Over 12,500 exclusive unsafe acts/conditions and accident/injuries photosand over 1,300 ppt’s & doc’s from more than 2,797 contributors! MANY THANKS to my RENEWING “Partner in Safety” for their continued support! since 2008 since 2004 2015 Fatality Tracker Electrical 40 (2014 =55) (2013 = 32) (2012 = 68) Forklift/Aerial 51 2014 = 60) (2013=62)…...
This is an IMPROPERLY wired disconnect switch. Suspicions are that it was done on purpose so that management could not recognize the machine was still powered on while maintenance/servicing was taking place. But if ALL workers did not know about this and just turned the switch off and did NOT verify zero energy this could…...
This is from a surveillance camera at a gas station during business hours, this captures a fuel truck delivery driver and a fire that results from flammable gasoline vapors escaping from the underground tank as the delivery is made. As a car approaches the station heat from the brakes and or engine ignite the gasoline…...
With OSHA’s recent revision of their definition of “retail”, there are literally thousands of ammonia facilities that have entered into the world of PSM and have gone from RMP 2 to RMP 3. So this posting is just to offer some insight and/or an alternative to API 510 inspection practices and to help those facilities…...
Scenario: An employee scratched his index finger on a vinyl saw clamp at work. He immediately began walking to the onsite first aid station to obtain a Band-Aid. On the way, the injured employee met a co-worker who told him that he had a Band-Aid in his pocket. As the co-worker began to apply the…...
For many years OSHA has taken the position that the company who “supervises the daily activities” of the worker is the company who has to record their injuries on their 300 Log. I am guessing that with all the recent emphasis on “temporary workers”, the recordabiity question was asked once again and ONCE AGAIN OSHA…...
More than 50,000 preliminary assessments were reviewed by DHS from facilities with chemicals of interest 3,146 facilities are currently covered by CFATS More than 3,000 facilities voluntarily removed, reduced, or modified their holdings of chemicals of interest 2,111 visits to assist facilities with compliance 3,242 Security Plans authorized 2,658 Authorization Inspections conducted…...
According to the results of the survey, the average safety professional is a man. More than three-quarters (77.6 percent) of respondents were male, while only 22.4 percent were female. Another defining feature: age. Nearly two-fifths (17.4 percent) of the respondents are at least 60 years old, and more than half (54.3 percent) are at least…...
Enclosed are the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG’s) three fiscal year 2015 management challenges and one internal control weakness for consideration as part of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act review. The Reports Consolidation Act of 2000 requires our office to report what we consider the most serious…...
This week (November 2015) I have been working with a small employer who is not staffed with a full time EHS professional Great folks, but like many small employers we have a ways to go to get where we need to be. So we started with what I believe to be a bedrock of any…...
GENERAL ALLEGATIONS Respondent operates a controlled temperature laboratory, where it conducts research on the effect of cold temperatures on equipment, structures and technological systems, at its Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory. The Facility is located approximately two miles north of the center of Hanover, New Hampshire. The 30-acre site is bordered on the north…...
MSA is issuing this User Safety Notice due to a potential safety issue involving 50ft./15m. Workman SRLs. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause. We have determined that a small percentage of Workman 50 ft./15 m. SRLs manufactured from January through August of 2015 may have an improper brake nut torque setting. This…...
