Safety Alert – fatality due to hydrotest burst
Safety alert fatality due to hydrotest burst overpressured pipe from Alan Bassett … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
Does the “voluntary use” of a “filtering facepieces” (dust masks) require the use Appendix D?
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?
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…...
EPA RMP vs. CalARP (CA Accidental Release Program)
When it comes to EPA’s Risk Management Plan rule, the state of California made significant modifications to the RMP rule. Basically, California replaced the Risk Management and Prevention Program with the California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program on January 1, 1997. The CalARP Program is very similar to the EPA’s Risk Management Program with the…...
Hazardous Materials: Flame Arrestors (USFA)
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OSHA’s presentation on RAGAGEP Enforcement from 2015 ASSE
Here is the presentation that Jim Lay, P.E., from OSHA’s Office of Chemical Process Safety & Enforcement Initiatives did last week @ ASSE’s Annual Conference. He did this presentation the same day OSHA rolled out their new enforcement policies on chemical mixtures and RAGAGEP enforcement. The presentation covers RAGAGEP Background, Early recognition of RAGAGEP, RAGAGEP…...
50 incidents & 1 update (6/15/15)
Many THANKS to my NEW and RENEWING “Partners in Safety“ – See more at: http://www.safteng.net/#sthash.3AXLlGgX.dpuf Over 12,500 exclusive unsafe acts/conditions and accident/injuries photos and over 1,100 ppt’s & doc’s from more than 2,797 contributors! 2015 Fatality Tracker Electrical 21 (2014 =55) (2013 = 32) (2012 = 68) Forklift/Aerial 19 (2014 = 60) (2013=62) (2012…...
OSHA memo Evaluating Hazardous Levels of Accumulation Depth for Combustible Dusts (4/21/15)
April 21, 2015 MEMORANDUM FOR: REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS THROUGH: DOROTHY DOUGHERTY Deputy Assistant Secretary FROM: THOMAS GALASSI, Director Directorate of Enforcement Programs SUBJECT: Evaluating Hazardous Levels of Accumulation Depth for Combustible Dusts The purpose of this memorandum is to provide guidance in calculating the levels of dust accumulations that may be allowed at workplaces for…...
How could OSHA’s move to EPA’s “1% rule” for mixtures change at facilities handling OSHA PSM HHC mixtures?
PLEASE NOTE the LOI in which OSHA adopted EPA’s 1% rule was thrown out by the courts so I am NOT 100% sure OSHA can use the 1% rule from EPA in their evaluations of what is a covered process/HHC. Last week OSHA changed their position in how they will handle “mixtures” of those chemicals listed in…...
Why is pressure decay not acceptable under ASME B31.3 or 31.5 for a leak test?
Pressure decay testing, monitoring a gauge for a pressure drop over a specified period, is unacceptable as a standalone leak test under ASME B31.3 because the code explicitly mandates a 100% visual examination of all joints and connections while the system is under test pressure. While a pressure decay test can indicate that a system…...
What the heck is “partial pressure” and how do I calculate it for my PSM/RMP mixture?
With OSHA’s change last week in how PSM applies to “mixtures” of HHCs I have received a number of questions about “partial pressure” and what impact it can have on whether my process is covered or not? EPA has been using “partial pressure” of 10 mm Hg for their mixture applicability rule since 1999, but…...
2015 Video of the Week #24 (Electrical Safety @ a safety convention)
I shot this video just before my safety training session at a safety convention this summer. When I asked for it to be fixed, the venue manager and workers were confused because the projector had power. When I tried to explain the issue they all of a sudden had trouble with the english language. If…...