This page has been developed using information from the Factory Mutual Insurance Company. A link below has been provided so that you may visit their site (FM Global) and gather as much useful info as needed. SAFTENG’s Welding Safety Page has over 50 informative website’s to help improve your hot work safety My…...
ALL REGION VI VPP SITES REPORTING (60) SURVEY: How does your site deal with the following? 1. All employees entering the plant must be clean shaven. Yes 48% No 52% 2. All contractors entering the plant to work must be clean shaven. Yes 47% No 53% 3. Are there exceptions to the Facial Hair Policy? …...
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Alternative to Employee Couch Potatoes! – WorkPaceUSA I wanted to share some information with all of you regarding a program I learned about through one of our soon-to-be VPP partners, XXXXXXXX, Fort Worth, Texas. XXXXXXX is the safety guy over there and got me together with this group to learn about their program. He’d…...
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All, Saturday was one of those exceptional days, beautiful sunrise, clear and calm and actually expected to stay that way. So it was up early and out for a motorcycle ride with a friend, stopping off to meet some other guys for breakfast and to look at (and drool over) their favorite toys (motorcycles, muscle cars…...
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From: Don Subject: The Funeral Friday, This morning a dignified, proud gentleman approached me and thanked me for coming to the funeral of his son. Earlier this week, Juan came to work at our Refinery with every intention of doing his job for us and returning home to his young wife. In July, they would be…...
From: ListServer@HQLNC.DOE.GOV on behalf of Sells_List_Server%DOELNC@DOELNC.DOE.GOV Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 4:57 PM To: LSDGrp_DOE-LL_List%DOELNC@DOELNC.DOE.GOV Subject: Blue/Information: Release of Stored System Pressure The following Bechtel Jacobs Company, LLC Lesson Learned is distributed for utilization by other DOE sites and facilities. Please direct any questions to Joanne Schutt at s6u@bechteljacobs.org , or (865)574-7087. TITLE: Release of…...
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MSA Has issued these STOP USE & INSPECT NOTICES 04039-02(srl return notice).pdf 04039-04(srl inspect notice).pdf Many thanks to Richard Atkinson @ St. Paul Insurance for passing along to us!!!… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
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Eye Protection Video Dramatic examples showing eye protection by any safety goggles or regular glasses compared to goggles stamped ANSI Z87. Title on label ” Eye Protection.” An L & I WISHA production. Permission is granted to duplicate this tape in its entirety only for non-commercial purposes. Copyright: 2003 Time: 7 min. Click Here The BIG DIFFERENCE “Street…...
The Final Rule for Permit-Required Confined Spaces was published in the Federal Register on January 14, 1993, and became effective on April 15, 1993. The standard is based on years of gathering information on confined space fatalities and on testimony about the hazards of confined spaces from all sectors of industry and labor. Because it…...
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These two (2) videos from the Solvent Industry Association (SIA) in the United Kingdom and the European Solvents Industry Group (ESIG) are by far the best series of videos on the practice of bonding and grounding. They can be found on the internet for non-members, but SAFTENG members can watch them below. SPECIAL NOTE: in…...
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In the USA, our Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) allows for MINOR tasks that are ROUTINE, REPETITIVE, and INTEGRAL to the operation of the machinery to be done using ALTERNATIVE SAFETY MEASURES in lieu of Lockout/Tagout (LOTO). These “alternative measures” include using a safety control system (e.g., interlock). But one must read into OSHA’s…...
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For the leading Authority on fires while fueling, visit Refueling Fires Developed by Fowler Associates, Inc. Subject: Fire at Salt Lake City station -Stay alert ! Pictures tell a story better than I ever could. Here are two pictures from a fire we had at one of our Company Operated Stores last Friday in Salt…...
