A 47-year-old male employee was fatally injured when he became engulfed by sawdust after entering a dust collection silo. The company is a hardwood flooring manufacturer. On the day of the incident, the victim was cleaning the inside of a dust collection silo containing wood dust. The fire department had been called on to extinguish […]
A 47-year-old male employee was fatally injured when he became engulfed by sawdust after entering a dust collection silo. The company is a hardwood flooring manufacturer. On the day of the incident, the victim was cleaning the inside of a dust collection silo containing wood dust. The fire department had been called on to extinguish
A 38-year-old male employee was fatally injured when he became exposed to an oxygen deficient atmosphere. The victim, a Stage Technician, was an employee of a live show theater company and was responsible for venting cold liquid carbon dioxide (fog) onto the stage. The CO2 would give a large cloud to mask the actor
A 38-year-old male employee was fatally injured when he became exposed to an oxygen deficient atmosphere. The victim, a Stage Technician, was an employee of a live show theater company and was responsible for venting cold liquid carbon dioxide (fog) onto the stage. The CO2 would give a large cloud to mask the actor
Here is a nice presentation from on EPA’s National Enforcement Initiative (NEI) on Ammonia Refrigeration with pictures of some of their findings involving: Housekeeping as a leading indicator Corrosion and CUI Deadman Valve issues (missing deadman, missing plugs, handle manipulated) Hose Failures SAFTENG members can see the images and download the ppt file
Here is a nice presentation from on EPA’s National Enforcement Initiative (NEI) on Ammonia Refrigeration with pictures of some of their findings involving: Housekeeping as a leading indicator Corrosion and CUI Deadman Valve issues (missing deadman, missing plugs, handle manipulated) Hose Failures SAFTENG members can see the images and download the ppt file
P1 P2 P3 Third-party audits (applies to the next scheduled audit after an accident) √ √ Incident Root Cause Analysis (only for facilities with accidents/near misses) √ √ Safer Technologies Alternatives Analysis (STAA) (applies to a subset of P3’s in certain NAICS codes) √ Coordinating Emergency Response Program Requirements with
I have an on going debate with a new food client on their “spiral freezers” being a Permit-Required Confined Space(s). In my professional opinion, a spiral freezer, at least all the ones I have been around, are without a doubt a PRCS. This company, including their brand manufacturer, are claiming they are not – based
I have written about the differences between a CS vs. PRCS many times, but one situation that we must NEVER loose sight of is that many PRCS today are caused by the work taking place within them and NOT the normal PRCS hazards. What do I mean by this? The entry supervisor checks the atmosphere
JZ and I got our ASSP Safety2019! reviews today, as well as the recorded sessions were made available last night. Some of those who sent me a not so nicely worded e-mail after the conference have since relistened to the session and a couple of them actually apologized. Although not all have decided I am
One of the weakness of OSHA’s PRCS standard(s) (1910.146 and 1926.1200) is that when the space is evaluated and it is determined to only be a Confined Space (CS). Too often we let down our guard and assumed the space will pose no hazards to the workers entering the space. Recently I was made aware
One of the more common misses by a lot of businesses, especially those using pressure vessels (PVs) in their PSM/RMP covered processes, is the “initial inspection” at the time of installation. We have discussed the “change of service” inspection several times; however, this inspection is for NEW PVs being installed. This requirement will certainly apply
