2015 Video of the Week #32 (Crane(s) Collapse)
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Agricultural Retailers Association’s Letter to OSHA regarding the “retail exemption”
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EPA RMP General Duty Clause citation @ chemical plant (36% Hydrochloric Acid; $30K)
The respondent produces, processes, stores, and/or handles extremely hazardous substances, including hydrochloric acid (36%), due to its toxic and corrosive characteristics and propensity to volatilize in ambient air. On July 25, 2014, there was a release of hydrochloric acid (36%) at the Facility. An operator while on his normal rounds gauging the Boiler I house…...
Using Purged and Pressurized Enclosures for Electrical Equipment (Hazardous Locations)
Everyone once in a while we come across purged and pressurized enclosures during our PSM/RMP audits involving processes that contain/process flammable liquids or gases. These purged and pressurized enclosures are used in lieu of using enclosures that are either intrinsically safe or explosion proof. But this method of protecting the process from ignition sources is…...
2015 Photo of the Week #31 (Electrical)
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2015 Video of the Week #31 (They walk among us and WE have to train them)
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46 incidents & 3 updates (7/30/15)
Over 12,500 exclusive unsafe acts/conditions and accident/injuries photos and over 1,100 ppt’s & doc’s from more than 2,797 contributors! Many THANKS to my NEW and RENEWING “Partners in Safety“ 2015 Fatality Tracker Electrical 28 (2014 =55) (2013 = 32) (2012 = 68) Forklift/Aerial 28 (2014 = 60) (2013=62) (2012 = 52) Mining* 18…...
OSHA Heat App and Heat Illness Awareness
Summer’s here and temperatures are rising in the Southwest. Extreme heat kills dozens of workers every year, and sickens thousands more. Tips and tools from OSHA can help keep workers – and others – safe. Among the most at-risk industries are construction, transportation, agriculture and landscaping. New and temporary workers are especially susceptible to heat-illness…...
When is a compressed gas cylinder in “storage”?
Anyone who has done any audits knows this question carries a lot of weight, since cylinders “in use” have different safety requirements versus cylinders that are “in storage”. The great safety folks at OR-OSHA have provided a really nice flow chart we can use to establish the state the cylinder is in so that the…...
OSHA PSM citations @ energy facility (Flammables & $112K)
On Jan. 20, a pressure-relief device released flammable gas and liquid into the atmosphere; it burned for more than two hours. OSHA investigated the facility and cited the employer for one willful and six serious safety violations. The violations included failing to train operators, update operating procedures, conduct a management of change analysis when changing…...
EPA RMP General Duty Clause citation @ power plant (Hydrogen Peroxide; $30K)
Respondent owns and operates a Power Plant (“Facility”) which produces processes, handles, or stores, among other things, hydrogen peroxide, which is an extremely hazardous substance when stored in a carbon steel tank and produces hydrogen, a regulated substance, when reacting with carbon steel. On July 25, 2014, there was an incident in which a tank…...
OSHA issues proposed rulemaking clarifying the ongoing obligation to make and maintain accurate records of work-related injuries and illnesses
OSHA today issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that clarifies an employer’s continuing obligation to make and maintain an accurate record of each recordable injury and illness throughout the five-year period during which the employer is required to keep the records. OSHA is issuing this proposed rule in light of the decision of the U.S…....