Bryan Haywood

U.S. DOT Takes New Emergency Actions as Part of Comprehensive Strategy to Keep Crude Oil Shipments Safe

/ Emergency Response /

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued an Emergency Order requiring ALL railroads operating trains containing large amounts of Bakken crude oil to notify State Emergency Response Commissions (SERCs) about the operation of these trains through their states.  Additionally, DOT’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a…...

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EPA RMP Citations @ food facility (13K pound NH3 release & $32K)

/ PSM and RMP Citations/Analysis /

Respondent is a producer of made-to-order frozen gourmet Italian entrees. The Facility uses anhydrous ammonia in its refrigeration process to cool the ingredients cooler and product freezers. Anhydrous ammonia is included on the List of Regulated Substances and Thresholds for Accidental Release Prevention requirements under Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act. At approximately 1:40…...

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EPA RMP Citations @ food facility (NH3 & $165,900)

/ PSM and RMP Citations/Analysis /

Respondent owns and operates a refrigeration system which consists of buildings, equipment, structures, and other stationary items which are located on a single site or on contiguous or adjacent sites, and which are owned or operated by the same person. On June 21, 2004, under Section 112(r) of the Act and implementing regulations at 40…...

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Does changing a Relief Valve on a “Header/Manifold” require a line break permit at your facility?

/ Chemical Process Safety (PSM/RMP) /

Recently I was asked to help an organization with their Line Break/Process Opening Procedure and Permit.   Anyone who has been through this process quickly realizes there is ZERO guidance from OSHA or any RAGAGEP as to what needs to be in the program and most notably the scope of the program. This organization has several…...

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RMP*eSUBMIT Users’ Manual 2014 Update

/ Chemical Process Safety (PSM/RMP) /

Just an FYI, as I know many of you are working on your 2014 5-year resubmittal, EPA issued an update to the RMP*eSUBMIT Users’ Manual in March 2014. No real changes in the manual other than some nice additions of “screen shots”.  Here is a link to the new 2014 manual: http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2013-11/documents/rmpesubmit_users_manual.pdf … Membership Required You must...

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45 incidents & 0 updates (5/5/14)

/ Incident Alerts (2011 - 2018) /

  MANY THANKS to my RENEWING Partners in Safety Since 2013 since 2011 since 2006 2014 Fatality Tracker Electrical 17 (2013 = 32) (2012 = 68) Forklift/Manlift 15 (2013=62) (2012 = 52) Mining* 19 2013=87*) (2012 = 92*) *no longer includes China Explosions 41 (2013=194) (2012 = 241) Cranes 9 (2013=51) (2012 = 52) Falls…...

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BLEVE or Diesel Tank HIT?

/ Hazardous Materials /

Since January, I have been puzzled by the reporting from all agencies and media that the explosion shown in the video below involved a fuel oil tank.  I have been intimately involved with fire/explosion investigations for many years. I have never seen a type of fuel oil stored in an atmospheric storage tank under any…...

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