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 […]
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
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.
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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:
This is an AWESOME example how technology is IMPROVING process safety and personnel safety! Many thanks to KR for sharing this with us.
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
This is the second CSB investigation since 2008 involving a catastrophic failure of a heat exchanger (e.g. pressure vessel) that resulted in a fatality and in BOTH accidents, the heat exchanger had been ISOLATED from its relief protection. CLICK HERE for the 2008 Heat Exchanger Accident Report which involved maintenance work on the vessel which
In our line of work we come across a lot of mechanical ventilation systems that are intended to control/reduce quantities of hazardous gases/fumes/vapors in processing/work/storage areas. And in many cases the facility will hand us a document from a designer/contractor that shows the ventilation system has fans that can meet the CFM prescribed in their
One of the questions I get often is “What if an OSHA standard says one thing and my fire code says something else?” First, let me say I am so pleased when I get this question as it means there’s a business utilizing the fire code; as so many do not even know it exist.
This week OSHA issued a REVISED PSM NEP. This instruction describes an updated initiative by OSHA. Under the previous related instructions, OSHA conducted inspections of facilities covered by OSHA’s PSM standard either through an instruction specific to petroleum refineries or an instruction related to all other PSM covered chemical facilities excluding petroleum refineries. This REVISED instruction is applicable
