On May 24,2012, EPA conducted a compliance inspection of Respondent’s facility to determine compliance with the Risk Management Program (“RMP”) regulations promulgated at 40 C.F.R. Part 68 under Section 112(r) of the Act. EPA found that the Respondent had violated regulations implementing Section 112(r) of the Act by failing to comply with the regulations. The…...
Respondent produces processes, handles, or stores, among other things, propane, hydrogen. isopentane, pentane, isobutane, and methane, which are all listed at 40 CFR Part 68 as extremely hazardous flammable chemicals. On August 3, 2014, there was a release of flammable substances from piping at the facility and a fire ensued. There were no injuries or…...
A manufacturer of custom-sized resin balls used as flotation devices in the petroleum and fracking industries failed to protect its employees from the risk of death or serious injury from potential fires, explosions and other hazards by not providing and using mandatory safeguards. Officials from OSHA began inspecting the plant in October 2014, in response…...
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We have all see the silly warning labels and mocked the warnings such as “CAUTION – coffee is hot”. But this one just amazes me; it has to stem from a lawsuit as it is just that silly. I have tried to find an accident involving this manufacturer of 5-gallon buckets, but so far nothing…...
If you spend enough time working on Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), you are bound to come across some crazy situations. Luckily I have some world-class clients who allow me to share my “interesting finds” and encourage me to share with all of you. This most recent find was at an OSHA VPP STAR site. We have been…...
Anyone ever completed any type of safety audit and not ended up with at least one item related to your fire protection systems? Anyone? I know I never have and I am a fanatic about my fire protection systems. I was trained to treat them as “gold”. No one touches them – PERIOD! Yet in…...
OSHA has issued several PSM citations at a natural gas processing facility from an inspection that began in October 2014. This was an unannounced planned Chem NEP inspection. Of special note, these violations include issues with not having a Car Seal Program for valves within the relief path(s) of several relief devices. OSHA referenced ASME…...
Most everyone has seen a bollard; they may not have realized what they were seeing at the time, but most have seen one. But this group of people who have seen one grows much smaller when we begin to ask “what makes a bollard a safety device?” A couple of years ago I shared an…...
This is not the first time I have “beat up” on excess flow valves and the reliance on them as a “safeguard” in a PHA or process design. Both EPA and OSHA are on record stating their displeasure of claiming these valves as a safeguard. Now don’t get me wrong, these devices WORK and WORK…...
UPDATED 5/2016 Each year more and more states are adopting International Codes. The chart below is a list of all states and US Territories that have adopted these codes, the code edition they adopted, whether the code is enforced state wide or local governments, etc. This listing is up-to-date thru September 2015. Are you complying…...
