2016 Video of the Week #7 (Forklift Accident)
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ASME BPV Manufacturers’ Data Reports On-Line Ordering Information
Still one of the top questions and issues we come across today… ASME Data Sheets for Pressure Vessels. As I have written here many times, OSHA states U1 forms are NOT required for complying with the PSI requirements but don’t think for a second that a U1 form is not necessary for a fully functioning…...
PFAS saves another life – RESCUE PLAN is critical (Video)
This video shows BOTH aspects of a Fall Protection Plan: Personal Fall Arrest System (PFAS) and Rescue. When BOTH aspects are in place we have SUCCESS!… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
New versions of ALOHA and CAMEO Chemicals available
What’s changed in CAMEO Chemicals 2.5? Updated chemical library with new Levels of Concern (AEGLs, ERPGs, and PACs). Added CAS number (a chemical identification number) to the Text Summary screen. Fixed a typo in the source code for the Chamberlain equation, where the “CR” should be a multiplier in the final term of the equation…...
50 incidents & 1 update (2/8/16)
2016 Fatality Tracker Electrical 1 (2015 = 38) (2014 = 55) (2013 = 32) (2012 = 68) Forklift/Aerial 7 (2015 = 48) (2014 = 60) (2013 = 62) (2012 = 52) Mining* 4 (2015 = 21) (2014 = 401) (2013 = 87*) (2012 = 92*) *ONLY USA Explosions 8 (2015 = 135) (2014 = 157)…...
Catastrophic failure of non-coded pressure vessel (Fatal)
The 316 stainless steel pressure vessel involved had been moved into the Commonwealth of Kentucky approximately ten years prior to the accident. The vessel had originally been used as an atmospheric vessel in the manufacture of ammonium bisulfite, a raw material for caramel color, and later converted to be used as a pressurized unit. The tanks were operated…...
Another WRONG material to WRONG tank incident
At a brewery in 1997, an operator confused filling nozzles for two commonly used acid cleaning agents and transferred nitric acid into a tank with P3, a proprietary phosphoric acid based cleaner that also contained 5-15 percent isopropanol. 10-15 minutes later the mixture exploded violently. The stainless steel tank disintegrated with such force that fragments…...
Does 1910.146 allow (c)(5) AND (c)(7) to be used on the same PRCS at the same time? (Part 2)
A couple of weeks I posed this question, and I figured there is NOT a consensus among the safety community (including OSHA) as to whether (c)(5) AND (c)(7) can be used on the same PRCS at the same time. My position is NO, they can not be; but I am only one voice in the debate,…...
Managing your HFO-1234yf BLEVE risk (Part 6)
A few months ago I wrote about this new refrigerant as having the catastrophic risk of a BLEVE event. Now I wish to offer some guidance on how a business utilizing this refrigerant can reduce the likelihood of this type of event. First, there are NO engineering standards that guide a manufacturer of an ASME…...
2016 Photo of the Week #6 (1 Ladder + 1 Ladder = UNSAFE)
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2016 Video of the Week #6 (Skid Steer Loading Accident)
This is what happens when we load heavy equipment like fools. Too many videos of “succesful” (although foolish) attempts at loading this type of equipment into the back of trucks UNSAFELY and now it seems everyone thinks they can do it. Here is a failure mode that one would think would cross the worker(s) minds…...
EPA RMP citations @ Nitrogen plant (NH3, CL2, SO2, & $26K w/ SEP $98K)
Respondent has five RMProgram covered processes. The letdown area process, the urea process, and the high pressure solutions process store or otherwise use ammonia in an amount exceeding its applicable threshold of 10,000 pounds; the chlorine addition process stores or otherwise uses chlorine in an amount exceeding its applicable threshold of 2,500 pounds; and the…...