2012 Photo of the Week #37 (Electrical)
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EPA Region 10 RMP Newsletter- great resource!
I have referenced this newsletter many time and have linked to it many times, but never officially posted it as a resource for process safety folks. It is FREE and published by EPA Region 10 every other month. Like this posting on relief system design basis, there is literally tons of material that can be…...
2012 Video of the Week # 37 (WARNING!! Manlift Fatality caught on Tape)
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29 incidents & 1 update (9/13/12)
MANY THANKS to my NEW & RENEWING “Partners in Safety” for their support! since 2008 since 2008 since 2012 since 2012 2012 Fatality Tracker Electrical 58 (2011 = 81) (2010 = 90) (2009 = 100) Forklift/Manlift Mobile Equipment 42 (2011 = 84) (2010 = 110) (2009 = 88) Mining 63 (2011 = 248) (2010…...
Ammonia Fatality @ Winery
AMMONIA FATALITY (a worker at a winery has died after being exposed to ammonia – one of the workers accidentally opened a wrong valve and released ammonia into a confined area – the man was one of six workers exposed – the other workers tried to rescue the man but were unable to get to…...
Amuay UCVE Event Aug 25, 2012
This is an excellent presentation showing what is believed to have happened leading up to and after the Amuay Refinery Vapor Cloud Explosion on 8/25/12. Excellent modeling, but based on assumption, showing how a vapor cloud progresses. To date, the loss of life now exceeds 50 with many more severly burned. The off-site devistation was…...
Load Center Capacity Calculator
Doing some work for a client regarding fall protection on “order pickers” I came across this neat calculator for calculating a new load center capacity…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
Errors are both consequences and causes
Identifying human error is a starting point, not a conclusion. If we aim to learn from the error and to lessen the chances of it happening again, we need to consider the organizational context that surrounds the person’s action, including equipment, procedures, people, the environment, and management. There are two aspects to managing error:… Membership...
Miller Harness Safety Alert “Miller/Honeywell Official Response”
Although I did not post the “alert” to the left referencing the Miller Harnesses, I have received it several times in the past 2-3 weeks from many SAFTENG members. Each alert I received had a new twist to it and was missing some basic info that Miller had always included in their alerts/stop-use/recall notices in…...
Process Safety and “Human Factors” (w/ video)
We have all heard the term before, but what exactly did OSHA and EPA really mean when they stated that “human factors” must be part of a Process Hazards Analysis (PHA)? In the USA, we can look to OSHA’s PSM Compliance Directive, CPL 02-045, to get an idea of what we should consider “human factors”…...
CCTV Video & photos from Chevron’s Richmond, CA refinery fire
UPDATED 9/11/12 with CCTV video footage showing the steam release, followed by the flash fire, followed by te dark smoke. … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
How much NH3 does it take to be visible?
NH3 gas is COLORLESS! Check out the SDS or any data source if you think I’m kidding. What we are seeing in that “white smoke” or “cloud” is moisture in the air (i.e., humidity) condensing on the very cold NH3 gas. So the question I often get is: How much NH3 gas is needed to…...