WARNING! This video shows a dog in distress for a short time. The dog is fine as can be seen at the end of the video, but it will raise your blood pressure! I am sharing this video to show everyone the strength of an elevtaor and what happens when something is caught in the…...
Respondent does business in the State of Alabama. Respondent operates a “stationary source” that has one RMProgram covered process, latex resin manufacturing, which stores or otherwise uses vinyl acetate monomer in an amount exceeding its applicable threshold of 15,000 pounds. Respondent has submitted and registered an RMPlan to the EPA for the stationary source identified…...
In the world of process safety, we live by our chosen and adopted Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practice(s) (RAGAGEP) and when our HHC/EHS is Chlorine (Cl2) we turn to the Chlorine Institute and their “Pamphlets” for our needs. And one of their most-used pamphlets is Pamphlet 6 – Piping Systems for Dry Chlorine. …...
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Facility manufactures over 600 small animal products, including bird food, but not dog and cat food, which are sold in small and large chain pet stores. Fifty to 60 employees work in its 120,000 square foot production facility and warehouse. Part of the facility, measuring 8,000 to 10,000 square feet, is devoted to assembling small…...
These LOTO decisions by the OSHRC are HUGE in establishing some “minimums” for LOTO procedures, periodic inspections, and training for “affected” and “other” employees. Readers should pay very close attention to the details that OSHA used in their arguments of how poorly “machine-specific procedures” were written (missing data, conflicting data, no magnitudes listed, etc.). The…...
Respondent owns and operates a controlled-temperature storage warehouse for food products. The Facility is located adjacent to Interstate 91 and east of the Quinnipiac River, within a mile of numerous shops and business and approximately 1 mile from several schools. Respondent uses anhydrous ammonia in a refrigeration “process”. In 2009, Respondent filed a Program 3…...
2nd Quarter UPDATE with 289 Shocker and Accident Photos Now over 13,750 exclusive unsafe acts/conditions and accident/injuries photos and over 1,000 ppt’s & doc’s from more than 2,776 contributors! Many THANKS to my RENEWING “Partners in Safety“ since 2009 since 2014 since 2009 since 2009 2014 Fatality Tracker Electrical 50 (2013 = 32) (2012 =…...
A very common question we get during our work is… “Am I required to have a first aid team on site?” And “If I am, do they fall under the Blood Borne Pathogen standard”? OSHA actually provided us some great insight into their position on these questions in a 2007 LOI. They stated…… Membership Required...
WOW… you want to read a case from !@#$, this will be some interesting reading for you. If there was ever a case where the lesson is “Do as you say you’re going to do in your safety program” this case is the “poster child” for that cause. Too many strikes against the management at the…...
This case makes two (2) decisions that on the surface appear to be a step backwards – but readers should not read anything into these decisions! The refrigerator in the power strip was lost merely because the CSHO did NOT document the power pull the refrigerator was putting on the power strip. So before we…...
