A company was fined $200,000 for a chlorine leak incident on Sept 4, 2016, in which seven people were taken to hospital. The incident involved a chlorine leak in a cylinder stored in a chlorine storage facility. The leak triggered an alarm from one of the facility’s chlorine detectors and a worker activated the chlorine…...
RECOMMENDATIONS The NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP) recommends that fire departments ensure all firefighters responding to natural gas or propane incidents: use gas detection equipment and do not rely upon their sense of smell to determine if propane or natural gas is present understand that the odorant in natural gas or…...
This week another RMP Reconsideration Final Rule requirement was born. Many of you had already made the necessary changes to your written management system way back in December 2019, but for those of you that put things off to the last minute… well that last minute just came and is now gone! So what exactly…...
Recently we witnessed an electrical work perform a lockout on a piece of equipment that was not starting during the start-up phase of the process. This piece of equipment was absolutely critical for the process to run safely so this worker and the facility personnel witnessing this as well failed to recognize a CRITICAL mistake…...
March 12, 2021 MEMORANDUM FOR: REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS STATE PLAN DESIGNEES THROUGH AMANDA EDENS Deputy Assistant Secretary FROM: PATRICK J. KAPUST, Acting Director Directorate of Enforcement Programs SUBJECT: Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) This Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) provides new instructions and guidance to…...
A 32-year-old male employee was crushed by/caught in a rotating machine roller while attempting to package a mattress. The victim was in the process of operating the machine, rolling, and wrapping a twin-sized mattress with cellophane to prepare it for packaging and shipping when he was caught by the roller. Two machines function together to…...
We have all done it… used the words “confined space” when we were actually discussing a Permit-Required Confined Space. But in the year 2021, I hope we have come to realize the huge difference between the two types of spaces. Just merely speaking in terms of OSHA compliance, there is a good reason why 1910.146…...
The CAFO resolves alleged CAA violations that Complainant asserted occurred in conjunction with Respondent’s storage and handling of toluene diisocyanate, an extremely hazardous substance, at its former plant growth media manufacturing facility. Respondent reports that the Facility ceased operations on or about December 3, 2020. Respondent also reports that subsequently, all equipment, inventory, raw materials…...
On Feb. 25, 2021, a 26-year old plant operator died after entering a cyclone discharge box. The local fire department recovered the victim lodged in an 18-inch wide discharge pipe that was full of water. February 25, 2021, Fatality Alert.pdf… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member?...
2020 Overall 1910 MFC Top 10: Take note: Six (6) of the top ten are from HAZCOM, Machine Guarding, and Respirator standards. And sadly, the HAZCOM issues are NOT related to the new GHS changes, but the same old issues: No written…...
While cleaning an auger used to rice potatoes, a 39-year-old production worker found her left arm caught in a running auger. The worker suffered multiple lacerations and a partial amputation of her arm. Co-workers had to cut the auger apart to free her arm. An investigation in September 2020 by OSHA determined that the business…...
Respondent is the owner and/or operator of a chemical and fertilizer distribution facility. The Facility has an anhydrous ammonia storage system and loading and unloading equipment that has at all relevant times contained more than 10,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia and constitutes a single “covered process” under 40 C.F.R. § 68.3. The Facility has an…...
