Bryan Haywood

Silent Killer in a Newly Constructed Manhole

OSHA received notification of a construction site fatality on August 5, 2004 – day following the incident Reported that the employee was found at the bottom of a manhole New sewer system under construction – SIC Code 1623                  … Membership Required You must be a member to...

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UN’s GHS Rev.7 presentation

I am sharing this because OSHA is in the process of adopting Rev. 7 for their new HAZCOM standard, and if they do it, it will change the PSM application to some Category 1 Flammable Gases.              … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership...

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EPA Region 1 Chemical Warehouses and Distribution Facilities

EPA Region 1 RMP presentation. It has a lot about Ammonia refrigeration and some other EPA rules.   The presentation has a lot of actual pictures of violations.        … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Worker nearly died after co-worker turned on concrete mixer

A worker performing maintenance inside a cement mixer at a concrete manufacturing company narrowly escaped fatal injuries when a co-worker turned the machine on. An OSHA investigation determined that the company’s failure to comply with federal workplace safety standards nearly cost the worker their life. OSHA learned management knew that federal law required the company…...

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EPA issues RMP citations @ frozen poultry storage facility (NH3 & $151K)

The Respondent operates a frozen poultry storage facility adjacent to other businesses, within several hundred feet of residences, and near a hospital. Respondent uses anhydrous ammonia in a refrigeration “process,” as defined by 40 C.F.R. § 68.3, in a system of pipes and vessels at the Facility (the “Process”). On June 5, 2019, EPA inspectors…...

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My take on “Work as imagined” vs. “Work as done”

This single image captures all we need to recognize about “real-world safety.” The straight black line represents “work as imagined”; this means the work done “by the book” every time.  Anyone who believes humans follow all the rules 100% of the time is living in a fantasy land.  We are wired to find the easy,…...

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Containerboard Manufacturer will pay $2.5 Million for Violating Clean Air Act/RMP GDC at its Louisiana Mill

On February 8, 2017, an explosion at the DeRidder Mill killed three contract workers and injured seven others (the “Explosion”). These workers from Elite Welding, LLC (“Elite”), were welding on the cracked intersection of a vertical eight-inch clean condensate pipeline and a three-inch pipeline near the Mill’s 100,000-gallon foul condensate tank. This tank accumulates harmful…...

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Hot Work strikes again! (CSB report)

On August 12, 2016, hot work was being conducted by a contractor at a crude oil terminal on a section of pipe that contained residual crude oil. Using an isolation device, the pipe segment was plugged on both ends by a sub-contractor (hired by the primary contractor). During the welding operation on the inside surface…...

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