The textile factory worker is left unconscious on his feet after getting his head stuck in a machine. When firefighters arrived at the factory they found the worker unconscious and being held upright because his head was clamped by the machine. FF’s had to use expansion tools to pry apart the machine so the man…...
At least once a year some company who got a VPP approval tries to use that approval as a vehicle to get out of a citation. In this OSHRC case, a contractor at a chemical facility had a tankcar cleaning accident that claimed the life of a worker. The worker entered a railcar to retrieve…...
CAL-OSHA has published a very nice LOTO manual with many great tips for everyone, inside and outside of the state of CA! Failure to develop and follow lockout and blockout procedures before working on machinery is one of the major causes of serious injury and death in the USA. Workers can become electrocuted – or…...
The general industry standard, 1910.106, Flammable Liquids, is complex and covers many work environments and situations. This fact sheet covers only the basic storage, transfer, and transport requirements. Rules for heavier industrial applications; underground storage facilities; and for building tanks, containers, and other specialized items are in the standard. All references in this fact sheet are…...
OSHA has cited a trucking business for 11 safety and health violations, including one willful, for deficiencies in its permit-required confined space program and other workplace hazards. An inspection began in April after a temporary worker, who was cleaning the inside of a tanker trailer without proper training, was found unconscious and later died from…...
On the 20th of October 2011 there was a traffic accident in Murcia (Spain) involving a Liquid Natural Gas tanker which resulted in the cargo exploding. This the second explosion of this type recorded in the World, following that which occurred in Tivissa (Spain) in 2002. The initial accident occurred when the tanker collided with…...
The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) requires businesses that store and/or manufacture, process, or use certain chemicals to complete the Tier II (EPCRA 311 and 312) Report and/or the Toxics Release Inventory (EPCRA 313) Report, also called the Form R. Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act focuses on risk management for accident…...
WY-OSHA (within the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services (DWS) will cite a refinery with $707,000 in fines for 22 violations found at the company’s Wyoming refinery operation. The violations are the result of a May 2013 OSHA inspection which stemmed from an employee complaint and several gas releases that the refinery voluntarily reported to DWS…...
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MANY THANKS to my RENEWING Partners in Safety 2013 Fatality Tracker Electrical 30 (2012 = 68) (2011 = 81) (2010 = 90) (2009 = 100) Forklift/Manlift 59 (2012 = 52) (2011 = 84) (2010 = 110) (2009 = 88) Mining* 78 (2012 = 92*) (2011 = 248) (2010 = 480) (2009 = 586) *no…...
The Facility is a frozen food storage and distribution facility, which contains anhydrous ammonia refrigeration equipment. On September 15, 16 and 20, 2011 , EPA conducted inspections (“the 2011 Inspections”) at the Facility to determine compliance with Section 112(r) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7412(r). The 2011 Inspections revealed a number of safety concerns…...
An ethanol business has been cited for 15 health and safety violations by OSHA after a worker was fatally engulfed in corn inside a grain storage bin on April 19 at the ethanol manufacturing facility. The worker entered the grain bin in an attempt to unclog the floor chute and became engulfed when corn began…...
