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Pressure Testing newly installed HHC/EHS Piping matters (Chlorine start-up)

At 8:30 p.m. on May 11, 2017, two employees had been welding a pipe assembly and installed it on a chlorine tank. Employee #1 opened a valve to transfer the liquid chlorine from a supply tank into the weigh tank. A flange fitting was not tightened and both employees were sprayed with liquid chlorine. Both…...

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Top 10 most frequently cited OSHA standards violated in FY 2017

The following were the top 10 most frequently cited standards by Federal OSHA in the fiscal year 2017 (October 1, 2016, through September 30, 2017):… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE

Excellence in human performance is more likely if front-line workers, support staff, and managers embrace the following underlying truths or principles that provide the bases for the behaviors. Integrating these principles into management and leadership practices, worker practices, and the organization’s processes and values will help guide the development of a philosophy and strategy for…...

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20 Incidents (Week 2 January 2018)

Industrial STEAM Worker burned in triumph accident (worker was seriously burned in an accident about 10:30 a.m. – the woman was in stable condition after suffering steam burns on the front part of her body) FORKLIFT FATALITY Worker Dies in Forklift Accident at Marine Terminal (a longshore worker was killed in a forklift accident at…...

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HAZMAT Unloading Incidents (2017)

This week the CSB issued their report and video on the Kansas WRONG CHEMICAL – WRONG TANK incident. The CSB found that over the years a number of injuries have occurred as a result of similar incidents involving inadvertent mixing during unloading.  PHMSA reviewed serious incident data involving bulk loading and unloading of hazardous materials transported via highway…...

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States that control the “pumping of gas”

This week the state of Oregon removed the prohibition of citizens fueling their own vehicles at gas pumps; leaving the state of New Jersey as the sole state that prohibits their citizens from pumping their own gas.  Here is an excellent article explaining how these prohibitions began in New Jersey.  But the reaction of the…...

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CSB’s latest video on the 2016 Kansas WRONG CHEMICAL to WRONG TANK incident (H2SO4 and NaClO)

The CSB has released its case study titled “Key Lessons for Preventing Inadvertent Mixing During Chemical Unloading Operations,” which examines a mixture of incompatible materials at a Processing Plant that produces distilled spirits and specialty wheat proteins and starches in Atchison, Kansas on October 21, 2016. The mixture resulted in a chemical release containing chlorine…...

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