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A Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant personal protective equipment technician dons a Powered Air Purifying Respirator hood during a PAPR training session.

Repurposed Safety Equipment Used for Training

Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant personal protective equipment technicians participated in a training exercise with Powered Air Purifying Respirator hoods in April.

Toxic Material Handlers from the Pueblo Chemical Depot load a pallet of munitions onto a Modified Ammunition Vehicle, or MAV.

Toxic Material Handlers Keep Up with Demand

As the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant 105mm munitions destruction campaign continues at a rapid pace, toxic material handlers from the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot are keeping up with demand.

A Pueblo plant worker uses a lift assist while working with ATE munitions during training activities in the plant’s Static Detonation Chamber.

Strict Protocols Keep Pueblo Plant Safe

The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant workforce reported no lost-time safety incidents during the 2020 calendar year, part of a 14-month period without such injuries.

Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Personal Protective Equipment technicians Elesa M., Alicia S. and Vincent R. wear masks while performing their duties at PCAPP’s Multi-Purpose Building. Plant workers are following strict COVID-19 protection protocols, including wearing masks, washing hands and using proper social distancing whenever possible.

Plants Operate with Pandemic Precautions in Place

Management teams at the Pueblo and Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plants continue to work to reduce risk to the workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Justin Weaver, automation data architect and lead Process Data Acquisition and Recording system administrator, Bechtel Pueblo Team, stands alongside server hardware that stores data from the PDAR system.

Safety System at Pueblo Plant Receives Upgrade

A vital safety system at the Pueblo plant received an upgrade in October.

Members of the Colorado Chemical Demilitarization Citizens' Advisory Commission (from left): Doug Knappe, Bob Jonardi, Velma Campbell, John Norton, Irene Kornelly, Terry Hart, Ken Griffin and Jeff Chostner.

Colorado Commission Members Commend Pueblo Team Effort

On Sept. 7, 2016, workers at PCAPP began a campaign to destroy nearly 300,000 World War II-era 155mm projectiles, stored at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot, which contained approximately 12 pounds of mustard agent each. Almost exactly four years later, on Sept. 5, that campaign was completed.