In November 2015, an operator at an explosives manufacturing plant was tasked with transferring aluminium grit atomised powder (aluminium powder) from a flexible intermediate bulk container (IBC) outside the plant to the hopper inside the plant. Using a pneumatically-driven vacuum suction pump and transfer pipe work (which incorporated five metres of PVC piping) the operator successfully transferred part of…...
An elevator superintendent, 41, suffocated when his lifeline tangled in an unguarded and rotating auger. OSHA investigators determined three workers, including the elevator superintendent, had been standing over the unguarded auger using a pole in an attempt to dislodge soybean debris in a grain bin that contained more than 50,000 bushels of soybeans sloped 12…...
In the last 10 years, RMP data show that there have been more than 1,500 reportable accidents, about 500 of which had off-site impacts. These accidents are responsible for nearly 60 deaths, some 17,000 people were injured or who sought medical treatment, almost 500,000 people evacuated or sheltered-in-place and more than $2 billion in property…...
11/22/2017 UPDATE – Nice write-up Dap-1 Ammonia Tank Explosion: Safety and Security Concerns in Chemical Process Plant in Bangladesh Two DAP officials found guilty – an engineer and the general manager of the plant were found responsible for the accident. The accused have been found guilty of negligence in duty as they did not inspect the safety…...
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Absolutely it can, and allow me to explain how. We start our Risk Management Plan (RMP) program(s) level assessment with Program 1, then if our process(s) does not qualify for Program 1 we ask ourselves if our process(s) would be a Program 3, and then if the process does NOT qualify for Program 1 or 3, then…...
WARNING! Viewer Discretion advised. No blood or gore, but it is an accident caught on camera and may be upsetting to some viewers. 1910.178(n)(4) The driver shall be required to slow down and sound the horn at cross aisles and other locations where vision is obstructed. If the load being carried obstructs forward view, the driver…...
Results of a recently completed 2015 NIOSH study confirm the necessity of the current Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) respirator fit testing requirement, both annually and when physical changes have occurred. The study’s conclusions emphasize that respirator users who have lost more than 20 pounds should be re-tested to be sure that the current size…...
We don’t see this often, so I feel it is worthy of posting this RMP Citation. I have written several articles about this and posted a couple of citations. This one was just posted this week… Process Safety Information [40 C.F.R. 68 .65(c)(l)(iii)] – $300 [Facility] failed to include quantities containing regulated substances purchased for its facility…...
A few weeks back I posted a OSHRC decision where an OSHA citation for not treating the CNC doors as guards was upheld. Since then I have received numerous e-mails and a few phone calls telling me I am crazy, as if it was my decision. Then last week the Video of the Week was…...
The company specializes in the cleaning of gasoline and gasoline tanks for gasoline retailers. On December 30 and 31, 2014, OSHA’s Compliance Officer (CSHO) conducted an inspection following a fatal accident at that worksite. An employee died after being found unresponsive at the bottom of a well containing a submersible turbine pump (STP) at a…...
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