NFPA BLEVE Training Video (Full 20 Minutes)
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2014 Photo of the Week #32 (Aerial Lift, Forklift, Falls, etc.)
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Purposely Setting a Valve Higher than Nameplate Stamping: Acceptable or Not? (NBBI)
For those of you involved process safety and your process has “pressure vessels” and “relief valves” the National Board’s magazine “BULLETIN” is a really nice addition to our educational materials. For instance, this quarter the magazine has an article clearing up a practice that has been questioned for years… Purposely Setting a Valve Higher than…...
UPDATE – Anhydrous Ammonia (NH3) Fatality at a NE Co-Op was an UNLOADING ACCIDENT
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48 incidents & 0 updates (8/7/14)
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CA Ice Rink forced to shutdown by local FD because of failure to comply with CalARP
This is an interesting case! From all evidence I have seen, this ice rink was ordered by the local Fire Department to comply with CalARP regulations back in 1999-2000 time frame. This ice rink was stated as having only 2,056 pounds at the time the business was ordered to shut down (CalARP TQ is 500#…...
OSHA PSM citations @ brewery (NH3 Refrigeration & $92,400)
OSHA has cited a beer brewery for refrigeration system violations and proposes $92,400 in fines. OSHA issued two repeat and eight serious safety violations following an inspection of the brewery’s ammonia refrigeration system. The violations were cited under OSHA’s Process Safety Management (PSM) Standards. The Feb. 4, 2014, inspection found the brewery failed to develop…...
OSHA follow-up inspection of oil refinery reveals continuing worker safety violations
A refinery was cited by OSHA for five repeat and three serious violations for continuing to expose workers to hot surfaces of refinery process equipment, falls from heights and other hazards at its crude oil refinery. Proposed penalties from this February 2014 follow-up inspection total $184,800. The five repeat citations, with a penalty of $170,500,…...
2014 Video of the Week #31 (Crane – Elevator)
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2014 Photo of the Week #31 (Aerial Lift)
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OSHA PSM/HAZWOPER citations @ industrial explosives manufacturer (cyclonite and octogen; $178,400)
OSHA has cited an industrial explosives manufacturer with 22 serious and one repeat violations by for failing to correct multiple deficiencies in its chemical process safety management and other workplace safety hazards. The proposed penalty totals $178,400. The inspection, which began in February 2014, was initiated under OSHA’s NEP for PSM. In this case, a…...
DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATION BILL, 2015
I have highlighted the major items in this appropriations report. Major items are: 1) small farms with less than 10 employees continue to be exempt, unless they have a labor camp, 2) new language clarifying OSHA’s ability to inspect small establishments where there exists the potential for a catastrophic chemical incident, with clarifying language that exempts…...