This week I came across a perfect example demonstrating how OSHA’s recent 1926 Subpart AA – Confined Spaces in Construction can impact BOTH construction sites AND workplaces normally covered by General Industry Standards (1910). A lot of businesses who deal with tanker trucks will have a “scale” for weighing these trucks. This week while working at a clients…...
Violation Summary Serious Willful Repeat Other Unclass Total Initial Violations 10 10 Current Violations 10 10 Initial Penalty $107,918 $107,918 Current Penalty $91,724 $91,724 Violation Items # ID Type Standard Curr$ Init$ LastEvent 1. 01001 Serious 19100022…...
A 38-year-old welder was fatally injured while doing maintenance on a large chip conveyor at a commercial wood chipping facility. A new conveyor system had been installed to move wood chips from a large chipper to the yard area. The system was operational but not complete. Two workers, including a welder, were working at the…...
In April, 2011, an ammonia leak at a large warehouse where anhydrous ammonia is used in the refrigeration system in a cold storage building. In this incident, one worker was burned on the arm from the escaping gaseous ammonia. An estimated 3600 pounds of ammonia evaporated into the air during this incident. As part of the…...
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Back in January 2012 I posted a study that was conducted in conjunction with the Faculty of the Undergraduate College of Integrated Science and Technology, James Madison University, Virginia; the Harrisonburg (VA) Fire Department; and the Harrisonburg (VA) Rescue Squad HRS. This week I present to you a hands-on “study” done by the “HAZMAT Guys“,…...
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An electrical contractor was under contract to update the energy monitoring and control system of a Hospital. An employee of the contractor who was “troubleshooting” (quotations added by me) the system was burned when an arc flash occurred as he worked near energized electrical parts. The contractor reported the employee injury to OSHA which initiated…...
Respondent owns and operates a facility that produces, processes, handles, and/or stores a regulated extremely hazardous substance, anhydrous ammonia. The facility uses anhydrous ammonia in a closed-circuit refrigeration system to produce and store ice. Though the ice maker process runs continually, employees are not normally present at the facility outside of business hours. On March…...
Respondent owns and operates a soft drink manufacturing facility where it manufactures soft drinks and fills various can sizes and bottles for consumption. As a part of its manufacturing operations, the Facility utilizes a refrigeration cooling system, Ammonia is the refrigerant in the cooling system. The cooling system is used to lower the temperature at which…...
Respondent is a municipality operating two “stationary sources”, the Water Treatment Plant (WTP) and the Waste-Water Treatment Plant (WWTP). At the time of the inspection, respondent had submitted and registered RMPlans for each of its stationary sources at the WTP and the WWTP and had developed an RMProgram accidental release prevention program for each of…...
Following up on a 2012 post about complying with 1910.95(j), I wanted to share a working example of how I document my “hearing protector attenuation” evaluation. I think the example speaks for it’s self, but if you need a reference as to what this exercise is meant to accomplish please refer to my 2012 post Hearing…...
