2015 Photo of the Week #3 (Scaffolding)
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Proposed Actions in OSHA’s Inorganic Arsenic Standard Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
Inorganic Arsenic Standard requires employers to: Monitor workers’ exposure to inorganic arsenic and notify workers of exposure-monitoring results; notify anyone who cleans protective clothing or equipment of inorganic arsenic exposure; develop, update and maintain a housekeeping and maintenance plan; monitor worker health by providing medical surveillance; post warning signs and apply labels to shipping and…...
Poor Design and Failure to Test Dust Collection System Among Causes of Flash Fire that Burned Seven Workers in 2012 (CSB)
The flash fire that burned seven workers, one seriously, in 2012 resulted from the accumulation of combustible dust inside a poorly designed dust collection system that had been put into operation only four days before the accident. The CSB investigation team concludes that the system was so flawed it only took a day to accumulate…...
Anhydrous Ammonia Safety Bulletin – Five Key Lessons to Prevent Hydraulic Shock (CSB)
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board released a safety bulletin intended to inform industries that utilize anhydrous ammonia in bulk refrigeration operations on how to avoid a hazard referred to as hydraulic shock. The safety lessons were derived from an investigation into a 2010 anhydrous ammonia release. The accident occurred before 9:00 am on the morning…...
OSHA’s Most Frequently Cited 1910 (2014)
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EPA RMP Citations @ Ethanol plant (Anhydrous Ammonia and Denaturant (i.e. natural gasoline; $5K)
On February 14 and 15, 2012, EPA conducted a compliance inspection of the Respondent’s facility to determine compliance with the Risk Management Plan (RMP) regulations promulgated at 40 C.F.R. Part 68 under Section 112(r) of the CAA. The EPA found that the Respondent had violated regulations implementing Section 112(r) of the CAA by failing to…...
Fatal Hotwork Explosion on Barge (USCG)
This fatal Hotwork Incident is a reminder of the dangers of welding inside Confined Spaces, ESPECIALLY those that contained a flammable liquid or gas! The USCG did an excellent job with this investigation and report, laying out the timeline and facts leading up to this incident that caused this incident to occur. It is a…...
Controlled vent and burn of product in derailed tank cars in Gainford, Alberta
EDMONTON, Oct. 19, 2013 /CNW/ – The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) deploys a team of investigators to the site of a rail accident west of Edmonton in Gainford, Alberta. The CN train derailed 13 cars including 4 units carrying petroleum crude oil and 9 units carrying liquefied petroleum gas. TSB will gather…...
Investigation of PRCS Flash Explosion and Injuries (BSEE)
This incident information refers to an accident that occurred onboard an offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico during maintenance and repair operations to clean several production vessels, including a high-pressure separator, the floatation cell, the wet-oil tank, and two stacked low-pressure separators, upper and lower. A flash fire ignited within one of the vessel’s causing injuries to four crew members…....
Labeling Permit Required Confined Spaces may not be as simple as some would believe
Right after doing our site Confined Space assessment, OSHA says that we must identify spaces deemed to be Permit-Required Confined Spaces. Many facilities order hundreds of signs to put on their spaces at a pretty penny… in other words; it ain’t cheap to label these spaces! So one would think that the labeling/marking would be…...
14,575 Definitions in the NFPA Glossary of Terms (NFPA)
NFPA® recently released its latest edition of the NFPA Glossary of Terms (GOT). The GOT is a list of the defined terms in all of NFPA’s published codes, standards, guides and recommended practices. The 14,575 terms are listed alphabetically and assembled into a free PDF. The document is used in a number of ways. It…...
2015 Photo of the Week #2 (PPE, well sort of!)
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