Alarming Number of Workers Fail to Wear Required Protective Equipment
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Simple difference between “Wet” and “Dry” Chlorine (and it matters – A LOT)
When we are reading RAGAGEPs for Chlorine Process Design, we will certainly see references to “Wet Chlorine” and “Dry Chlorine,” and it’s one of the top questions I get when people/businesses are new to the chlorine business. In the world of process safety and metallurgy, the distinction between Dry Chlorine and Wet Chlorine is one
Man accused of posing as OSHA inspector arrested
A Corona man who authorities say posed as an OSHA inspector and attempted to collect a fine in cash was arrested Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012.
Hydro-Testing of SCBA Cylinders
UPDATED 10/22/2019 with new images and new explanations. UPDATE: Please see my June 2017 posting PHMSA’s New Cylinder “Special Permit” authorizes an extension of the 15-year service life of certain carbon fiber reinforced aluminum-lined cylinders (DOT-CFFC)
PSM Emergency Preparedness (OSHA guidance)
Each employer must address actions that workers will take when there is an unwanted release of highly hazardous chemicals. Employers will need to decide: if they want workers to handle and stop small or minor incidental releases; whether they wish to mobilize the available resources at the plant and have them brought to bear on
Load Center Capacity Calculator
Doing some work for a client regarding fall protection on “order pickers” I came across this neat calculator for calculating a new load center capacity.
Hazardous Locations (Examples from OSHA)
Since my last article on Hazardous Locations I have received dozens of e-mails from members/subscribers asking about their specific workplace situations. The best advice I can pass on is OSHA’s advice. They have provided specific examples of the types of areas that would be considered Hazardous Locations in the Subpart S Definitions Section, 1910.399 Definitions applicable
Mapping a regulation from concept to publication
Learn the regulation making process from initial planning to publishing in the Code of Federal Regulations. This is an awesome tool for those who, like me, sometimes forget all the work that goes into get a new regulation passed. This is the other side of the “story” regarding the balance of “regulation vs. free enterprise”.
Changes in OSHA’s HAZCOM may impact EPA Compliance!?!?! (Huh?)
Seems like I get to be the messenger once again this month in how a change at one agency MAY impact yet again our compliance with another agency. Last week I reminded the SAFTENG family about how a 2010 change in OR-OSHA impacted some facilities RMPs. This week I have discovered that a change in
OSHA publishes removal criteria for employers from the Severe Violator Enforcement Program
OSHA has published criteria for removing employers from the agency’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP). SVEP has been in effect since June 18, 2010, and is intended to focus agency resources on employers that demonstrate indifference to their responsibilities under the Occupational Safety and Health Act with willful, repeat or failure-to-abate violations. On August 16,
“Hazardous Locations” and complying with the “new” 1910.307
Although it is not really “new” any longer; OSHA revised 1910.307 in 2007 and many of the facts that are presented in this article may be “news” to a lot of you. Many of the “new” requirements in 1910.307 Hazardous (classified) Locations are often not well understood or not even known. This article, which has been
QNFT or QLFT, which is acceptable for an emergency responder entering IDLH atm’s?
Since I was able to conduct my very first fit test, I was taught that the Qualitative method was ONLY permitted when the user was wearing an Air Purifying Respirator (APR) which needed a fit factor of 100 or less. When I read 1910.134(f)(6), that is exactly how I read it today… QLFT may only