An SMS needs a feedback loop! The data from that feedback loop needs to be VERIFIED and VALIDATED as accurate BEFORE it is used to make decisions within the SMS. Just imagine driving your vehicle with NO FEEDBACK. No speedometer, no engine temp, no blinker feedback, no RPMs, NOTHING. You’re just driving, maybe relying on…...
Damage description: Significant damage to the boiler room and all adjoining walls/rooms and area. Extensive damage to the west wall of the plant on Acton Pl. through the street. Damage was also noted to the adjacent building located at 390 E. King St. This complex housed several retail establishments. Damage was also noted to several…...
This is a perfect (and sad) example of why releases of hazardous materials need to be DEFINED and QUANTIFIED so that personnel know their LIMITATIONS in responding to said releases. This exercise is part of our PRE-PLANNING, starting with using the Tier II forms we submit each year. Just understand, the Tier II forms are…...
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Well, it’s not often that I disagree with the OSHA technical team that writes LOIs, but this one is a MAJOR MISTAKE. I have debated this topic for 30 years and now my argument just got squashed by the agency. In their 2025 LOI, OSHA stated: If the employer’s evaluation of the space determines that…...
Background: 29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(iii) states: All operator training and evaluation shall be conducted by persons who have the knowledge, training, and experience to train powered industrial truck operators and evaluate their competence. Question #1: Can a person who has the knowledge, training, and experience to train powered industrial truck operators and evaluate their competence, clarified…...
OSHA answers two (2) Respiratory Protection Program questions: To what extent does OSHA’s Respiratory Protection standard, at 29 CFR § 1910.134(e), require that the PLHCP’s medical evaluation for respirator use include consideration of factors beyond respiratory protection that affect fitness to safely perform the expected job tasks while wearing a respirator?Is there a reasonable expectation…...
On the evening of Christmas Eve, the Jackson Fire Department was alerted to a worker trapped inside a hopper at a local factory. Jackson Police Department, Jackson County EMS, Jackson Sheriff’s Office, Liberty Fire, and Jackson Fire units, including Jackson’s Rescue, Tower, and two engines, responded to the scene. The worker was attempting to retrieve…...
Where piping is to be opened for servicing, addition, or modification, the section to be worked on shall be isolated from the supply at the nearest convenient point, and the line pressure vented to the OUTDOORS. The remaining gas in this section of pipe shall be displaced with an inert gas. Prior to placing the…...
December 23, 2025, Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) today issued two interim safety recommendations in connection with the agency’s ongoing investigation into the August 11, 2025, fatal explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works facility in Clairton, Pennsylvania. The explosion occurred when coke oven gas was released from…...
The company is a structural fabricator of aluminum, steel, and metals used in water and wastewater plants across the United States. OSHA selected the facility from a random list for inspection pursuant to its National Emphasis Program (NEP) to minimize amputation hazards. Following the inspection on May 13, 2024, OSHA issued the facility a Citation…...
PLEASE NOTE: The law protects the company – NOT the worker. This is a “legal” decision that flies in the face of a recognized hazard. It is also laughable that the FRA would enforce the safety needs for this recognized hazard at a private business that is using its own trackmobile to move the cars…...
