As the Pueblo plant transitions to the closure phase, supervisors are conducting a series of weekly safety stand-downs and training sessions to reinforce the strong safety culture established over two decades.
Following a recent audit, the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant received a recommendation for recertification of its Star status for systemization and operations in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Voluntary Protection Program.
More than 2,000 individuals from local, state and federal agencies, including the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot and the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, gathered in Pueblo, Colorado, May 3 for the final full-scale exercise to test their response to a chemical weapons stockpile emergency as part of the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, or CSEPP.
Individuals from more than 30 local, state and federal agencies, including the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot and the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, gathered in Pueblo May 3 for the final annual Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program exercise.
A recently developed device allows destruction of some 105mm and 155mm projectiles previously rejected for destruction in the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant automated destruction systems.
Program officials propose using upgraded equipment that could accelerate safe chemical weapons destruction at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.
Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant chemical weapons destruction continued uninterrupted during a lengthy repair of the plant’s neutralization system components.
Safety incident rates at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant are exceeding standards of similar industries.
Workers at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant have safely completed more than 10,000 entries into toxic maintenance areas of the plant while wearing Demilitarization Protective Ensemble gear.
Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant personal protective equipment technicians participated in a training exercise with Powered Air Purifying Respirator hoods in April.
