2014 Photo of the Week #50 (scissor lift, step ladder, stairs, door, scaffolding)
Can you count the violations/unsafe conditions/acts in this single photo?
Joint Full Committee Hearing – Oversight of the Implications of the President’s Executive Order on Improving Chemical Facility and Security Committee
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and The Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Date: Thursday, December 11, 2014, 10:00 AM Place: 406 Dirksen Senate Office Building 12/12/14 – UPDATE on the hearing:
Safety Showers can make great FIRST STAGE DECON station
When I teach Emergency Response courses at fixed facilities I encourage the facility to use their safety showers as their first stage (and often the only stage) of decontamination during an emergency response. For years, fixed facility personnel attended HAZMAT training with local fire departments where they were taught the traditional 4-6 stage decon line
Detonation or Deflagration? (USFA)
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/coffee-break/cb_fp_2014_48.pdf
Airline Respirator Hose Storage (firefighter fell unconscious)
Earlier this year I came across an interesting incident that occurred during a Confined Space Rescue Exercise in Vancouver Island, Canada. I further investigated by contacting WorkSafe BC directly, who then got me in touch with the Fire Chief of the FD that conducted the exercise. Here is what happened in September 2013 and what
OSHA insists recordkeeping obligations are ongoing (United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. circuit ruled differently)
OSHA is making a formal request of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health to submit a recommendation on whether the agency should proceed with proposed amendments to the recordkeeping regulations at 29 CFR Part 1904. The proposed amendments would clarify that employers have a duty to make and maintain accurate records of work-related
Chemical Security Program Statistics as of November 1, 2014
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues to strengthen security at the Nation’s high-risk chemical facilities through the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program. Chemical Security Program Statistics as of November 1, 2014…
58 incidents & 5 updates (11/30/14)
2nd Quarter UPDATE with 289 Shocker and Accident Photos Now over 13,750 exclusive unsafe acts/conditions and accident/injuries photos and over 1,000 ppt’s & doc’s from more than 2,776 contributors! Many THANKS to my RENEWING “Partners in Safety“ since 2009 since 2014 since 2009 since 2009 2014 Fatality Tracker Electrical 50 (2013 = 32) (2012 =
2014 Video of the Week #49 (Loose Clothing around powered equipment)
WARNING! This video shows a dog in distress for a short time. The dog is fine as can be seen at the end of the video, but it will raise your blood pressure! I am sharing this video to show everyone the strength of an elevtaor and what happens when something is caught in the
EPA RMP Citations @ a latex resin manufacturing plant (vinyl acetate monomer; $47K)
Respondent does business in the State of Alabama. Respondent operates a “stationary source” that has one RMProgram covered process, latex resin manufacturing, which stores or otherwise uses vinyl acetate monomer in an amount exceeding its applicable threshold of 15,000 pounds. Respondent has submitted and registered an RMPlan to the EPA for the stationary source identified
What is a service class in Chlorine piping?
In the world of process safety, we live by our chosen and adopted Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practice(s) (RAGAGEP) and when our HHC/EHS is Chlorine (Cl2) we turn to the Chlorine Institute and their “Pamphlets” for our needs. And one of their most-used pamphlets is Pamphlet 6 – Piping Systems for Dry Chlorine.