On the evening of Christmas Eve, the Jackson Fire Department was alerted to a worker trapped inside a hopper at a local factory. Jackson Police Department, Jackson County EMS, Jackson Sheriff’s Office, Liberty Fire, and Jackson Fire units, including Jackson’s Rescue, Tower, and two engines, responded to the scene. The worker was attempting to retrieve […]
Where piping is to be opened for servicing, addition, or modification, the section to be worked on shall be isolated from the supply at the nearest convenient point, and the line pressure vented to the OUTDOORS. The remaining gas in this section of pipe shall be displaced with an inert gas. Prior to placing the
December 23, 2025, Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) today issued two interim safety recommendations in connection with the agency’s ongoing investigation into the August 11, 2025, fatal explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works facility in Clairton, Pennsylvania. The explosion occurred when coke oven gas was released from
The company is a structural fabricator of aluminum, steel, and metals used in water and wastewater plants across the United States. OSHA selected the facility from a random list for inspection pursuant to its National Emphasis Program (NEP) to minimize amputation hazards. Following the inspection on May 13, 2024, OSHA issued the facility a Citation
PLEASE NOTE: The law protects the company – NOT the worker. This is a “legal” decision that flies in the face of a recognized hazard. It is also laughable that the FRA would enforce the safety needs for this recognized hazard at a private business that is using its own trackmobile to move the cars
Respondent owns and operates an ammonia refrigeration system at its bakery. The Facility maintains an amount of anhydrous ammonia within its system that is above the 10,000 lbs threshold quantity that is set forth in Table 1 at 40 C.F.R. § 68.130. The Facility is subject to Program 3 because the covered process is subject
At 2:30 p.m. on August 28, 2019, employees were removing a flange blank on caustic liquid pipeline that was supposed to be evacuated but wasn’t. The employees were sprayed with caustic liquid and suffered chemical burns to their face and eyes. Two of the employees required hospitalization for treatment and three others were injured but
Three (3) workers were exposed to hydrogen sulfide (H2S) while cleaning a chemical pit at a company, leaving two dead and one hospitalized. Two (2) workers died, and a third was rescued.
NOTE the focus on PRESSURE TESTING after a repair/alteration! Today, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released a new safety video on its investigation into the massive April 8, 2021, explosion and fire that fatally injured one worker at the Yenkin-Majestic Paint Corporation facility in Columbus, Ohio. The CSB’s new safety video,
This information is preliminary and subject to change. On November 12, 2025, about 9:16 p.m. local time, a cargo tank transporting Anhydrous Ammonia experienced a leak while parked in Weatherford, Oklahoma. The driver had stopped at a Holiday Inn Express and Suites for the evening when he noticed the manway cover underneath the cargo tank
Section 5189.1. PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT FOR PETROLEUM REFINERIES Amend Subsection (c) Definitions.
Whilst moored at the quayside a fishing vessels engineer found water in a cargo hold. The engineer attempted to use the bilge pump to remove the water but found a problem with the suction. It was thought that either the suction pipe in the hold well had a hole or the pipe end strainer might
