OSHA today issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that clarifies an employer’s continuing obligation to make and maintain an accurate record of each recordable injury and illness throughout the five-year period during which the employer is required to keep the records. OSHA is issuing this proposed rule in light of the decision of the U.S…....
On July 22, OSHA issued eight serious safety citations from an inspection that was NOT initiated as a PSM inspection, but after determining that the company was using flammable liquids above the threshold quantities that could present a potential for a catastrophic event. Business was cited for not implementing five elements of the PSM standard,…...
This is about as good of an example of how a flammable gas(s), such as propane, are MORE dangerous away from the leak point. As you can see in this video, the leak is occurring in the top right corner of the frame and the ignition occurs off-screen to the top left and flashes back…...
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This paper company had 39 VPP Sites in 2013 and today they were placed in OSHA’s SVEP for this incident. Here is a breakdown of the citations that took them from VPP to SVEP. A 57-year-old general mechanic was removing burned filter bags of combustible fly ash dust from a dust collector in the facility’s…...
Today OSHA announced that they have placed International Paper (IP) into their Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP) following a combustible dust ignition incident involving fly-ash at one of their facilities. This development is HUGE in the respect that IP was once one of OSHA’s top participants in the Voluntary Protection Program. To go from one of OSHA’s…...
Employer(s) with employee(s) exposed to PSM-covered processes formerly exempted under OSHA’s 1992 interpretation of “retail facility” now must comply with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.119 if the facility, or portion of the facility processing the highly hazardous chemical, does not fall into the North American Industrial Classification System definition of retail trade (NAICS 44…...
Today, OSHA issued their revised policy on their “retail exemption” and this change in OSHA enforcement will actually impact thousands of businesses who have submitted a Risk Management Plan. It all comes down to how EPA instituted their “Program Levels” when they implemented their RMP Rule. EPA has always said that if your process was…...
Today OSHA issued another REVISED POSITION in their enforcement of the Process Safety Management Standard. Today they rescinded their previous position and now employer(s) with employee(s) exposed to PSM-covered processes formerly exempted under OSHA’s 1992 interpretation of “retail facility” now must comply with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.119 if the facility, or portion of…...
UPDATED/CORRECTED on 9/14/15. Many thanks to Chris Kim Kahn, Attorney at Law @ Frost Brown Todd LLC for her assistance in correct this posting. Respondent owns and operates a controlled-temperature storage warehouse for food products. The Facility is located on the banks of the Connecticut River, within a quarter mile of residences and other businesses,…...
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The National Board Annual Violation Tracking Report identifies specific violations (per device type) commonly found on five (5) types of pressure equipment during jurisdiction-required inspections. The following data reflects the reporting period of 1/1/2014 – 12/31/2014 as reported by participating member jurisdictions. The Violation Tracking Report indicates problem areas and trends related to boiler and…...
