I have always said that 90% of establishing a safety culture is communication of safety ideas and information. Safety is competing for the minds of all workers to THINK about SAFETY in all that they do. We are competing with Quality, Production, Costs Control, Family, etc. in the thoughts of our workers. A lot of…...
Safety Communications…When is it too much? Read More »
There is a lot of confusion on reclassifying Permit-Required Confined Spaces to Non-Permit Spaces, which is allowed on spaces with NO KNOWN or POTENTIAL hazardous atmospheres. 1910.146(c)(7) covers this practice. The key DIFFERENCE between “reclassifying” a space using section (c)(7) and using “alternative entry methods,” which is covered under section (c)(5) is ELIMINATION vs. CONTROL…....
Isolation for Reclassification of Permit-Required Confined Spaces Read More »
Many THANKS to my NEW & RENEWING Corporate Partners in Safety! since 2007 since 2011 since 2009 since 2/11 2011 Fatality Tracker Electrical 6 (2010 = 90) (2009 = 100) Forklift/Manlift Mobile Equipment 27 (2010 = 110) (2009=88) Mining 43 (2010 = 480) (2009 = 586) Explosions 48 (2010 = 246) (2009 = 302) Cranes…...
23 incidents & 1 update (3/23/11) Read More »
“Never saddle a dead horse” means that when using your Crosby clips, the “U Bolt” is ALWAYS over the DEAD part of the cable and NEVER on the part of the cable that will see the load applied to it. In other words, NEVER have the u-bolt over the load side of the cable. Here…...
NEVER saddle a dead horse!!! HUH? Read More »
“Recognized And Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practice” (RAGAGEP) – are engineering, operation, or maintenance activities based on established codes, standards, published technical reports or recommended practices (RP) or a similar document. RAGAGEPs detail generally approved ways to perform specific engineering, inspection or mechanical integrity activities, such as fabricating a vessel, inspecting a storage tank, or…...
What is a RAGAGEP?…and what it is NOT Read More »
I am often asked why I do these publications and how did they get started. Here is the history and reasoning behind the alerts. The year was 1993. Recent graduate and ready to save the world, my first job was at a ink resin plant in SW Louisiana. PSM was red hot as it had…...
History of SAFTENG’s Incident Alerts Read More »
At a minimum, the plan must include but is not limited to the following elements [29 CFR 1910.38(c)]: Means of reporting fires and other emergencies Evacuation procedures and emergency escape route assignments Procedures to be followed by employees who remain to operate critical plant operations before they evacuate Procedures to account for all employees after…...
What must be in my Emergency Action Plan (EAP)? Read More »
In most circumstances, immediate evacuation is the best policy, especially if professional firefighting services are available to respond quickly. There may be situations where employee firefighting is warranted to give other workers time to escape or to prevent danger to others by the spread of a fire. In this case, you as the employer are…...
Do I Need an Emergency Action Plan? Read More »
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A lot of PSM/RMP covered processes utilize ventialtion as an engineering control within the process. And if this is the case, then OSHA and EPA require the facility to have supporting documentation to show that the ventilation will do what it it intended to do…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this...
Ventilation…Can I use it to declassify a HAZLOC? Read More »
Some companies develop an elaborate generic energy control procedure and supplement the generic procedure with checklists or appendices to address various distinct machinery and equipment in their facilities. This type of procedure and those described above may be considered a single energy control procedure (instead of multiple procedures) for inspection purposes if all of the…...
Grouping equipment for purposes of conducting periodic LOTO inspections Read More »
OSHA says we are to have machine-specific LOTO procedures (note that there is an exception to this requirement, but in my scenario, it is not relative). In these procedures, we have to identify the following: the types of energy, their magnitudes, the means/methods to isolate and the means/methods to verify zero energy state (ZES) for…...
LOTO Machine Specific Procedures Read More »
