On June 18, 2021, at 6:30 p.m. an employee was working for a firm that operated electric power generation facilities. He was working at a natural gas-fired power plant. He and a coworker were restoring a natural gas filter system at the power plant by aligning valves after a maintenance crew had replaced filter media…....
August 18, 2022, at 3:00 p.m., an employee entered an empty liquid propane gas (LPG) tank for servicing at an industrial equipment wholesaler facility. Earlier in the day, the employee approached a supervisor and said he wanted to enter the tank to spray Torq CB III penetrating oil product on an internal valve to loosen…...
At 9:20 a.m. on July 12, 2023, an employee working as a supervisor was testing for leaks in a tank at a leak test station. Tanks are laid on their side for leak tests. The top of the tank faced the pressure test chamber, and the bottom faced the opposite direction. The employee began grinding…...
When you see it… Classic “error trap” – no pun intended but this is truly a “trap” door An “error trap” is defined as “a condition or circumstance that provides fertile ground for mistakes to happen.”… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
When you see it… Classic “error trap” – Bottle cap An “error trap” is defined as “a condition or circumstance that provides fertile ground for mistakes to happen.”… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
When you see it… Error Trap 101- Exit Door Confusion An “error trap” is defined as “a condition or circumstance that provides fertile ground for mistakes to happen.”… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
When you see it… Error Trap 101- both get you out the door; one summons a “welcoming committee” soon after you exit! An “error trap” is defined as “a condition or circumstance that provides fertile ground for mistakes to happen.”… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member?...
When you see it… Classic “error trap” – damned if I do and damned if I don’t An “error trap” is defined as “a condition or circumstance that provides fertile ground for mistakes to happen.”… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
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OSHA cancelled CPL 2-2.53 in 2007. Your letter cites OSHA’s current guidelines for CPR training contained in OSHA 3317-06N 2006, Best Practices Guide: Fundamentals of a Workplace First-Aid Program. Although OSHA does not mandate retraining intervals, this guidance, at p. 13, recommends that “Instructor-led retraining for life-threatening emergencies[,]” specifically CPR and AED, “should occur at…...
The Suburban Manufacturing Group manufactures filtration and drying systems for compressed air. A part of the product line is a compressed air filtration system for use with supplied air respirators (SARs). You have asked for OSHA’s interpretation on addressing air quality and clarification on various designs or configurations of currently marketed breathing air systems. Please…...
Not only did OSHA update its Compliance Directive for Process Safety Management standard 1910.119, effective January 26, 2024, this week, they also posted a Letter of Interpretation (LOI) clarifying several key terms used in its PSM Standard. Terms defined include: Employer Employee Access, as used in the EP element Accessible, as used in the SOP…...
