A loss of containment and subsequent release of fluids can cause adverse consequences (i.e., impact safety, health, and environment, cause production losses, andincur maintenance and reconstruction costs). The risk analysis should consider the nature of the hazards and ensure that appropriate factors are considered for the equipment items being assessed. Flammable Events (Fire and Explosion)
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1) The employer shall develop and implement written operating procedures that provide clear instructions for safely conducting activities involved in each covered process consistent with the process safety information.
I am never disappointed in social media’s ability to tell me daily just how bad traditional safety practices are. I am also wondering if there is an aspect of business management that gets beat up and denounced more than safety. It seems we are never without so many new options/directions in safety, and unfortunately, many
In process safety circles, the word “remote” is found in several codes/standards. In OSHA’s Process Safety Management standard, we find it used in the Normally Unoccupied and Remote Facility (NURF) exemption (1910.119(a)(2)(iii). OSHA did us a favor by officially defining this phrase; however, they have never QUANTIFIED it. Normally unoccupied remote facility means a facility
The following changes will be made to Guide 115 in the 2024 edition of the ERG:
Respondent owns and operates a cheese manufacturing facility. On March 22, 2022, EPA performed an inspection of the Facility to evaluate compliance with CERCLA Section 103, EPCRA Sections 304-312, and CAA Section 112(r). Based upon the information gathered during the Inspection and subsequent investigation, EPA determined that Respondent violated certain provisions of CERCLA, EPCRA, and
On August 23, 2023, an employee was troubleshooting an unscrambler machine malfunction. The employee walked around to the bottom of the support frame of the machine, near two parallel drive chains. A coworker restarted the machine, and the employee was pulled into the machine by the drive chains. The employee was killed. Source: https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1693870.015
This “process” must be in place within any SMS Incident Management Element, including a Process Safety Management System. This process is used for ALL UNPLANNED events, not just EHS-related events. Although this process appears simple, it can be full of challenges and very error-prone, eroding trust and credibility. There can be variations in each step
On May 23, 2023, @ 9:00 a.m. Employee #1 and Employee #2, both maintenance workers for a petroleum refinery, were troubleshooting an automated valve in the “Prime G Unit.” Flammable gasoline/hydrocarbons in the piping and flange portion of the automated valve were released, causing an explosion, and fire.
OSHA issued $290,358 in proposed penalties following an August 2023 explosion at a paint factory in Garland, TX. One employee was injured in the explosion at the factory. OSHA issued one repeat and eight serious citations. The repeat citation was a $161,310 proposed penalty. The proposed penalties for the eight other citations are $16,131 each.
When a person responds as if the worker has become stupid, that response is more about the organization than the worker in question We must battle the need to believe that when a worker has some type of bad outcome, that adverse outcome happened because the worker became momentarily incompetent. Our thinking is driven by
When a person responds as if the worker has become stupid, that response is more about the organization than the worker in question We must battle the need to believe that when a worker has some type of a bad outcome, that adverse outcome happened because the worker became momentarily incompetent. Our thinking is driven
