Recently the SAFTENG team was hired to provide some safety services during a turn-around/shutdown at a PSM/RMP facility . While out and about we came across a very interesting find… a speciality contractor with facial hair. Now this was not just any speciality contractor and the reason we were so surprised was the facility had, […]
Capital Safety is aware of an assembly issue with snaphooks manufactured by a supplier. These snaphooks are widely used components in fall protection products. The issue concerns missing or improperly installed rivets (see photograph below). The manufacturer symbol is a stamped “Y” as shown in the photograph.
Can you spot the “compliance issue” in OSHA’s Ammonia PSM photo? I had this photo presented to me as evidence that OSHA does not require “something”, can you spot what is missing in this photo? Can you cite the RAGAGEP that this photo violates? CLICK HERE for a hint. CORRECT ANSWER is that the vessel nor
PLEASE NOTE: this posting is about pressure vessel RVs discharing back into the process and not Hydrostatic RVs or pump RVs. Scenario: Process is shutdown using the emergency stop (e-stop) systems because the building is on fire. On the roof of the building/plant sit a number of vessels that have a “flooded system” which contains
This case is especially sad (or disgusting)… the company was cited a Willful in 2012 regarding a failed rescue attempt when a 37-year-old supervisor was nearly buried alive in a 25-foot silo containing 50,000 pounds of sand. Plant employees allegedly attempted to rescue the supervisor after he became engulfed in a sand bin and suffered
US EPA is concerned that some natural gas processing plants that store and process liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) may not be designed in accordance with applicable industry standards and codes. When undertaking compliance monitoring activities at such natural gas processing plants, EPA considers whether facilities are designed in accordance with recognized and generally accepted good
I want to try an clarify a couple of misconceptions that I and others may have implied over the past year. Each time I do a HAZCOM session I get asked the same questions, not from the workers, but from the EHS/Management personnel overseeing the facility’s HAZCOM program. In this post I try and answer
OSHA has cited a Frozen Food Manufacturer for six serious process safety management (PSM) violations. At about 1:40 PM on July 20, 2013, approximately 13,800 pounds of anhydrous ammonia was released when a telescoping boom attachment being moved by a forklift under one of the HPR’s struck the pipe stem located at the bottom of
Today in Omaha, NE there was an industrial accident at a business where one would expect to find combustible dusts. The accident resulted in several employees being treated for burns and there are two confirmed fatalities as of this evening. And although, we were quick to point out this accident may have involved a combustible
MANY THANKS to my NEWEST and RENEWING Partners in Safety since 2014 since 2013 since 2009 2014 Fatality Tracker Electrical 4 (2013 = 32) (2012 = 68) Forklift/Manlift 4 (2013=62) (2012 = 52) Mining* 4 2013=87*) (2012 = 92*) *no longer includes China accidents Explosions 19 (2013=194) (2012 = 241) Cranes 1 (2013=51)
