This week I am pulling a double whammy on guarding (Video of the week is a foot amputation in an auger). These days there are few work places that do not have this type of compactor for their “recycling” programs. This equipment is CLEARLY a PRCS, albeit one that can be easily reclassified. But as…...
WARNING VIEWER Discretion Advised – this video may be upsetting to some viewers as it shows the painstaking mistake a worker makes by using his foot to push material into a feed auger. In this video we can see the worker standing in the “dump chute” manually feeding material into an auger hopper. It appears…...
This is an interesting outcome, of which I have no knowledge as to how this deal was struck. But there was no monetary penalty and the facility has 60 days to make some seriously big changes/improvements. The biggest thing I noticed is that EPA is requiring the facility to make changes to comply with the…...
What’s changed in ALOHA 5.4.7? Updated chemical library, including new DIPPR chemical data and new toxic Levels of Concern (PACs and ERPGs). Made minor update to the RAILCAR source strength model for pressurized liquid tanks where a stationary cloud or “mist pool” is predicted to form. Revised helps. Made additional minor changes and bug fixes…....
In November 2015, an operator at an explosives manufacturing plant was tasked with transferring aluminium grit atomised powder (aluminium powder) from a flexible intermediate bulk container (IBC) outside the plant to the hopper inside the plant. Using a pneumatically-driven vacuum suction pump and transfer pipe work (which incorporated five metres of PVC piping) the operator successfully transferred part of…...
An elevator superintendent, 41, suffocated when his lifeline tangled in an unguarded and rotating auger. OSHA investigators determined three workers, including the elevator superintendent, had been standing over the unguarded auger using a pole in an attempt to dislodge soybean debris in a grain bin that contained more than 50,000 bushels of soybeans sloped 12…...
In the last 10 years, RMP data show that there have been more than 1,500 reportable accidents, about 500 of which had off-site impacts. These accidents are responsible for nearly 60 deaths, some 17,000 people were injured or who sought medical treatment, almost 500,000 people evacuated or sheltered-in-place and more than $2 billion in property…...
11/22/2017 UPDATE – Nice write-up Dap-1 Ammonia Tank Explosion: Safety and Security Concerns in Chemical Process Plant in Bangladesh Two DAP officials found guilty – an engineer and the general manager of the plant were found responsible for the accident. The accused have been found guilty of negligence in duty as they did not inspect the safety…...
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Absolutely it can, and allow me to explain how. We start our Risk Management Plan (RMP) program(s) level assessment with Program 1, then if our process(s) does not qualify for Program 1 we ask ourselves if our process(s) would be a Program 3, and then if the process does NOT qualify for Program 1 or 3, then…...
I take pride in the fact that me and my team will tell clients WHAT THEY NEED TO HEAR rather than what they would like to hear. We are all about making sure their workers and business have the most safe work place possible. The vast majority appreciate this and it’s why SAFTENG has thrived…...
WARNING! Viewer Discretion advised. No blood or gore, but it is an accident caught on camera and may be upsetting to some viewers. 1910.178(n)(4) The driver shall be required to slow down and sound the horn at cross aisles and other locations where vision is obstructed. If the load being carried obstructs forward view, the driver…...
