Most, unfortunately not all, process safety professionals will agree that doing a “line break” on an actual process pipe containing the PSM/RMP covered chemical (HHC/EHS) falls within 1910.119(f)(4) or 68.69(d). But when it comes to “process hoses”, there remain many application questions. For me, any time the “process” is opened I break the task down…...
At 8:30 p.m. on May 11, 2017, two employees had been welding a pipe assembly and installed it on a chlorine tank. Employee #1 opened a valve to transfer the liquid chlorine from a supply tank into the weigh tank. A flange fitting was not tightened and both employees were sprayed with liquid chlorine. Both…...
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Excellence in human performance is more likely if front-line workers, support staff, and managers embrace the following underlying truths or principles that provide the bases for the behaviors. Integrating these principles into management and leadership practices, worker practices, and the organization’s processes and values will help guide the development of a philosophy and strategy for…...
Industrial STEAM Worker burned in triumph accident (worker was seriously burned in an accident about 10:30 a.m. – the woman was in stable condition after suffering steam burns on the front part of her body) FORKLIFT FATALITY Worker Dies in Forklift Accident at Marine Terminal (a longshore worker was killed in a forklift accident at…...
This week the CSB issued their report and video on the Kansas WRONG CHEMICAL – WRONG TANK incident. The CSB found that over the years a number of injuries have occurred as a result of similar incidents involving inadvertent mixing during unloading. PHMSA reviewed serious incident data involving bulk loading and unloading of hazardous materials transported via highway…...
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What’s changed in CAMEOfm 3.4.1 and Tier2 Submit 2017 “rev 2”? In November, the CAMEOfm 3.4 and Tier2 Submit 2017 program releases included new physical and health hazard categories to match the revised Safety Data Sheet (SDS) options described in OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard of 2012. Newer versions of those programs are now available with…...
This week the state of Oregon removed the prohibition of citizens fueling their own vehicles at gas pumps; leaving the state of New Jersey as the sole state that prohibits their citizens from pumping their own gas. Here is an excellent article explaining how these prohibitions began in New Jersey. But the reaction of the…...
