This is an interesting CAFO! The facility has a 30,000 gallon LPG tank which they use the fuel for heating water to produce steam to cook its product. The LPG is exempted from Part 68 since it is “used as a fuel”; HOWEVER, EPA pulled out their “General Duty Clause” and cited the facility for the […]
The research reported here assessed the costs and benefits of the proposed California process safety management (PSM) and California Accidental Release Prevention regulations that are designed to improve safety at oil and gas refineries in California. The authors estimate these costs and benefits in four categories: costs to industry (to implement the regulation), costs to
The SPAR-H method applied in this study could analyze and quantify the potential human errors and extract the required measures for reducing the error probabilities in PTW system. Some suggestions to reduce the likelihood of errors, especially in the field of modifying the performance shaping factors and dependencies among tasks are provided. The PTW process
At a brewery, the base plate-to-shell weld seam of a 90-m3 vertical cylindrical steel tank failed catastrophically. The 4-ton tank “took off” like a rocket leaving its contents behind, and landed on a van, crushing it. The top of the tank reached a height of 98′. The internal overpressure responsible for the failure was an
An ice manufacturer using anhydrous ammonia in the plant’s refrigeration system under went an OSHA PSM inspection in September 2015. OSHA’s inspection found that the plant failed to: Document that equipment used in the refrigeration system complied with recognized and generally accepted engineering practices. Conduct a pre-startup safety review following modifications to the refrigeration system.
2016 Fatality Tracker Electrical 4 (2015 = 38) (2014 = 55) (2013 = 32) (2012 = 68) Forklift/Aerial 12 (2015 = 48) (2014 = 60) (2013 = 62) (2012 = 52) Mining* 6 (2015 = 21) (2014 = 401) (2013 = 87*) (2012 = 92*) *ONLY USA Explosions 13 (2015 = 135) (2014 = 157)
Something tells me neither manufacturer intended their tool to be used like that!
2018 UPDATE – NTSB Report issued on this incident From the NTSB Report… About 6:20 a.m., as the combination vehicle was traveling northbound on US Highway 431 (US-431), a two-lane undivided highway, near Stroud, Alabama, it entered a right curve near the intersection of County Route 256 and began to encroach on the southbound lane,
Respondent is a company doing business as a cold storage facility. The Respondent has an RMProgram covered process, ammonia refrigeration, which stores or otherwise uses ammonia, in an amount exceeding its applicable threshold of 10,000 pounds. Based on an RMProgram compliance monitoring investigation initiated on October 29, 2013, the EPA alleges that the Respondent violated
WARNING! This video shows a fatality occurring – VIEW DISCRETION IS ADVISED. A worker was operating a Computer Numeric Control machine, commonly called CNC. As you will see (NOT graphic) he OPENS the door to the machine, which was an interlocked door, and leans into the machine – something he did hundreds of times a
3/31/2016 UPDATE – The Ohio State Fire Marshal’s Office says the cause of an explosion and fire is undetermined. Their investigation is complete and they have turned matters over to the insurance company(s). 3/14/2016 UPDATE – Best video yet (however it is one of the workers we saw in a previous video standing too close)
My attempt at trying to convince others that BOTH non-entry and entry style rescue are REQUIRED for entries into PRCS, with OSHA providing an exception to NON-ENTRY Style rescue and NO exceptions for Entry Style Rescue.
