2018 Photo of the Week #9 (ASME B31 Weld it’s NOT)
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EPA RMP & EPCRA citations @ cold storage facilities (NH3 & $329K for RMP and $90K for EPCRA)
Respondent is the owner and/or operator of five (5) cold storage facilities. Two of the facilities are both in the same industrial group, are located across a road from each other and are therefore located on one or more contiguous properties. Both are under the control of Respondent and are buildings that contain equipment that…...
PRCS personnel hoisting system(s)
The summer of 2015 we got the much anticipated OSHA standard: Confined Spaces in Construction. And as OSHA has stated, this standard was meant to cover permit-required confined spaces (PRCS) in the construction industry, but also to “correct” some of the conflicts in the general industry PRCS standard (1910.146). In my August 2015 postings, we…...
OSHA’s “paperwork” requirements clarify expectations in the Confined Spaces in Construction Standard
The following sections describe who uses the information collected under each requirement, as well as how they use it. Employers and employees would use these information collection requirements when they identify a confined space at a construction worksite. The purpose of the information would permit employers and employees to systematically evaluate the dangers in confined…...
When your hot gas defrost just isn’t get’n her done!
Just when you think you have seen it all, some business steps up and surprises me once again! This time we visit a refrigeration process at a cold storage facility that specialized in fruit juice concentrates. This team did not like to “defrost” their evaporators the traditional way using hot gas; so much that they preferred to…...
One Entrant, Two “would-be rescuers” Fatal PRCS Incident (2017, Unknwn Cause of HAZ ATM, Tanker Truck)
At approximately 12:10 p.m. on January 21, 2014, Employee #1, Employee #2, a 36-year-old male, and a coworker, a 39-year-old male with a truck washing business, were engaged in cleaning out the interior of the tanker trailer. The equipment involved was a 6,500-gallon tanker trailer which was pulled in for interior cleaning. This tanker trailer…...
Returning to Service after Line Break/Process Opening GONE BAD (SO2 Valve)
At 12:15 a.m. on June 21, 2017, an employee was unlocking manual valves of a digester. As the valves were loosened, sulfur dioxide leaked from the drain and contacted the employee’s face. The employee sustained irritation to his lungs and eyes, which he was hospitalized and received treatment…. Membership Required You must be a member...
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) release w/ the formation of four separately-identifiable cracks
This recent event is an excellent example of why vessels have Minimum Design Metal Temperatures (MDMT) and what can happen when they are exceeded. It also is a nice example of how API RP 579-1 / ASME FFS-1, Fitness-For-Service standard can be used to ensure a vessel is fit for continued service. On January 22, 2018,…...
26 Incidents and 2 Updates (2/18/2018)
Industrial Carbide Industries employee dies after ‘workplace accident’ (CPR was performed on the employee and he was rushed him to a Hospital, but it was too late – no details available) UPDATE on CRANE FATALITY UPDATE 3rd worker dies from Manitowoc Crane accident (a third man, 38, has died of injuries he sustained in an…...
2018 Video of the Week #8 (Forklift brings down another storage rack)
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2018 Photo of the Week #8 (Dead-man Switch)
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Results of OSHA’s look back review of the LOTO standard docket S-012-B
This report presents the results of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) “Lookback” review of the Agency’s Control of Hazardous Energy Sources standard, also known as the Lockout/Tagout standard. The standard, which is codified in OSHA’s general industry standards at 29 CFR 1910.14 7, establishes requirements employers must follow to disable machinery and equipment…...