Build each other up. Quarrelsomeness accomplishes nothing. Face that manager/leader that your war with and be the bigger person and resolve your conflict. Imagine how much you could accomplish if you were rowing in the same direction. #leader #safety #team #opportunity #fantheflame
Coffee time in the break room at 5:30 in the AM is where relationships are built. Spent $25.00 on donuts to surprise them with a treat is a drop in the bucket in comparison to the reward of open lines of communication and engaging your people. That’s my morning! What are doing? #safety #value #opportunity
Confirmation bias is a type of cognitive bias that involves favoring information that confirms your previously existing beliefs or results. People do this when their mind is made up and they need data to support their decision regardless of the real truth. I see this happen in all areas of life, business, and people. A
So this week we all got a chuckle when I posted this picture to my Social Media groups: But in all seriousness, this is NO laughing matter! Well, we can at least surmise that EPA inspectors do not find the humor in it, as is evident in the nine (9) labeling issues they noted in
As our debate/discussion continues regarding falls within or into a Confined Space and if that fall hazard is one that makes the CS a PRCS and if a PRCS can be reclassified when there is a fall hazard present. I keep sharing OSHA language and it keeps being diced up and rephrased to meet personal
One way EPA selects facilities to be inspected is by “Vulnerable Zones”. These are areas that could be affected by a release from a chemical accident at a facility subject to the risk management program requirements in 40 CFR Part 68. So how can a facility determine if they are one of the many facilities that impact a “vulnerable zone” and
Respondent is the owner or operator of a meat processing facility. On March 8, 2017, an authorized representative of the EPA conducted a compliance inspection of Respondent’s Facility to determine compliance with the Risk Management Plan (RMP) regulations promulgated at 40 C.F.R. Part 68 under section 112(r)(7) of the Act. Based on the March 8,
In the last couple of years we have come across a vicious and BADLY MISLEADING rumor that some facilities have fallen for and thus they have fallen out of compliance with OSHA/NIOSH/DOT in regards to their SCBA Cylinders. FACT: There are studies that have been done by the U.S. Navy and PHMSA that demonsrate 15-year
At 11:45 a.m. on August 28, 2012, an employee was finishing a painting assignment to coat pipes in six confined spaces at a lift station site. The employee was cleaning the pipes using a Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) solvent prior to applying a two-part epoxy paint that contained Xylene, Methyl Isobutyl Ketone (MIBK), and Ethyl
We just can’t make this stuff up!!! This accident happened during a “safety day”… At 8:30 a.m. on May 24, 2018, Employee #1 was in charge of setting up a booth representing the control laboratory for a safety day event at the plant, which involved approximately 1,000 employees, visitors, and vendors. Employee #1 wanted to
