ISO 45001 is one of my favorite management systems for my non-PSM/RMP clients. But a lot of folks have no idea of what a Safety Management System is or how it functions, so here is a breakdown of ISO 45001…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member?...
Employees working at an organization that is a member of The Chlorine Institute are now eligible to receive a FREE annual membership @ SAFTENG. The Chlorine Institute has purchased a special Corporate Membership that grants any worker at a facility of a member company with FREE access to SAFTENG. The Chlorine Institute will be making…...
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Safety thought of the day… are we not safety professionals in our hearts and souls in the little hopes that we leave this world a better place than how we found it? What profession allows a committed individual to make such a profound impact on those around us? LIVE SAFETY and I promise you-you will…...
The EPA and the DOJ have entered into a Stipulation of Settlement with insecticide manufacturer to address alleged chemical accident prevention violations at its former facility. The company will pay a $3.1 million civil penalty. On November 15, 2014, an incident occurred, and nearly 24,000 pounds of methyl mercaptan (MeSH) were released within the insecticide unit. …...
The staffing company contests a two-item Citation and Notification of Penalty (Citation) issued March 20, 2017, by the Secretary. The Secretary issued the Citation following an inspection by OSHA on November 21, 2016, of a steel fabrication facility, in response to a report of a serious employee injury. The injured employee was one of several…...
Pursuant to the risk management program regulations, the owner or operator of a regulated stationary source is required to submit a correction within one month of any change in the emergency contact information (40 CFR §68.195(b)). What should the owner or operator do for the required correction if they do not have a replacement contact…...
Respondent operates a an unmanned gas processing plant that has on-site for storage, 154,110 pounds of flammable mixture. The process is a RMProgram level 2 covered process, which stores or otherwise uses a flammable mixture in an amount exceeding its applicable threshold of 10,000 pounds. On April 23, 2014, the EPA contractor conducted an on-site…...
This is without a doubt one of the top ten questions we get each year… Can employee’s be fit-tested with facial hair stubble? And not to be a smart a_s about it, the answer is still the same… NO. OSHA has been consistent over the years and my dozen or so articles on the matter…...
As safety departments get squeezed for $, we are seeing a spike in a severe deficiency in a site’s respiratory protection training. I first got wind of this when a client I was scheduled to do some respiratory protection training for canceled the course. This is a client we provide other services for, so while…...
OSHA has cited five contractors for safety and health violations after three employees were fatally injured and two others critically injured following an explosion onboard a towboat in Kentucky. The five companies collectively received 55 of violations with proposed penalties totaling $795,254. OSHA cited a ship repair contractor, an insulation contractor, two temporary staffing companies…...
