Safety Info Posts

2013 Photo of the Week #40 (Emergency Alarm)

You just can’t make this stuff up!  This is NOT photoshopped – this is a REAL Emergency Action Plan posting found in multiple locations around a facility.  Seems the reliability of the emergency alarm system was not meeting 1910.165, so the answer was a very reliable “back-up” system.

Hydraulic injection injury

Hydraulic injection can be defined as the puncturing of the epidermis by a jet of a fluid under pressure. Hydraulic injection injury is the term used to describe an injury sustained by an individual following an injection of fluid, usually while operating or inspecting pressurised hydraulic equipment. While reported instances of injury through hydraulic injection

Principles for proof testing of safety instrumented systems in the chemical industry (UK’s HSE)

This report relates to the proof testing of safety instrumented systems (SIS). It has been produced as part of a research project funded by the Health and Safety Executive. The contract was placed with Eutech Engineering Solutions Limited.  The objectives of the research were to define a set of guiding principles upon which proof tests of

Natural Gas Line Excavation ignition caught on camera

A perfectly placed private security camera caught the exact moment when a fire broke out at a broken gas line in downtown Columbia Wednesday afternoon.  The gas line was hit around 4 p.m. while a private contractor was digging to install underground communications lines near Richland and Sumter streets.  SCE&G employees responded to the scene,

OH EPA RMP Citations @ chemical plant ($21K)

A chemical company in Ohio has agreed to correct deficiencies in its risk management plan as part of a settlement with Ohio EPA.  The company produces detergent-grade sulfonic acid, synthetic detergents, surfactants and emulsifiers. As part of its process, it uses sulfur dioxide and sulfur trioxide.  During an October 2004 inspection, Ohio EPA determined that

OH EPA RMP Citations @ food plant (NH3)

A Cincinnati foods plant has agreed to correct repeated deficiencies in its risk management plan as part of a settlement with Ohio EPA.  The company cooks, packages and sells chicken parts. The facility keeps approximately 46,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia onsite to be used in the refrigeration process.  A 2004 Ohio EPA inspection found 10

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