In my upbringing in the chemical industry I had the opportunity to work with some outstanding engineers; too many to mention by name. These men and women took time out of their busy schedules to teach me process safety. One of these engineers was very strict about his process piping and every engineer in the […]
MANY THANKS to Matt Bunner, Safety Professional Extraordinaire, for sharing this video with us. I always knew it could happen and here we see it happening. The bolt turns in one direction and the nut turns in the other. SAFETY PINS MATTER!
The ZorbitTM Energy Absorber is used with horizontal lifeline systems to limit fall arrest forces on the worker in the event of a fall. 3M Fall Protection (formerly Capital Safety) has identified a production issue with its Zorbit Energy Absorbers that creates a risk of serious injury or death for a user in the event of a
Between 2005 and 2015 there were 85 DEATHS due to fires or explosions, including 28 HW deaths. Causes of these fatalities include improper hot work practices and assuming that empty oilfield equipment does not present a fire or explosion hazard.
Enforcement Delay Notice Note: OSHA is NOT implementing the July 2015 memo on the retail exemption. The Department is considering its options in light of the D.C. Circuits decision in Agricultural Retailers Association et al. v. United States Department of Labor and OSHA (D.C. Cir. Case Nos. 15-1326 and 15-1340).
Metrics are measures that are used to evaluate and track the performance of a facility’s process safety management program. For facilities that handle highly hazardous chemicals, metrics can be used to quantify how a process has performed historically, how it might perform in the future, and where improvements can be made to keep workers safe.
WARNING! Viewer Discretion is STRONGLY ADVISED. This video is a CCTV clip showing a worker dying in a hydraulic press, no blood or guts; but you see a man die before your eyes. He died from compression asphyxiation. We can see the press has serious safety issues (no two-hand controls or light curtain). I wonder how
This week’s photo is a perfect example of “breaking the plane” of a Confined Space, but it also shows a hazard that even OSHA does not cover. Hint: guillotine
In September 2016 NIOSH published revised IDLH value for nine (9) hazardous materials.
OSHA has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to add two (2) quantitative fit-testing protocols to the agency’s Respiratory Protection Standard. The protocols would apply to employers in the general, shipyard and construction industries. This proposed rulemaking would allow employers greater flexibility in choosing fit-testing methods for employees. The proposed rule would NOT require an
OSHA has long stated that “entry permits” which contain exposure data MUST be maintained per 1910.1020. However, this requirement seems to not be well understood. It seems we find companies that prohibit entry into any hazardous atmosphere are keeping warehouses full of closed entry permits and those companies that are actually entering hazardous atmospheres are throwing
