Shamrock Foods Stores Hazardous Ammonia on Roof Top Are Nearby Residents Educated of Risks & Alerts? Aurora Colorado USA
Hazardous Ammonia is stored on the roof top of the warehouse and used for industrial refrigeration. The employees do safety drills in case of a leak. It is safer to be in the building rather than outside. Their is a neighborhood directly across the street of the facility. The nearby residents do not know that a potential leak could possibly injure or kill them. Shamrock Foods does not educate its neighbors about the potential dangers of a leak. Will Shamrock alert the neighborhood if a leak occurs.
AURORA COLORADO USA
francisco soto
5/10/20262 min read
Hazardous Ammonia is stored on the roof top of the warehouse is used for industrial refrigeration. The employees do safety drills in case of a leak. It is safer to be in the building rather than outside. Their is a neighborhood directly across the street of the facility. The nearby residents do not know that a potential leak could possibly injure or kill them. Shamrock Foods does not educate its neighbors about the potential dangers of a leak. Will Shamrock alert the neighborhood if a leak occurs.
Will health insurance cover medical costs? Will death insurance cover funeral costs? Will home owners insurance cover property damage? Does the federal, state or city government regulate these types of facilities near residential neighborhoods? Did the home developer disclose the possible dangers to the home-buyers before they bought the property?
Note: The homes on the north side of the building directly across the street were built after the facility was operational. The neighborhood to the west was built before shamrock foods. The shamrock foods warehouse became operational in the late year of 2022.
Location of Shamrock Foods 22000 E 38th Ave, Aurora, CO 80019
Videos that I filmed of the Ammonia Safety Training on March 31 2026
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Internet Archive
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Links to incidents of leaks at other commercial refrigerated facilities.
US Chemical Safety Board Shock to the System
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_icf-5uoZbc
Ammonia Leak In Portland Neighborhood Contained
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8qfbgiCy14
Ammonia Leak in Oklahoma Sickens Dozens, Forces Evacuations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix2oYdyMTG0
Ammonia leak in Dogtown sends 2 firefighters, civilian to hospital
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaFhdeQWUy4
Ammonia Leak At North Miami Frozen Foods Warehouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIkp3X7zg5o
Ammonia leak kills one worker at Boston seafood warehouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKuwDfbHpBY
Below are Links to Local Government Services and Representatives ( Verify My Information)
If you live in Aurora
Your City Counil Representative is Amy Wiles
Phone: (303) 739-7015 Email: awiles@auroragov.org
Aurora Fire Rescue Community Risk Reduction Section
Phone: 303-326-8968 Email: afrcrr@auroragov.org
If you live in Denver
District 11 Coucil Member Stacie Gilmore
Phone: (720) 337-7711 Email: stacie.gilmore@denvergov.org
Fire Department Permits & Licensing Saving lives and property by understanding and preventing disasters in the first place.
Phone: (720) 913-3474 Email: DENFPB@denvergov.org
Gallery
Pictures of Aaron Clary Safety Manager and Robert Hueghes Operations Manager at Shamrock Foods. Picture of the entrance at Shamrock Foods in Aurora Colorado
