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Complaint Investigation Summary Report #: 5105 COMPLAINT ID: COUMCKXZ1 Site Location: 6011 E PINE ST Activity Summary Activity Date Recorded by 05/17/2019 At 8:40am today I called Patrick Archibeque to follow-up on yesterday Complaint SAEED and asked about the status of replacing the shaft seal on the pump. Patrick told me the replace the ammonia system by a glycol system. Patrick confirmed that he received a copy of the notice to abate and will be sending the documents to me. Per discussion with Muni Naidu and Kasey Foley with EHD yesterday, they asked me to refer Complaint (COUMCKXZ1) to Cal-OSHA by email. I sent an email to Mostafa Nazi And Mathew Palmer with Cal-OSHA stating, "I am referring the following complaint to you. Yesterday at 8:15am, the San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department received a complaint regarding an ammonia release (unknown amount) at All State Packers DBA Rivermaid, 6011 East Pine Street, Lodi. I responded yesterday before we met at Delta Packing and briefly discussed the incident with Mostafa. Initially I was told there was no evacuation or exposure. When I arrived onsite, the ammonia system was running, and asked the contractor to shut-off the system because the leak was ongoing. The refrigeration contractor/ICR argued that the release is an aqueous ammonia not anhydrous ammonia, and it is not hazardous. I discussed with facility CEO, Patrick Archibeque that the release is hazardous, and the system need to be shut-off immediately. The CEO asked the contractor to shut off the system around 9:30am. The release was due a defective shaft seal on one of the pump for the hdyrocooler system. When I returned to follow-up on the complaint around noon yesterday, I was told that one employee complained of watery eyes, and return to work without seeking any medical attention. I talked to Patrick this morning and was told they replaced this ammonia system by a glycol system yesterday. All State Packers has two Anhydrous Ammonia Processes ( 7,200 lbs, and 5,600 lbs). Please feel free to contact me if you need any additional information or have any questions." At 12pm Mostafa called me and told me that there is not much he can do because this is not a reportable incident, and no one was sent out for medical evaluation. He told me he will discuss this farther with Management, and share the information with OSHA PSM program to see if could qualify for the PSM program based on the amount of ammonia oniste. I shared my concerns that the contractors were trained on the hazard of the ammonia. Mostafa told me he is probably going to call the facility and talk to them. At 12pm Mostafa called me and told me that there is not much he can do because this is not a reportable incident, and no one was sent out for medical evaluation. He told me he will discuss this farther with Management, and share the information with OSHA PSM program to see if could qualify for the PSM program based on the amount of ammonia oniste. I shared my concerns that the contractors were trained on the hazard of the ammonia. Mostafa told me he is probably going to call the facility and talk to them. I discussed the update with Muni, and Muni told me to email Cal-OSHA and asked them to confirm the information I discussed with them. I emailed Mostafa stating, " you will share the incident information with the PSM branch of OSHA. Can you please confirm this information, and let me know if you have any updates? 51 05. rpt Page 4 of 5