In OSHA’s fiscal year (October 2021 through September 2022), the agency conducted 17,353 inspections; issued 46,662 citations, totaling $192,778,680. The industry with the most inspections: 23816 / Roofing Contractors (3,182) The industry with the most citations: 23816 / Roofing Contractors (7,820) The industry with the most $ in penalties: 23816 / Roofing Contractors ($33,003,232) #Cited […]
Water found in improperly maintained eyewash stations is more likely to contain organisms (e.g., Acanthamoeba, Pseudomonas, Legionella) that thrive in stagnant or untreated water and are known to cause infections. When a worker uses an eyewash station that is not maintained, organisms in the water may come into contact with the eye, or skin, or
The Denver Regional Office brought to our attention a fatal accident involving a 20-pound propane cylinder regulator that broke off when the cylinder fell. The regulator was vulnerable to this kind of damage because it protruded past the cylinder’s protective collar. Using unguarded regulators on propane cylinders appears to be a common practice on construction
For my adult life, smoke detectors have been the “safety norm” in homes and residential occupancies such as hotels, motels, dormitories, etc. Even now, we are moving towards these structures having CO detectors. In fact, many brands make a CO/Smoke Detector as one unit. With the rise in home explosions from natural gas leaks, I
Dust collectors for combustible dust will have a deflagration vent(s). These vents are like weak-seam welded roofs in that they are large surface area vent covers that relieve the pressure inside the dust collector should there be an explosion inside the collector. As one can imagine, someone standing in the path of these vent covers
Many facilities have security requirements due to their handling, storage, and/or processing of certain hazardous materials. These facilities will use perimeter security barriers such as fencing and personnel turnstiles. And one of the top egress questions we get during audits is regarding the security turnstiles that are also part of the emergency egress path. OSHA’s
If the means of egress bothers you, look no further than your state’s fire code for a beefed-up standard on egress. OSHA standards are outdated and only intended to establish a “floor” that every employer has to work above. Even OSHA will tell you that complying with their standards will NOT help a business achieve
Respondent is the owner and operator of a facility that produces olefins, ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, Methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), ethylene glycols, propylene glycols, ethanolamines, morpholine/Diglycolamine (DGA) surfactants. The facility is divided into nine process areas. The first area contains the propylene glycol unit G2. The second area contains the morpholine/DGA unit E7. The third
NOTE: I usually do not post RMP citations with this small of an amount, but this was a rare Program 1 citation, so I felt there was some learning to this. Respondent operates a polyurethane manufacturing facility with over 10,000 pounds of methyl formate in a process at the Facility. Methyl formate is a “regulated
This is a real event – not a training event. PPE matters when dealing with a flammable liquids fire (even the potential for)… Flammable Liquid Fire Footage from Orange County Fire Authority on Vimeo.
The Phoenix Fire Department has issued a nice SOP for their responses to flammable liquids. It would make a really nice start for a facility’s Emergency Response Plan where a response to a flammable liquid(s) spill/release. CLICK HERE
Relief systems include, but are not limited to, relief valves, relief headers, relief drums, and rupture disks. Design basis means documenting how the loads and sizes of the relief system and inlet and outlet sizes were determined. This includes:
