Recently I was asked to help an organization with their Line Break/Process Opening Procedure and Permit. Anyone who has been through this process quickly realizes there is ZERO guidance from OSHA or any RAGAGEP as to what needs to be in the program and most notably the scope of the program. This organization has several […]
Just an FYI, as I know many of you are working on your 2014 5-year resubmittal, EPA issued an update to the RMP*eSUBMIT Users’ Manual in March 2014. No real changes in the manual other than some nice additions of “screen shots”. Here is a link to the new 2014 manual: http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2013-11/documents/rmpesubmit_users_manual.pdf
MANY THANKS to my RENEWING Partners in Safety Since 2013 since 2011 since 2006 2014 Fatality Tracker Electrical 17 (2013 = 32) (2012 = 68) Forklift/Manlift 15 (2013=62) (2012 = 52) Mining* 19 2013=87*) (2012 = 92*) *no longer includes China Explosions 41 (2013=194) (2012 = 241) Cranes 9 (2013=51) (2012 = 52) Falls
Since January, I have been puzzled by the reporting from all agencies and media that the explosion shown in the video below involved a fuel oil tank. I have been intimately involved with fire/explosion investigations for many years. I have never seen a type of fuel oil stored in an atmospheric storage tank under any
This was a joke of a Belgian fire dept, done on a rail track thas was not in use because of maintenance work. MANY THANKS FF@Tijgernest Hey, this past week our funny photo went viral throughout the whole world. Thousands of shares and likes in many different countries! Once and for all: the picture was taken
My article a couple of weeks ago generated a lot of questions and concerns reagrding Level A suits. I thought this video would be helpful for those who have never tested or seen a pressure test on a Level A suit. PLEASE DO NOT consider this a training video that I am providing – it
I am IN NO WAY CONDONING this if it were done outside of the Incident Command (as it appears it was) but this is how modern technology could be used to recon these massive scenes WITHOUT putting responders at risk. Of course had there been an H2 car leaking and this drone flew over it,
The final count of fatal work injuries in the United States in 2012 was 4,628, up from the preliminary count of 4,383 reported in August 2013. The final 2012 total was the second-lowest annual total recorded since the fatal injury census was first conducted in 1992. The overall fatal work injury rate for the United
A janitor was cleaning a washroom located beside a mechanical compressor room. The compressor provided refrigeration to an indoor ice skating rink. The janitor’s body was discovered hours after he failed to check in. The cause of death was found to be a refrigerant (Freon-22) that had leaked from the compressor. Without any warning, the
