Aqueous solutions of HCl are NOT covered under the PSM standard regardless of quantities
Robyn Brooks DEP/CPSEI/JRL Director –…...
2017 Photo of the Week #6 (Trench Shocker)
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2017 Video of the Week #6 (Ammonia Burning!)
This week’s video shows what appears to be an attempted “hot tap” procedure on an anhydrous ammonia piping. Watch closely as the escaping ammonia gas (VD<1) gets trapped under the roof and ignites from the welding sparks. The other concern is that if NH3 was present in a flammable concentration, the workers should have been in…...
The model of an Organizational Accident (Reason, 1997)
The accident sequence begins with the negative consequences of organizational processes (i.e., decisions concerned with planning, forecasting, designing, managing, communicating, budgeting, monitoring, auditing, and the like). Another very influential factor is the system’s safety culture…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
Anatomy of a flammable liquid unloading explosion, just one problem
An investigation into an explosion last year at a fertilizer plant has been completed by the State Fire Marshal’s Office and the report reads like a classic flammable liquid explosion – one small problem, Triclopyr 3 is not a flammable liquid! Triclopyr 3 has a flash point of 141°F and in today’s GHS world that…...
39 incidents & 2 updates (1/29/17)
ALL FATALITIES are colored RED Industrial MINE FATALITY Iowa worker killed in partial mine collapse (mine worker, 52, was pronounced dead after being recovered from a collapse that occurred just before 10 p.m. – he was a mine truck operator who had worked at the mine for 12 years – he was outside his truck…...
2017 Video of the Week #5 (Truss work with fall from ladder)
WARNING! Viewer Discretion Advised. A worker is setting some trusses by himself when one breaks free and falls toward him. It misses him, but the impact caused his step ladder to become unstable and he fell to the basement floor. The worker’s condition is unknown…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this...
2017 Photo of the Week #5 (That’s not what we meant when we said “Non-Entry Rescue”)
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Health, Safety & Environmental Coordinator (TX/OK)
IFS Coatings is a leader in the production of high performance powder coatings based in Gainesville, Texas. We strive to be the best supplier of high performance powder coatings meeting the specialty needs of industry with speed, integrity and responsibility to our employees, customers and communities in which we exist. Description: We are seeking a…...
OSHA Log Summary Posting Reminder
February 1st is just around the corner and this is a reminder for those of you who maintain OSHA 300 Log(s) that it is time to:… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
Technological advances in Process Safety and Permit-Required Confined Space Entries
This is an AWESOME example how technology is IMPROVING process safety and personnel safety! Many thanks to KR for sharing this with us…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
EPA delays amendments to the RMP rule
Nice headline huh? Don’t order the cake and party horns just yet, as the delay is a whopping seven (7) days and NO that is not a type-o! In accordance with the Presidential directive as expressed in the memorandum of January 20, 2017, from the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled “Regulatory…...