This week during my ASSE PSM Training course I had conversations at lunch and after the course around the use of the “fitness bands” that seem to be so popular in “wellness programs” that so many companies are doing. These wellness plans have a lot of financial incentives to encourage employees to participate. Both of…...
Bottle #1 – WRONG; “not windex” is not a label and to top it off, look at pic #2. Sure looks like Windex and it was being used like Windex, because it was Windex! All joking aside, these types of UNSAFE labeling practices are what lead to those bizarre incidents that show up in the…...
This report summarizes the results of a Campbell Institute research project to aggregate the best practices of world-class organizations in EHS around the management of contractor and supplier safety. The area of contractor safety management is especially pertinent in an increasingly global and complex world that involves work in multiple countries, non-routine work and the use of international and…...
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OSHA initiated an inspection on Aug. 4, 2015, under its national emphasis program focused on chemical manufacturers. Inspectors found deficiencies in the employer’s equipment process safety information, process hazard analysis, written operating procedures, contractor safety, equipment inspection and testing along with management of process changes, resulting in the citations. PLEASE NOTE: this OSHA inspection cited…...
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Still one of the top questions and issues we come across today… ASME Data Sheets for Pressure Vessels. As I have written here many times, OSHA states U1 forms are NOT required for complying with the PSI requirements but don’t think for a second that a U1 form is not necessary for a fully functioning…...
This video shows BOTH aspects of a Fall Protection Plan: Personal Fall Arrest System (PFAS) and Rescue. When BOTH aspects are in place we have SUCCESS!… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
What’s changed in CAMEO Chemicals 2.5? Updated chemical library with new Levels of Concern (AEGLs, ERPGs, and PACs). Added CAS number (a chemical identification number) to the Text Summary screen. Fixed a typo in the source code for the Chamberlain equation, where the “CR” should be a multiplier in the final term of the equation…...
2016 Fatality Tracker Electrical 1 (2015 = 38) (2014 = 55) (2013 = 32) (2012 = 68) Forklift/Aerial 7 (2015 = 48) (2014 = 60) (2013 = 62) (2012 = 52) Mining* 4 (2015 = 21) (2014 = 401) (2013 = 87*) (2012 = 92*) *ONLY USA Explosions 8 (2015 = 135) (2014 = 157)…...
The 316 stainless steel pressure vessel involved had been moved into the Commonwealth of Kentucky approximately ten years prior to the accident. The vessel had originally been used as an atmospheric vessel in the manufacture of ammonium bisulfite, a raw material for caramel color, and later converted to be used as a pressurized unit. The tanks were operated…...
At a brewery in 1997, an operator confused filling nozzles for two commonly used acid cleaning agents and transferred nitric acid into a tank with P3, a proprietary phosphoric acid based cleaner that also contained 5-15 percent isopropanol. 10-15 minutes later the mixture exploded violently. The stainless steel tank disintegrated with such force that fragments…...
