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Interim Enforcement Guidance for Hazard Communication 2012 (HCS 2012) June 1, 2015 Effective Date (OSHA)

June 22, 2015 / Free, OSHA Compliance / Bryan Haywood

May 29, 2015 MEMORANDUM FOR: REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS THROUGH: DOROTHY DOUGHERTYDeputy Assistant Secretary FROM: THOMAS GALASSI, DirectorDirectorate of Enforcement Programs (DEP) SUBJECT: Interim Enforcement Guidance for Hazard Communication 2012 (HCS 2012) June 1, 2015 Effective Date This memorandum is to provide additional, interim guidance on the Hazard Communication 2012 June 1, 2015 effective date. OSHA provided […]

Receiving and unloading bulk hazardous liquids in Kentucky

June 21, 2015 / Free, Hazardous Materials / Bryan Haywood

I am often asked why I am such a stickler for unloading/loading HAZMATS and where I come up all of “my requirements” for these tasks. Yes, I am a stickler for these tasks as my career has seen its fair share of unloading/loading incidents. As for “my requirements” I can not actually take credit for

2015 Photo of the Week #25 (Forklift)

June 21, 2015 / Free, Photo of the Week / Bryan Haywood

NFPA 350 Guide to Confined Space Entry and Work coming in November (NFPA)

June 20, 2015 / Free, Permit Required Confined Spaces / Bryan Haywood

The Technical Committee has completed the second draft revisions and, absent any Notice of Intent to Make a Motion (NITMAMs), the new guide will be released this coming November! This document explains “how to” comply with provisions in the existing confined space regulations and standards by providing more detailed guidance on subjects such as hazard

OSHA has commenced rulemaking to develop a combustible dust standard for general industry

June 19, 2015 / Combustible Dusts, Free / Bryan Haywood

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) completed a study of combustible dust hazards in late 2006, which identified 281 combustible dust incidents between 1980 and 2005 that killed 119 workers and injured another 718. Based on these findings, the CSB recommended OSHA pursue a rulemaking on this issue. OSHA has previously addressed aspects of this

EPA Seeks Input on Modernizing the Risk Management Plan (RMP) Rule

June 19, 2015 / Chemical Process Safety (PSM/RMP), Free / Bryan Haywood

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites small businesses, governments, and not-for-profit organizations to participate as Small Entity Representatives (SERs) for a Small Business Advocacy Review (SBAR) Panel. This panel will focus on the Agency’s development of a rule that proposes to modify the current Risk Management Plan (RMP) regulation to reduce the likelihood of

Using OSHA inspection data to analyze respirator protection program compliance (DOL Report)

June 19, 2015 / Free, Respiratory Protection / Bryan Haywood

Several million American workers wear respirators on a regular basis, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires that nonagricultural firms have a respiratory protection program. This article uses the OSHA inspection data base to examine all inspections in manufacturing in 47 states from 1999 through 2006; the examination starts with 1999 because an

Delusional Safety Syndrome (DSS)

June 18, 2015 / Free, Safety Management System / Bryan Haywood

It has taken me 25 years to diagnose it, but I have finally establish the “Delusional Safety Syndrome” (DSS). It is the only mental illness known at this time that is actually contagious. It is spread by close contact with an infected person. It can lie dormant for years and the infected person can spread

Making the case my PSM/RMP covered process complies with RAGAGEPs (Vessels)

June 18, 2015 / Chemical Process Safety (PSM/RMP), Free / Bryan Haywood

This is a follow up to my July 2013 article “Making the case my PSM/RMP covered process complies with RAGAGEPs (Piping)”. With OSHA’s recent memo on “RAGAGEP in Process Safety Management Enforcement” I have received renewed request to explain how a facility can demonstrate their vessels/tanks comply with RAGAGEP(s). Here it goes:

Safety Alert – fatality due to hydrotest burst

June 17, 2015 / Free, Safety Alerts / Bryan Haywood

Safety alert fatality due to hydrotest burst overpressured pipe from Alan Bassett

Does the “voluntary use” of a “filtering facepieces” (dust masks) require the use Appendix D?

June 17, 2015 / Free, OSHA Compliance / Bryan Haywood

Are you providing a copy of 1910.134 Appednix D to each employee who wears a filtering facepieces (dust masks) on a “voluntary basis”? Are you controlling these filtering facepieces (dust masks) so that ONLY employees who have been provided with a copy of Appendix D have access to these filtering facepieces (dust masks)? For the

Looking for a FREE Safety Culture Survey?

June 16, 2015 / Free, Safety Management System / Bryan Haywood

As part of their Industrial Safety Ordinance Contra Costa County, CA developed a VERY NICE safety culture survey. It is a requirement for CalARP facilities, but just a GREAT RESOURCE for the rest of us. Check it out Attachment E: Safety Culture Assessment (PDF). You may have some work to do to get it in