For those who fall under EPA’s RMP rule, you are familiar with the three (3) program levels your process(s) will fall under and each of these program levels has varying degrees of hazard recognition requirements. Many professionals involved in process safety are familiar with the term Process Hazards Analysis (PHA), but an RMP Program 2…...
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The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), in conjunction with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)’s United States Fire Administration (USFA), has announced a new public safety campaign targeting winter fires. The Put a Freeze on Winter Fires campaign is intended to boost public awareness of common winter fire risks and to provide guidance and approaches…...
MANY THANKS to my RENEWING Partners in Safety 2013 Fatality Tracker Electrical 32 (2012 = 68) (2011 = 81) (2010 = 90) (2009 = 100) Forklift/Manlift 62 (2012 = 52) (2011 = 84) (2010 = 110) (2009 = 88) Mining* 79 (2012 = 92*) (2011 = 248) (2010 = 480) (2009 = 586) *no…...
The IAFF Division of Occupational Health, Safety and Medicine has been notified of a safety issue concerning stored fire fighter turnout gear. W.L. Gore & Associates has issued a safety alert for all users of Gore moisture barriers. The identified problem involves seam tape separation when the gear has been stored in its original packaging…...
A concrete company has been cited for ten serious safety violations by OSHA after a plant operator, 39, was fatally engulfed in a fly-ash storage silo on Aug. 6. The worker entered the cone-bottom silo in an attempt to break up clumps of fly ash that had clogged the bottom discharge. After attempts to dislodge…...
This response to your letter regarding training requirements under the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to a truck driver who is responsible for loading and unloading hazardous materials from a cargo tank motor vehicle with the power unit attached. Specifically, you are unclear on whether the Occupational Safety and Health Administration…...
A first (1st) public review of draft standard BSR/IIAR 2-201x, Safety Standard for Equipment, Design, and Installation of Closed-Circuit Ammonia Mechanical Refrigeration Systems is now open. The International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration (IIAR) invites you to make comments on the draft standard. Substantive changes resulting from this public review will also be provided for comment in a…...
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RSA Animate – Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us Of course I am posting this with the slant to “safety incentives”, but this video DESTROYS the concept of incentives with the review of some very valid and significant studies. THIS IS A MUST SEE for anyone that already has or is considering starting…...
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This week’s video is meant to keep our focus on pressure vessel management. Although this video is on a MUCH smaller scale than what an industrial plant would deal with, it does show us how a pressure vessel is hydro’ed (pressure tested), how the vessel can fail, how critical it is to uses “coded/certified” welders,…...
