Reason Magazine 2014 Quartal 2 Seite 44

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Cleaning House When the issue is dust Hershey doesn t sweep this concern under the rug Some of the powders The Hershey Company must con tend with including sugar and milk powder can be explosive This poses a significant risk in its manufacturing facilities In dealing with the exposure Hershey relies on the expertise of FM Global Our interaction with FM Global centers on a couple of key areas says Peter Lord One is explo sive dust We also do quite a bit of roasting in gas fired roasters so we try to make sure they re designed in a safe way that protects the people and the equipment The background infor mation FM Global can pro vide to us on this issue as far as how potentially danger ous it can be really helps us understand the risk Any time you re roasting under really hot temperatures with materials that will burn you re sus ceptible to fires and FM Global has pro vided a lot of guidance in recent years on how to better protect our processes Together we come up with effective measures for fire prevention in our roasting systems Hershey does an optimal job from a manufacturing standpoint to keep areas free of dust Critical questions Hershey person nel ask says Myers include Are we going to be storing a lot of material in racks which will require a different type of sprinkler system Are we going to have issues with dust Are we work ing with oils Are we roasting Is there potential for a roaster fire There are a lot of issues that we work hand in hand with FM Global on FM Global engineer Skip Slauson gives Hershey a helping hand in deal ing with these risks The FM Global and Hershey partnership addressing the dust issue is both longstanding and pro gressive he says We came in several years ago and did a dust survey across the entire account identifing areas in various facilities that needed atten tion Hershey took that information and has started working on the design and implementation of either upgrades or replacement equipment to address that issue The whole focus is to maintain those facilities in operation as safely as possible Sure it s a building protection issue says Myers But it s more about people From an employee safety stand point it s one of the major areas we really need to focus on over the next few years just to make sure that we re investing our money to protect our facili ties but more so to protect our people 44 Reason ISSUE 2 2014