Many of you that followed my incident alerts may remember the transformer manufacturer that had a fatal PRCS accident that killed two workers and left a third injured back at the end of 2015. The three people were working on a transformer in the plant and were found unresponsive. Unofficial sources said the transformer was…...
My postings back in January were so popular I decided to put the data into EXCEL spreadsheets so that you all can play with the data as you see fit. I only did PSM (1910.119), Permit-Required Confined Spaces (1910.146), and Control of Hazardous Energy (LOTO 1910.147). Each workbook contains three (3) worksheets: 1) By #…...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Response and Restoration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Emergency Management has published this EXCELLENT guidebook which contains three (3) step-by-step fictional ALOHA example scenarios. You can complete the first two scenarios using only ALOHA. To complete the third scenario, you’ll also need the latest MARPLOT…...
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The state of Washington’s OSHA has published their DRAFT standard on Confined Spaces. The standard pretty closely mirrors federal OSHA’s 1926.1201-.1213; however, the OSHA standards in WA must be written in a much more simplified manner, thus we end up with a standard that is easier to read and WA-OSHA does an EXCELLENT job explaining…...
Friday morning (9/23/16) the United States Court of Appeals, For the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT announced that OSHA could not redefine “retail” using a Letter of Interpretation (LOI) or Memorandum, OSHA would have to go through the Notice of Public Rule Making (NPRM) in order to redefine the term. Ironically, it was a 1995 LOI that actually…...
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This week I am pulling a double whammy on guarding (Video of the week is a foot amputation in an auger). These days there are few work places that do not have this type of compactor for their “recycling” programs. This equipment is CLEARLY a PRCS, albeit one that can be easily reclassified. But as…...
WARNING VIEWER Discretion Advised – this video may be upsetting to some viewers as it shows the painstaking mistake a worker makes by using his foot to push material into a feed auger. In this video we can see the worker standing in the “dump chute” manually feeding material into an auger hopper. It appears…...
This is an interesting outcome, of which I have no knowledge as to how this deal was struck. But there was no monetary penalty and the facility has 60 days to make some seriously big changes/improvements. The biggest thing I noticed is that EPA is requiring the facility to make changes to comply with the…...
What’s changed in ALOHA 5.4.7? Updated chemical library, including new DIPPR chemical data and new toxic Levels of Concern (PACs and ERPGs). Made minor update to the RAILCAR source strength model for pressurized liquid tanks where a stationary cloud or “mist pool” is predicted to form. Revised helps. Made additional minor changes and bug fixes…....
