2016 Photo of the Week #36 (Grinding is “hot work”… as he is about to find out!)
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2016 Video of the Week #36 (Explaining the Engulfment Hazard)
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DBI-SALA® LAD-SAF™ SLEEVE – STOP USE AND VOLUNTARY RECALL / REPLACEMENT
After more than 30 years of use in the fall protection industry, the original Lad-Saf™ sleeve has been replaced by a completely redesigned next generation Lad-Saf sleeve. Capital Safety/3M recently reviewed the performance of the original Lad-Saf sleeve in the field, including a limited number of incidents involving a serious injury or death in the United States…...
FATAL Hotwork Explosion @ pipeline station ($1.6 million for failure to follow facility procedures)
On October 8, 2015, a pipeline facility in LA experienced a reportable incident that resulted in a series of explosions, fire, four fatalities, two injuries, evacuations of nearby residences and closure of a state highway. Representatives of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) Southwest Region (SWR), responded to…...
PHMSA Proposes to Harmonize Hazardous Materials Regulations to International Standards
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is seeking comment on proposed revisions to the U.S. Hazardous Materials Regulations to maintain alignment with international standards. The changes – which include revisions to proper shipping names, hazard classes, packing groups, special provisions, packaging authorizations, air transport quantity limitations, and vessel stowage requirements – facilitate the…...
HFO-1234yf refrigerant may end up in New Zealand Refrigerators and Home ACs
New Zealand’s EPA is seeking submissions on an application to import a heat transfer gas to be used for refrigeration and air conditioning. The gas – HFO-1234yf – is for use in refrigeration and air conditioning systems in commercial and domestic settings, including in cars. The applicant, Honeywell International Inc, has applied to import HFO-1234yf…...
California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services extends CalARP Program 4 written comment deadline
The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services published a Notice of Proposed Action in the July 15, 2016 edition of the California Regulatory Notice Register (Register 2016, No. 29-Z, p. 1207) concerning the CalARP Program 4. The original comment period deadline was August 29, 2016. The Office is extending the written comment deadline to September 15, 2016…....
OSHA cites a contractor $203K for a PRCS fatality and it flies under the radar
UPDATE 4/29/2017 from OSHA Case File: At approximately 2:30 p.m. on March 19, 2016, an employee was checking an argon purge inside of a process vessel. The employee was overcome by an oxygen deficient atmosphere and fell 10-feet to the platform below. The employee suffered from possible spinal injury from the fall, and asphyxiation and was…...
Crushed by and caught-in between machinery (TN-OSHA)
A 54-year-old male employee was fatality injured while cleaning the de-stacker area of the mogul machine in the gummies department when he was crushed between a tray of product, and the frame of the de-stacker mechanism of the mogul machine. The mogul machine would become obstructed during the day with falling and shifting gummy trays,…...
Caught in Auger Fatality (TN-OSHA Inspection)
A 38-year-old male was fatality injured when his arm, and upper body was pulled into an operating auger as he leaned over the catwalk railing to clean, and sanitize a poultry processing chiller tank. The victim, along with other employees, were cleaning, and sanitizing the reverse flow, cold water chillers in a poultry processing plant…....
2016 Photo of the Week #35 (Guarding of portable powered tools)
1910.243(a)(1)(i) All portable, power-driven circular saws having a blade diameter greater than 2 in. shall be equipped with guards above and below the base plate or shoe. The upper guard shall cover the saw to the depth of the teeth, except for the minimum arc required to permit the base to be tilted for bevel cuts…....
2016 Video of the Week #35 (CNC Doors are meant to be guards!)
A couple of weeks ago I posted Machine guarding CNC Mills and Lathes (OSHRC Decision) and got all kinds of negative feedback as if I was the OSHRC. But I do have to admit that I agree with the OSHRC’s decision 100% and this video will demonstrate why the makers of the CNC style machines want their…...