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PHMSA publishes its ERG Contact List Read More »
The FRA report is a shining example of how a CEO can impact the culture within an organization. CEO Joe Hinrich has made a huge impact at CSX in all aspects, but what he’s done for safety sets him apart. For the FRA to call his work out in their Cultural Assessment is unique across…...
CSX Transportation Safety Culture Assessment Report Read More »
Substitute Senate Bill 5812 (SSB 5812) called for the WSP to “conduct a study of electric vehicle fires reviewing the following: impacts to the environment and proximate residential areas and health impacts to responding firefighters; best practices for fire response; and best practices regarding cleanup and disposal efforts.” This legislative direction is an important complement…...
ELECTRIC VEHICLEFIRE STUDY (WA State STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE) Read More »
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is issuing this safety advisory notice to request that consumers, retailers, shippers, and DOT-regulated entities ensure their cylinders containing hazardous gases are in compliance with the hazardous materials regulations (HMR; 49 CFR parts 171-180) by verifying their cylinders are marked in accordance with a DOT specification or…...
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The respondent was the owner or operator of the cheese production facility that used anhydrous ammonia in its refrigeration processes. Respondent was required to have a material safety data sheet for anhydrous ammonia under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq. , and its associated regulations. Respondent produced,…...
EPA RMP GDC & EPCRA citations @ cheese manufacturing facility (NH3 & $178K) Read More »
The accidents described in this chapter are not due to a fifth type of error. They are due to the failure of senior managers to realize that they could do more to prevent accidents. They are thus mainly due to lack of training, but some may be due to lack of ability and a few…...
Safety Thought of the Week… Trevor Kletz on “Organizational Failures” Read More »
As we have discussed before, energy isolation in a process is VERY DIFFERENT than energy isolation in a manufacturing plant. And the work we do as part of achieving a Zero Energy State (ZES) is the evacuation of hazardous energy. And man, have I seen some hockey setups to evacuate serious hazardous materials! Here is…...
Prepping for maintenance can be as hazardous as the maintenance tasks Read More »
The respondent was an owner or operator of the ice manufacturing facility where anhydrous ammonia is used in the manufacturing of ice. Anhydrous ammonia, CAS #7664-41-7, has a reportable quantity of 100 pounds, as indicated in 40 C.F.R. Part 355, Appendix A. On July 27, 2023, at or about 4:34 a.m. CDT, a release of…...
6,000 pound NH3 release leads to $169K EPCRA/CERCLA citations Read More »
Respondent operated a manufacturing, packaging, and distribution facility that is located immediately across the street from a residential neighborhood, less than a half mile from a high school and several businesses, and approximately a mile from US. Routes 5 and 84 and the Connecticut River. At all times relevant to the violations alleged herein, the…...
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Excellent video on RP Fit Testing (UK’s HSE) Read More »
A point has been reached in the development of technology where the greatest dangers stem not so much from the breakdown of a major component or from isolated operator errors, as from the insidious accumulation of delayed-action human failures occurring primarily within the organizational and managerial sectors. These residual problems do not belong exclusively to…...
