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Truck Drivers being your DOT HAZMAT Attendant and potential safety and health concerns

These days it is becoming common practice to utilize truck driver(s) of our hazardous material(s) deliveries to do more than just deliver the material.  The line of thought in doing this, is that the drivers must be “qualified” or they would not be allowed to transport the hazardous materials.  Well, they may be qualified to…...

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Creating a Permit-Required Confined Space

Nowadays, we see a lot of Confined Space (CS) incidents caused by the work that is taking place inside the space rather than the actual process hazards that made the Confined Space a Permit-Required Confined Space (PRCS). I had an incident when I was an S&H Manager in the process chemical industry that was one…...

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31 Incidents & 3 Updates (6/15/11)

  MANY THANKS to my RENEWING Partner in Safety! Sponsor since 2008 2011 Fatality Tracker  Electrical  28  (2010 = 90)  (2009 = 100)  Forklift/Manlift Mobile Equipment 41 (2010 = 110) (2009=88) Mining 124 (2010 = 480) (2009 = 586) Explosions 124 (2010 = 246) (2009 = 302) Cranes 18 (2010=50) (2009 = 82) Falls 55…...

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2011 Video of the Week #37 – Crane Crushes House

Crane lifts very heavy pool (home renovation took a turn for the worse when the crane lifting it into the yard crashed through the roof – the fibreglass pool/hot tub combination was apparently too heavy for the crane – it popped into the air at a 45-degree angle, and the crane’s arm fell over onto…...

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What does EPA’s RMP “General Duty Clause” actually require?

Almost weekly I see and hear the RMP “General Duty Clause” (GDC) being misquoted and improperly applied.  In this article I hope to clarify many of the myths and misconceptions of what EPA actually requires in the application of their GDC’s to RMP chemicals.  First and foremost, there is NO GET OUT OF JAIL FREE…...

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Buyer BEWARE regarding offsite Operator and Maintenance training courses

UPDATED 6/15/11 – A lot of claims are being made by many training organizations that they can solve ALL your PSM/RMP training needs.  Now let me set the record straight, I think a lot of these off-site training courses are a GREAT first pass for operators and maintenance to get the baseline understanding of the…...

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Where does safety stop for a safety professional?

Have you ever been told your crazy, paranoid, not living in the real world, etc.?  I don’t mean at work, I mean by family members and neighbors!  I come from a family of safety professionals (my brother, my sister-in law, two of her three sisters, one of her sister’s husbands, and my Dad has always…...

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Does management know the facility’s Risk Profile?

In today’s business climate, most businesses have limited resources to fight a lot of different fires, per se.  I often see management teams who have their manufacturing risks defined to how much they spend on post-it pads per month! When asked if they have their hazard risks that fined tuned, I often get the answer…...

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