WARNING – this video shows the ignition of the dust cloud and people within the dust cloud on fire and trying to escape. The sights and sounds of this video ARE VERY GRAPHIC in nature, but shows the hazards of Corn Starch and its ease to ignite. Corn Starch has one of the lowest MIE’s…...
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No, your car will not be a “covered process” under PSM, but only because it will NOT have 10,000 pounds of this Category 1 Flammable Gas. But this new refrigerant is coming and it will be in your car’s air conditioning very soon! A lot of the literature for this new refrigerant uses phrases like…...
Did EPA just issue RMP citations because a facility did not have a Car Seal program? Although they mention Lockout/Tagout in their citation, LOTO is NOT the proper control technique for the “sliding line blind” that was “mistakenly opened by an employee during operation of the unit“. LOTO is purely for servicing and maintenance and…...
As summer heat intensifies, OSHA’s focus on preventing heat related illness intensifies. With this intensity, many employers are going hi-tech to collect “heat exposure data” to establish work practices based on exposures. I have seen a recent increase in advertising for devices that can measure wet-bulb temperatures in workplaces and they are tying these reading…...
Over 12,500 exclusive unsafe acts/conditions and accident/injuries photos and over 1,100 ppt’s & doc’s from more than 2,797 contributors! 2015 Fatality Tracker Electrical 23 (2014 =55) (2013 = 32) (2012 = 68) Forklift/Aerial 21 (2014 = 60) (2013=62) (2012 = 52) Mining* 16 (2014 = 401) (2013=87*) (2012 = 92*) *ONLY developed nations and…...
May 29, 2015 MEMORANDUM FOR: REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS THROUGH: DOROTHY DOUGHERTYDeputy Assistant Secretary FROM: THOMAS GALASSI, DirectorDirectorate of Enforcement Programs (DEP) SUBJECT: Interim Enforcement Guidance for Hazard Communication 2012 (HCS 2012) June 1, 2015 Effective Date This memorandum is to provide additional, interim guidance on the Hazard Communication 2012 June 1, 2015 effective date. OSHA provided…...
I am often asked why I am such a stickler for unloading/loading HAZMATS and where I come up all of “my requirements” for these tasks. Yes, I am a stickler for these tasks as my career has seen its fair share of unloading/loading incidents. As for “my requirements” I can not actually take credit for…...
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The Technical Committee has completed the second draft revisions and, absent any Notice of Intent to Make a Motion (NITMAMs), the new guide will be released this coming November! This document explains “how to” comply with provisions in the existing confined space regulations and standards by providing more detailed guidance on subjects such as hazard…...
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) completed a study of combustible dust hazards in late 2006, which identified 281 combustible dust incidents between 1980 and 2005 that killed 119 workers and injured another 718. Based on these findings, the CSB recommended OSHA pursue a rulemaking on this issue. OSHA has previously addressed aspects of this…...
