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Case: T21DV01979

Case Details

Status:

COMPLIAN

Type:

EMERGENCY
Address:

Entered Date:

04/08/2021

Applicant:

COLE AB TUCSON AZ LLC

Description:

POSSIBLE GAS OR FREON LEAK

Completed Inspections

Case Status: COMPLIAN
Case Number: T21DV01979
Case Description: EMERGENCY
Total Completed Inspections - 3
End Date Description Inspector Results Comments
04/08/2021 INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT GOODMAN Approved VISITED THE ALBERTSONS GROCERY STORE, MET WITH TFD AND STORE MANAGER. TFD STATED THAT WHEN THEY ARRIVED THEY ORIGINALLY THOUGHT GAS LEAK, S/W GAS WAS CONTACTED AND WHEN ARRIVED IMMEDIATELY TURNED OFF THE GAS BUT IT TURNED OUT THEY WERE GETTING HIGH READINGS FROM THE BACK OF THE STORE THAT TURNED OUT TO BE FREON. MANAGER HAD CONTACTED MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY HUSSMAN WHO SENT A TECH AND ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR JAGUAR ELECTRICAL WAS ALSO CONTACTED AND ON SITE. JAGUAR ISOLATED CIRCUITS TO THE REAR OF THE STORE. THE HUSSMAN TECH FOUND THAT A SEPERATOR CONNECT TO THE COMPRESSOR HAD PROBABLY BLOWN MAYBE DUE TO CLOGGING AND EXPELLED ALL FREON FROM THE COLD STORAGE UNITS. THE REST IS AS FOLLOWS: >JAGUAR ELECTRIC ISSOLATED THE SEPERATOR BY TURNING OFF THE BREAKER TO THE SEPERATOR AND RESTORED ELECTRIC TO THE REMAINING STORE. >HUSSMAN STATED THEY WOULD BEGIN THE REPAIRS TO THE SEPERATOR BUT WOULD HAVE TO COMPLETE THE JOB THE FOLLOWING DAY BUT WOULD BE READY TO INSTALL THE NEW SEPERATOR AND MINIMIZE THE WORK FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY. >I MET WITH S/W GAS AND ASKED IF GAS COULD BE RESTORED AND WAS THERE ANY SETBACKS BECAUSE OF HE FREON LEAK. TFD STATED THEY WERE NOW GETTING NO READING OF FREON AND S/W GAS STATED THEY COULD RESTORE THE GAS AND DID TURN GAS BACK ON. >JAGUAR ELECTRIC STATED THEY WOULD RESTORE ELECTRIC TO THE SEPERATOR TOMORROW ONCE THEY WERE READY. >MANAGER HAD ALREADY CALLED FOR TWO COLD STRORAGE TRUCKS SO THAT FREEZER ISLE AND ONE BAKERY FREEZER COULD BE CLEARED AND ITEMS PLACED IN COLD STORAGE TRUCKS. MANAGER KEPT 15 EMPLOYEES TO HELP WITH THE MOVE. C/E ASKED THAT THE STORE REMAINED CLOSED UNTIL THE FOLLOWING DAY. >PIMA COUNTY HEALTH ARRIVED AND WALKED THE STORE, STATED MANAGER HAD DONE THE CORRECT THING BY NOT OPENING THE FREEZERS AND ALLOW FOOD TO STAY FROZEN. PIMA COUNTY STATED THEY MAY FOLLOW UP TOMORROW BUT ALL PROPER STEPS WERE TAKEN TO KEEP FREEZERS CLOSED AND FOOD TRANSFERRED TO STORAGE TRUCKS. ALL PARTIES INVOLVED STARTING WITH THE MANAGER WHO MADE ALL THE RIGHT PHONE CALLS, TFD, S/W GAS, HUSSMAN, JAGUAR ELECTRICAL, AND PIMA COUNTY HEALTH DEPT WHO ALL WORKED TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO MINIMIZE THE MINOR ISSUE AT HAND AND TO RESTORE GAS, ISOLATE ELECTRICAL, BEGIN REPAIRS TO THE SEPERATOR, TO HAVING COLD STORAGE TRUCKS IN ROUTE AND EMPLOYEES ON HAND TO MOVE THE FOOD TO THE TRUCKS. BECAUSE OF ALL THE WORK THAT WAS ALREADY IN PROGRESS OR HAD ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AND PLANNED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY, C/E ELECTED NOT TO ISSUE A NOV BUT FOLLOW UP EARLY THE FOLLOWING DAY TO CONFIRM ALL CORRECTIONS HAD BEEN COMPLETED.
04/09/2021 INSP - FOLLOW UP CODE ENFORCE GOODMAN Approved REVISITED THE SITE, STORE WAS OPENED, THE FROZEN FOOD REMAINED IN THE TRUCKS. SPOKE TO HUSSMAN TECHS WHO STATED ALL WAS REPAIRED AND READY TO INSTALL THE SEPERATOR THAT WAS I ROUTE FROM PHOENIX AS WE SPOKE. WHEN THAT ARRIVES THEY NEED TO BRAISE A SEPERATOR PLATE ONTO THE SEPERATOR AND THEN INSTALL THE SEPERATOR. THEY FELT IT WOULD BE LATE AFTERNNON WHEN COMPLETED. I LATER RECEIVD A CALL FROM THE MANAGER AT APPROX 5:00 PM STATING THE SEPERATOR HAD BEEN INSTALLED AND THE EVENING CREW WOULD HELP TRANSFER FROZEN FOOD FROM THE TRUCKS BACK INTO THE FREEZERS. C/E HAS NO FURTHER ISSUES. COMPLIANCE / CLOSE CASE.
04/09/2021 INSP - FOLLOW UP CODE ENFORCE GOODMAN Approved RECEIVED A EMAIL FROM THE MANAGER WOULD STAYED THE EVENING. HE STATED THAT THERE WAS NO ETA ON THE COMPLETION OF REPAIRS TO THE SEPERATOR THAT COOLS THE FREEZERS, THAT ALL FOOD WAS SUCCESFULLY PULLED AND PLACED IN COLD STORAGE TRUCKS AND ALL WAS GOING WELL CONSIDERING.