This is OSHA’s Permit-Required Confined Space (1910.146) Inspection Activity for their 2020 Fiscal year (October 2019 through September 2020). I have broken down the data by # of Citations, # of Inspections, Penalty $’s, and NAICS Industry Classification. As you can see, OSHA issued 292 citations from 80 inspections for a total of $2,666,983 in […]
This is OSHA’s LOTO (1910.147) Inspection Activity for their 2020 Fiscal year (October 2019 through September 2020). I have broken down the data by # of Citations, # of Inspections, Penalty $’s, and NAICS Industry Classification. As you can see, OSHA issued 1,699 citations from 962 inspections for a total of $10,602,486 in fines. Here
This is OSHA’s PSM (1910.119) Inpsection Activity for their 2020 Fiscal year (October 2019 through September 2020). I have broken down the data by # of Citations, # of Inspections, Penalty $’s, and NAICS Industry Classification. As you can see, OSHA issued 195 citations from 50 inspections for a total of $1,806,072 in fines. Here
A “B-Train” LPG rig crashed, sending the smaller MC331 over the side of an overpass. Not sure if the accident threw the tanker over the edge or if the tanker was damaged in the accident and it launched in the air and landed over the side of the overpass. But as we can see, the
This is a MUST READ accident report for those who are involved in entries into Permit-Required Confined Spaces. It is a scenario that occurs daily around the globe and is often overlooked until tragedy strikes. Many times over my career, the INITIAL testing of the space indicated NO ATMOSPHERIC HAZARDS were present; however, the work
I think I can announce my retirement, as I have collected a nickel every time a safety professional stated “we have no pressure vessels on-site, so there is no need for us to worry”. I am always saddened by the lack of understanding of major hazards within workplaces and the fact that so many in
NFPA updated NFPA 499: Recommended Practice for the Classification of Combustible Dusts and of Hazardous (Classified) Locations for Electrical Installations in Chemical Process Areas (2021 edition) with a revised definition of “combustible flyings”.
Flash-fire incidents occurred during multiple types of operations, including maintenance on a control panel when natural gas was being vented, flammable fluids being drained into a bucket, or flammable liquids being transferred between containers. A static discharge can occur when an electrical charge accumulates on the surfaces of two materials, one with a positive charge
Respondent is the owner and operator of the petroleum refinery. Respondent has filed RMPs with EPA since June 21, 1999, with its most recent filings on April 22, 2015, April 23, 2020, and September 2, 2020. The Facility has 14 Program 3 covered processes at the Facility. Each of these 14 covered processes has greater
Way back in February 2016 I introduced many of you to ISA-RP12.12.03, Standard for Portable Electronic Products Suitable for Use in Class I and II, Division 2 for the first time and I received many e-mails, texts, and phone calls about those 2016 posts. Although the posts were speaking to smaller electronic devices, most notably “fitness
This is awesome. Cavitation has been the end of many pumps in my career and the causes of some significant LOPC events, but to see it be created and watch it in clear pipes and pumps is the way to learn. This short video should be in every operator’s training!!
This 2020 LOI rescinds the letter issued on July 25, 2019, to Ms. Hill, by removing the parenthetical in the second paragraph of the background section. This is an interpretation regarding a possible conflict on the minimum separation distance between aboveground liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) containers and buildings in OSHA’s 29 CFR § 1910.110 –
