OSHA has identified and sent letters (letter13.html) to approximately 9,400 workplaces whose establishments are covered by Federal OSHA and reported to OSHA a 2011 “Days Away from work, Restricted work or job Transfer injury and illness” (DART) rate greater than the average rate for their industry. The letter encourages employers to consider hiring an outside…...
OSHA has cited a refinery with repeat, serious and other-than-serious violations following the death of two workers at the crude oil refinery. OSHA began its investigation 9/12/2012 following the explosion of a boiler, which killed the employees. The inspection was expanded to include associated contractors and ongoing maintenance activities during a turnaround operation. We need…...
On April 18, 2012, EPA conducted a compliance inspection of an Ammonia plant 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…...
This is a very interesting case, as it involved an error by the manufacturer of a new vessel and not the facility; however, it was the facility that was cited the $35K! On March 26, 2012, there was an incident at the facility involving the release of hydrogen gas to ambient air from a newly…...
OSHA has cited a chemical facility with 14 safety violations, including chemical hazards found at the company’s facility. OSHA’s September 2012 inspection was initiated as part of the agency’s National Emphasis Program on process safety management for covered chemical facilities. The inspection resulted in $64,665 in proposed penalties. The serious violations, with a $63,000 penalty,…...
A storage tank containing anhydrous ammonia started to leak after it was struck by a tractor-trailer about 6:20 a.m. Monday a few miles west of West Liberty-Salem schools. A semi-truck hauling floral products attempting to turn around at the anhydrous ammonia distribution site struck a large-capacity anhydrous ammonia storage tank, puncturing a supply line and…...
Many THANKS to my NEWEST and RENEWING Corporate Partners in Safety… since 2008 since 2010 since 2005 since 1/2013 2013 Fatality Tracker Electrical 7 (2012 = 68) (2011 = 81) (2010 = 90) (2009 = 100) Forklift/Manlift 12 (2012 = 52) (2011 = 84) (2010 = 110) (2009 = 88) Mining* 20 (2012…...
This is one of the top emergency response questions we receive each year. It seems there are some facilities that feel the Incident Command training their personnel receive in their 16-hr Operations Level and 24-hr Technician Level training qualifies those personnel to be an Incident Commander. The question is… is the training offered in these…...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to require the filing of a premarket approval application (PMA) or a notice of completion of a product development protocol (PDP) for the following class III preamendments devices: Automated external defibrillators systems (AEDs), which includes the AED device and its accessories (i.e., pad electrodes, batteries, and adapters)…....
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Experienced safety professional will often admit it took them years before realizing that a “general industry” workplace can fall under construction standards (1926) and vice-versa. I know I was well into my career before I came to understand this and once it was explained to me I could see how my maintenance team could fall…...
