the body contacted by ammonia
- one pair of gloves impervious to ammonia a full facepiece gas mask with an ammonia canister and at least one spare canister; and chemical splash goggles, or
- chemical splash goggles with a full face shield, to be worn over the goggles.
- The stipulation to have a full-face gas mask requires that the driver is qualified to wear one. This means that drivers must be clean shaven in the facepiece-sealing surface areas and included in a fully functioning respiratory protection program.
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