MANY THANKS to my NEW & RENEWING “Partners in Safety” for their support! since 2008 formerly Beta Steel since 2006 since 2012 since 2012 since 2007 2012 Fatality Tracker Electrical 32 (2011 = 81) (2010 = 90) (2009 = 100) Forklift/Manlift Mobile Equipment 23 (2011 = 84) (2010 = 110) (2009 = 88) Mining 33…...
Wondering why the supervisor was giving me so much slack about adjusting this load that was rejected by the driver, I asked who had loaded it? His answer “Me!” This 38,000 lb. beam was to travel 1100 miles down I-40!!!!!!… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member?...
The operator of this fork truck was under the assumption that he completed a good deed by recognizing a hazard during his pre-shift inspection and assisting in the corrective measures by inserting a random ½ inch bolt in place of a hardened ¾ bolt, nut, washer & keeper pin????… Membership Required You must be a...
Oxygen hose with a quick connect end Hole in hose – Undetected during pre-shift inspection While operating the torch, his shirt become saturated with oxygen – 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree burns… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
An incident in Casting where a maintainer using an impact gun picked up the gun by the socket and in the process activated the gun with his other hand. Although a personal pre-start was done the maintainer did not pick up that some one had placed a piece of welding wire through the socket to…...
I am sure many of you have heard the old saying… “it’s just common sense” when it comes to applying PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene) tape, often called “thread sealants” or “plumber’s tape”. Yet this practice is a critical skill for ensuring leak-free connections in threaded piping systems. While it seems straightforward, the direction and tension of the…...
MANY THANKS to my NEW & RENEWING “Partners in Safety” for their support! since 2008 formerly Beta Steel since 2006 since 2012 since 2012 since 2007 2012 Fatality Tracker Electrical 32 (2011 = 81) (2010 = 90) (2009 = 100) Forklift/Manlift Mobile Equipment 21 (2011 = 84) (2010 = 110) (2009 = 88) Mining 32…...
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A friend has shared some info regarding a new fixed foam system for tank fire! The video is amazing to watch, especially if you have spent anytime on a hose line at a large diamater tank fire! This company is apparently very new and is focusing their efforts in Europe for now, but man is…...
At the heart of any relief system design basis are the “scenarios” chosen to base the sizing of the relief system. The two most common scenarios used are the “fire scenario” and the “blocked-in scenario”. It is the fire scenario I wish to review in this article and what has to go along with this…...
This month marks the 20th anniversary of OSHA’s Process Safety Management standard, which is built upon Recognized and Generally Accepted Engineering Practices (RAGAGEP). There was no way OSHA could write a “specific” standard to cover all the types of processes handling the list of Highly Hazardous Chemicals (HHC) so they instead wrote what is called…...
