The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors has released its Fourth Quarter Report of Violation Findings for 2013. The data captures problem areas and trends related to boiler and pressure vessel operation, installation, maintenance, and repair; and also identifies problems before unsafe conditions occur. This report serves as an important source of documentation…...
Question Under the Chemical Facility Anti-terrorism Standards (CFATS), should a regulated facility submit a revised Top-Screen if it changes either the type (i.e., bulk versus portable packages/containers) or the amount of Ammonium Nitrate (AN) that it possesses?… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
The first step to emergency preparedness is defining and analyzing hazards. Although all hazards should be addressed, resource limitations usually do not allow this to happen all at once. Risk assessments are used to establish priorities so that the most dangerous situations are addressed first and those least likely to occur and least likely to…...
Call me a simple man educated in Western TN and KY, but to me, safety is VERY SIMPLE and I like to keep it that way. I have been around for 25 years in the Emergency Response field and safety profession and I have had the opportunity to work for some truly world-class companies and…...
OSHA, combined with our State Plan partners, has approximately 2,200 inspectors responsible for the health and safety of 130 million workers, employed at 8 million worksites around the nation. Although workplace conditions today are much safer than when OSHA was created, over 4,300 workers are still killed in the workplace each year and millions are…...
Here’s a safety riddle for you: What do 1910.307(g)(4)(i), Hazardous Locations, Zones, and Professional Engineers have in common? Answer: They are ALL required when your facility has Hazardous Locations using “zones” rather than divisions (e.g. Class I, II, and III areas) to classify an area. In 2007 OSHA did a major revisions of their Electrical…...
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This man is without a doubt one of the BEST SAFETY LEADERS in our profession. If you have never seen, heard or read Dr. Geller’s materials you are missing out! I have NEVER heard this man say something that does not make 110% sense!!!! Enjoy this video and then practice the three (3) questions to…...
This is a topic I have written about several times before and EPA has made their position fairly clear in their RMP Q&A’s. SAFTENG members can CLICK HERE to read the summary of the EPA Q&A’s regarding railcars that are NOT attached to a mode of transport (i.e. locomotive). These railcars that sit out on…...
There are not many safety professionals who have been in the profession since the day OSHA came onto the scene that has not order and hung a safety sign or two. I personally believe keeping safety in the minds of the workers is a big part of keeping them safe. They have so many distractions…...
I teach around 20 HAZMAT courses each year for industrial response teams and fire departments and the differences in how these two groups conduct their DECON can be HUGE. Almost everyone who has been through a 24-hr or 40-hr HAZMAT course has seen a 6 stage DECON up to a 20 stage DECON; but are…...
MANY THANKS to my NEWEST and RENEWING Partners in Safety since 2006 since 2014 returning partner from 2012 2014 Fatality Tracker Electrical 8 (2013 = 32) (2012 = 68) Forklift/Manlift 9 (2013=62) (2012 = 52) Mining* 8 2013=87*) (2012 = 92*) *no longer includes China accidents Explosions 30 (2013=194) (2012 = 241)…...
