PHMSA is issuing this safety advisory to notify the public of the unauthorized marking of high pressure compressed gas cylinders by Beauchesne Fire Equipment located at 21 Freeman St. Attleboro Falls, MA. Agents from the U.S. DOT Inspector General’s Office in Cambridge, MA, with assistance from a PHMSA investigator from the Eastern Region Field Operations […]
A recent incident involving an injury occurred while grinding a pipe stand in the main shop. An employee was grinding on a pipe stand with a hand grinder. As the employee was grinding the pipe stand; the grinding wheel exploded and hit the face shield causing damage to the face shield and hitting the employee
For those of you who have been using Landview to estimate your populations impacted by your WCS and ARS(s), you may be a tad disappointed to learn that it appears “Landview” will no longer be available with UPDATED data! “Landview 6” was the last update and it used the population data from the 2000 Census
A cold storage business has been cited for 14 safety violations and fined $132,800 by OSHA for exposing workers to anhydrous ammonia at its facility. The company has been placed in OSHA’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program. The March inspection was initially conducted under OSHA’s high-hazard local emphasis program. It expanded to include all items within
UPDATE: Many thanks to my friends who must remain nameless on my website for sharing their article on this topic. They are MUCH more elegant than me and quite a bit more technical, but all in all we agree… not all safeguards should be counted! For those doubting my position, you need to pay close
The Respondent produces, processes, handles and/or stores hydrogen cyanide as part of its Adiponitrile (ADN) Unit. Adiponitrile is manufactured by reacting butadiene with hydrogen cyanide to form Pentenenitrile, which is reacted with additional hydrogen cyanide to produce the Adiponitrile. The hydrogen cyanide is processed at the facility via reaction of natural gas, ammonia and air
On March 27,2013, EPA conducted a compliance inspection of Respondent’s facility to determine compliance with the Risk Management Plan (RMP) regulations promulgated at 40 C.F.R. part 68 under section 112(r)(7) of the Act. The EPA found that the Respondent had violated regulations implementing section 112(r)(7) of the Act by failing to comply with the specific
On December 14,2010, through December 16, 2010 EPA conducted a partial compliance evaluation inspection of the refinery pursuant to Section 112 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §7414 to evaluate the Facility’s compliance with the requirements of 40 CFR Part 68. Respondent uses a standard procedure for inspection of process piping systems titled Mechanical
WARNING! This video may be upsetting to some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised. PLEASE take notice that everyone in the area was wearing a Hi-VISIBILTY vest! These ONLY work when personnel can SEE the vests! NOTHING replaces following safety procedures.
You matter to me my friend and I hope I matter to you If either of us gets injured we’ll both be feeling blue. Sometimes workers are tired as they perform their daily task,If you saw them cut corners, you’d speak up, right? Sorry, I had to ask. And if you were to see co-workers
