ENVENT Management and Supervisors would like to congratulate Joshua Lockler and Thoi Do for being selected as the ENVENT Safety Award winners for the fourth quarter of 2014. Josh and Thoi, although relatively new employees, used SWA and possibly prevented a fire and environmental incident at the Gulf Coast shop. Recently, Steve Sellinger and Ivan Millman awarded Thoi a flat screen television and Josh an iPod as reward for their commitment to keeping ENVENT safe.

“On the morning of November 14, 2014 the weather had changed with the arrival of an Arctic cold front making the weather unseasonably windy and cold. The temperature was 34 degrees that morning, and the wind was gusting around 15 mph. We had a contractor, Andersen Roofing, that was re-coating the Gulf Coast Shop roof with an elastomer roof coating, and they were having difficulty with the coating material because of the temperature of the materials. Their standard practice was to apply heat to the material to make it more fluid when the temperature was cold like that, and they chose to accomplish this by using a series of tarps and a forced air kerosene heater.

Thoi Do and Josh Lockler, two technician trainees at the Gulf Coast Shop, observed that the blue poly tarp covering the four 55 gallon drums was smoking and melting from the heat and immediately turned off the heater and uncovered the barrels. Upon closer inspection they discovered that the tarp was also anchored down with a 5 gallon can of flammable mineral spirits, and that the coating itself was flammable. After using STOP WORK AUTHORITY to shut the job down, they notified the crew of what they had done, and called me to meet with the work crew and them about a solution. I determined a better safer way of heating the materials without the use of excessive heat or open flames.

Thoi and Josh exhibited outstanding observation and safety performance by using STOP WORK AUTHORITY, especially since it was only Josh’s fifth week with ENVENT and only Thoi’s third week. These two have also, since that time, bought into the safety program, and the safety culture here at ENVENT, 100%! Good job, guys!”

Happy Holidays to all Envent Employees!

I trust that you have all enjoyed your divisional holiday parties.  I know some of you were working during your get-togethers, so I wanted to thank those folks for giving up the their time so that the rest of the team could celebrate a successful year.

Some special awards were given out at the corporate Christmas Party this weekend, when we had a chance to recognize several people for their contribution to Envent’s success.  One of those people is this year’s MVP, Mr. Davis Burns (who was actually on shift during the party).  Davis won the MVP award for his dedication, hard work, and great attitude as the face of Envent.  Please join us in congratulating Davis!

Other Award Winners for 2014 include:

• Joshua Lockler, Rookie of the Year
• Armando Salas , Technician of the Year
• Jorge Rivera, Supervisor of the Year
• Nancy Savady, Administrative Professional of the Year
• Adrienne Domingo, Account Manager of the Year

Please also join us in congratulating these hard working individuals!

Thanks to all and keep up the great work!

The Coast Guard is revising existing safety regulations for facility and vessel vapor control systems (VCSs) to promote maritime safety and marine environmental protection. The revisions promote safe VCS operation in an expanded range of activities now subject to current Federal and State environmental requirements, reflect industry advances in VCS technology, and codify the standards for the design and operation of a VCS at tank barge cleaning facilities. They increase operational safety by regulating the design, installation, and use of VCSs, but they do not require anyone to install or use VCSs.

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Envent attends the CTAC Committee meeting in Washington DC on May 7 & 8.  The end result of this meeting was the attached Policy Letter from the United States Coast Guard on the Safe Operation of Mobile Vapor Control Systems.  The USCG provided the attached Policy Letter clarifying that CFR 154 safety equipment,  shutdowns and controls requirements will not be replaced by a man standing nearby ready to push the mushroom as some competitors seem to have been hawking.  Customers now have the piece of mind and clear guidance that the USCG wants things done safely.  Envent will provide that safety system in our prepacked Envent EMECS and Envent Dock Safety Unit (DSU).

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