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Hopewell Recovery Boiler LCE Elimination Project

Liquor Gun Shield

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• A life-changing event is a fatality or serious injury that occurs at

work and may result in a life-threatening or life-altering injury.

• A potential life changing event is an

injury or illness that had the potential to result in a fatality, life- threatening or life-altering injury or illness (serious injury) had the circumstances been slightly different.

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• In 2018, we had a First Aid case that had the potential to be a life

changing event when the boiler draft went positive causing black liquor char to contact an employee that was nearby causing minor burns to face and neck.

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• Black Liquor Fuel

Delivery ports on the Recovery Boiler

• Fuel is being sprayed

into the firebox

• Upset conditions may

cause the boiler to have positive pressure creating blow back (flames & black liquor char)

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• The Power House operators
• The Maintenance team

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