As with any safety effort, there are varying degrees of what all of us would consider being compliant vs. world-class safety. When we enter the PSM/RMP realm, this line gets even blurrier since these are “performance-oriented” standards. But a PSM/RMP audit SHOULD be much more than looking at just 1910.119 and Part 68! There are […]
Reps. George Miller (D-Calif.) and Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) have requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigate gaps in regulatory oversight of the West, Texas fertilizer plant where an April 17 explosion killed 15 and injured more than 200. Miller, the senior Democratic member of the Education and the Workforce Committee, and Courtney, the senior Democratic member of
Does a PSM/RMP facility have to have an emergency response team? One of the most frequent questions I have gotten over the past several years so here is my official response: No and Yes. Thanks for reading and send donations to ….. LOL! A little consulting humor there. Seriously, the employer has choices, but ULTIMATELY
OSHA has cited an industrial cleaning contractor for 28 serious safety violations following the death of a worker who fell from a ladder inside of a storage tank, apparently after being overcome by methylene chloride vapors at a chemical manufacturing facility. Eighteen of the serious violations involve confined space entry requirements, such as…
Many THANKS to my NEWEST and RENEWING Corporate Partners in Safety… since 2004 since 2013 since 2008 since 2010 2013 Fatality Tracker Electrical 6 (2012 = 68) (2011 = 81) (2010 = 90) (2009 = 100) Forklift/Manlift 21 (2012 = 52) (2011 = 84) (2010 = 110) (2009 = 88) Mining* 25 (2012 =
Risk assessment is the process where you: Identify Hazards Analyze Hazardsor Assess the risk that hazard poses to people, equipment, business Determine appropriate ways to eliminate or control the hazard
This is a first for me, that I can remember, but EPA discovered the facilities (2) started up BEOFRE they had submitted their RMPs. The start-up date was approximately 30 before the RMPs were submitted. Respondent constructed and assisted in the commissioning and start-up of an ethanol manufacturing facility, which consists of buildings, equipment, structures,
On March 19, 2012 EPA conducted a compliance inspection of food facility to determine its compliance with the Risk Management Plan (“RMP”) regulations. EPA has determined that Respondent violated the following regulations:
This week while doing an S&H audit Dennis and I came across a maintenance manager who moved us into the digital era (LOL)! We had always measured the rise and run of stairs and then compared this data to Table D-1 in 1910.24. This year Dennis handed down to me his Sears brand magnetic “angle
Facility has been cited for 13 safety and health violations by OSHA following an inspection at its manufacturing facility. Proposed fines total $62,000. One REPEAT safety violation, with a penalty of $22,000, involves the employer failing to reduce the pressure in a compressed air device to less than 30 pounds per square inch when using
