2016 Photo of the Week #16 (Crane)
Now I am no construction safety or crane expert, but not so sure I would be posing with this piece of work! Heck he is already under a load just by standing there.
2016 Video of the Week #16 (Ammonia 1-ton Cylinder Handling)
Oh my – oh my! Watching the manner in which these 1-ton cylinders are being handled, loaded, and secured, makes one wonder if any placards found their way on this shipping container!!! Friendly advice – do NOT handle your NH3 1-ton cylinders like this!
What does 527 CMR 33.00: Hazardous Material Process or Processing have to do with the Boston NH3 Fatality?
On March 23rd a worker at a seafood processing building/warehouse in Boston, MA was killed in a catastrophic release of anhydrous ammonia. Since then there has been much speculation as to how this tragedy occurred and whether or not the facility’s refrigeration process fell under OSHA’s PSM and EPA’s RMP standards. As it appears at
A functioning weak roof-to-shell seam on Diesel Tank (Hot Work Fire Video)
One of the means to protect an OUTSIDE atmospheric storage tank is a weak roof-to-shell seam. As we can see in this video, a diesel tank at a wharf in Apia, Samoa was equipped with such a means of fire venting. I am assuming this on the basis of the information we can obtain from the
Why Off-Loading HAZMAT before moving container is critical (Video)
This video from India is an excellent lesson in how NOT to handle compromised containers. In the USA we have an established practice of removing as much of the HAZMAT as we can before we attempt to move the container. As you will see in this video, things can go badly really quick when attempting
Using a pressure vessel that does NOT carry the ASME Stamp in the state of CA?
Sometimes I come across some items as I do work for clients that are priceless in helping us make our case for safety and this one is a “feather in our [hard] hat”. Apparently some employers in the state of California decided that using pressure vessels built to some code other than ASME Section VIII
What’s the condition of your storage racks?
We have all seen the videos and pics of the storage racks collapsing and most of us are amazed at how violent these incidents are; yet how many of us can walk through our storage areas and not find missing anchor bolts, corroded and damaged structural components, no posted load ratings, or out-of-straight support columns? In a recent OSHA
OSHA PSM citations @ food plant (NH3 & $124K)
OSHA has cited a food manufacturing company for 25 serious and one other violation for exposing workers to hazardous chemicals, electrical dangers and fall hazards. OSHA discovered the violations after an inspection of the facility. The agency inspected the plant after an evacuation of the facility sent workers to the hospital as a precaution on
2016 Photo of the Week #15 (Hotwork – Heating a Propane Cylinder)
The next time someone says safety is just common sense… well now we can see what that gets us!
1998 BLEVE Aniversary
On April 9, 1998, an 18,000-gallon propane tank exploded (BLEVE) at the Herrig Brothers farm in Albert City, Iowa. The explosion killed two volunteer firefighters and injured seven other emergency response personnel. Several buildings were also damaged by the blast. CLICK HERE for the CSB Report.
2016 Video of the Week #15 (The full video of the infamous china trackhoe rider)
This is the full video of the worker in China riding a trackhoe bucket, which the trackhoe is sitting on a demo’ed building.
OSHA grants permanent LOTO variance
WARNING! This variance applies ONLY to Nucor Steel Connecticut Incorporated at its Wallingford, CT facility and the SPECIFIC TASK listed. It can NOT be adopted by anyone else or any other workplace (NOT even another Nucor facility) in any fashion whatsoever. This information is being shared for INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY as OSHA allows the use