Regardless of what CSB highlights in this video… TORQUE VALUES MATTER and having your Emergency Escape Respirator on your person all played a role in this accident! Also, SIMOPS is a term discussed the video. CLICK HERE to see a great, and FREE, safety document explaining SIMOPS from our friends at the CCPS. I also…...
Regardless of what CSB highlights in this video… TORQUE VALUES MATTER and having your Emergency Escape Respirator on your person all played a role in this accident! Also, SIMOPS is a term discussed the video. CLICK HERE to see a great, and FREE, safety document explaining SIMOPS from our friends at the CCPS. I also…...
A flash fire broke out at 626 Lynnway on Monday morning after a worker with a private demo company cut a pipe, according to the Fire Department’s Public Information Officer. The worker was transferred to a Hospital with “minor burns.” The worker is expected to make a full recovery. The worker was carried out of…...
Line Break gone bad (Flammables) Read More »
A contract worker died and two others were injured in an ammonia gas leak at a chemical factory. The three (3) contract workers, 24, 37, 24, were working at a chemical factory which was producing soda ash and other products. When they were trying to check an ammonia leak from a pipe around 3.15 p.m.,…...
Line Break fatality with two serious injuries (NH3) Read More »
In 2015 and 2022, I mentioned that the EPA proposed updating 68.85 by requiring Hot Work permits to be retained for five (5) years, where that frequency came from, and why they wanted to update the standard. Members can read… EPA proposing a retention period for Hot Work Permits and How long do you keep…...
UPDATE: EPA’s RMP Hot Work Permit retention period Read More »
The critical issue is that a proposed change’s direct and indirect effects on the control of hazards should be identified and assessed. Due to the greater potential consequences of an accident, major accident hazard sites should aim for greater reliability in their planning and decision-making. Avoid too many simultaneous changes, which may result in inadequate…...
Top 10 Principles of Managing Organizational Change Read More »
The FMCSA has begun Phase III of a project to refine the non-destructive metallurgical testing method and protocol for detecting cracks in nurse tanks and to determine possible relationships to causal factors not previously considered in detail. Background:… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in...
Refine Non-Destructive Testing to Improve Nurse Tank Safety, Phase III Read More »
A client recently underwent an RMP inspection by the US EPA. One of the issues the inspector took issue with was that the facility did not “certify” their 3-year audit. This stems from the following: (emphasis by me) EPA RMP § 68.79 Compliance audits(a) The owner or operator shall CERTIFY that they have evaluated compliance…...
Should we STAMP and Sign each official PSM/RMP report? Read More »
It is 2024, 32 years after OSHA passed its Process Safety Management of Hazardous Chemicals standard. I am fortunate to have clients who have progressed in their PSM maturity, and we spend a lot of time these days working to get other processes into the PSMS. We start with processes that are not covered because…...
A Step Change in a facility’s Process Safety Management System Read More »
This rulemaking requires the Air Conservation Commission to develop a state rule and accept delegation from the EPA. This rulemaking will lay the groundwork for the Agricultural Anhydrous Ammonia RMP Compliance and Enforcement program. Once delegated, the oversight for the RMP program will transfer from EPA to DNR. The benefit of this rulemaking affects the…...
The State of Missouri seeks to be the “delegated enforcement authority” for NH3 RMPs Read More »
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a Request for Information (RFI) on December 9, 2013 (78 FR 73756). The RFI identified issues related tomodernization of the Process Safety Management standard and related standards necessary to meet the goal of preventing major chemical accidents. OSHA completed SBREFA in August 2016. OSHA held a stakeholder…...
OSHA’s progress in revising the PSM Standard Read More »
All changes to an organizational structure or changes in personnel with specific Knowledge, Skills, Experience, and Behaviors (KSEB) must be assessed to understand the impact of the organizational change on safety. Any organizational change has the potential to introduce safety hazards and risks, and therefore, all changes to an organizational structure or changes in personnel…...
Managing Organizational Changes Read More »
