A quick search of SAFTENG.net and one will see that over the years I have written dozens of articles discussing the need for hydrostatic relief protection on piping where a liquid that gets blocked in could expand and rupture the pipe. Yet it seems that each industry somehow feels the need or requirement does not…...
… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
Already, in less than 24 hours from when I posted the OSHRC decision on the BP Refinery, I have received over a dozen e-mails asking me “do I have to have U-1 forms for my pressure vessels?”. There are not many PSM/RMP facilities that have not been dinged with one of these findings over the…...
On March 8, 2010, the Secretary issued three citations to a refinery, alleging twenty serious, forty-two willful, and three other-than-serious violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (Act), 29 U.S.C. §§ 651, et seq. The Secretary issued the citations following an inspection conducted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) at…...
For new processes, you must document both material and energy inputs and outputs of a process. For example, you would document the quantity of a regulated substance added to the process, the quantity consumed during the process, and the quantity that remains in the output. This requirement will not generally apply to storage processes. CLICK…...
A company has agreed to pay a $15,290 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) at its fertilizer facility. As part of its settlement agreement with EPA Region 7, the company will spend an additional $75,370 to complete a supplemental environmental project. The settlement stems from an inspection that revealed…...
Work at a winery can expose individuals to life-threatening situations. When cleaning or emptying tanks, and checking the fermentation process, employees are sometimes directed to bodily enter a tank or place their head inside a tank. The air inside a tank or vat may not be sufficient to support life when gases such as carbon…...
Is an employer required to record a work-related injury sustained by an employee which was treated by a reduction procedure performed on her dislocated ring finger. The employee had no broken bones, no medication, no splints, and no restrictions and returned to work immediately after the reduction of her ring finger. You want to know…...
Many THANKS to my NEWEST and RENEWING Corporate Partners in Safety… since 2013 since 2004 Since 2013 since 2013 2013 Fatality Tracker Electrical 21 (2012 = 68) (2011 = 81) (2010 = 90) (2009 = 100) Forklift/Manlift 44 (2012 = 52) (2011 = 84) (2010 = 110) (2009 = 88) Mining* 38 (2012…...
In the past couple of months, I had several conversations with process safety professionals asking about “running equipment to failure” within a chemical process handling a highly hazardous chemical (HHC) or extremely hazardous substance (EHS). These discussions were often lively and I was actually called “a consultant” “that needed to walk a mile in my…...
A dangerous incident occurred at a facility storing urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) fertiliser in solution. Following a tanker loading operation a UAN transfer pump was inadvertently left running. The transfer pump continued to run for several hours until an explosion occurred. Fragments were projected over an extended distance and widespread damage resulted. One fragment punctured…...
