OSHA Compliance Posts

ALL REGION VI VPP SITES REPORTING (60) SURVEY: How does your site deal with the following? 1. All employees entering the plant must be clean shaven.                 Yes 48% No 52% 2. All contractors entering the plant to work must be clean shaven.     Yes 47% No 53% 3. Are there exceptions to the Facial Hair Policy?                             …...

This is not the first time I have addressed this matter. Still, somehow, somewhere, a dirty little lie has been circulating among ammonia design and installation contractors that somehow an engine room handling less than 10,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia (NH3) is incapable of presenting an explosion hazard, thus no need for any engineered ventilation. …...