An Eye Safety Lesson
25 year old Country landscape gardener, who has lost the sight in his right eye after a horrific accident at work, is urging employers to highlight the importance of wearing safety goggles to staff.
MSHA Safety Alert on Dozers
On Saturday, December 3, 2011, at approximately 8:35 a.m., a bulldozer operator was seriously injured when the bulldozer he was operating travelled over a highwall and fell approximately 90 feet to the pit below. The victim was in the process of clearing grubbing topsoil and preparing the area for the next shot. The victim was
Thunderstorms & Telephones
Lightning hit an outbuilding or one of the poles around it during a storm. The hit blew the AT&T phone out of the receiver and caused the burn marks you can see on the ear piece (pics 246, 247, and 250). This is why you don’t talk on a corded phone during a thunder /
EPA announces summary of enforcement actions for Winter 2012
EPA completed 35 enforcement actions from January 1 through March 31, 2012 to ensure individuals, businesses, and governments are complying with environmental regulations. Below is a summary table of EPA’s enforcement actions related to RMP and EPCRA during the second quarter of federal fiscal year 2012 (January – March 2012).
Sun Screen Poll
Does your company issue sun screen and require it to be used for those working outdoors as part of the company{apos}s Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Program? Yes No Create your own poll with LearnMyself
Safety Culture Videos – A MUST WATCH series for safety professionals
My friend, and one of my favorite safety authors Jim Roughton, has launched a series of safety videos on his youtube channel that are OUTSTANDING! These videos are about 5 minutes each and are a MUST SEE for all safety professionals AND management teams looking to get a step-change in their safety performance.
Explosion Proof Digital Camera – Top of my 2012 Wish List!
NOTICE: I am in NO WAY affiliated with, nor do I do any business with, or have any contact with anyone at Cordex. This is NOT an advertisement for Cordex – I just had a chance to play with one of these this weekend and was very impressed with it. For years, we wished we
OSHA FACOSH Recommends Updating PELs by Executive Order for Feds
Many THANKS to Barry Weissman for sharing this with his YAHOO Safety Group! This could be HUGE, bigger than the revised HAZCOM standard. Following its May 3 meeting, the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health (FACOSH) recommended that the Department of Labor consider asking the president to update OSHA’s permissible exposure limits (PELs) by
Audio/visual demonstration of noise induced hearing loss
Noise induced hearing loss is irreversible damage to the ears caused by exposure to high levels of noise. These recordings demonstrate how hearing is gradually lost over a working life. In the demonstrations you will hear the effects of both noise exposure and ageing on hearing. The demonstrations rely on comparing how loud the different
EPA cites three (3) NH3 refrigeration processes in May 2012
In the month of May (2012) three NH3 Refrigeration facilities have received substantial fines relating to their NH3 refrigeration process. A large food distribution business/cold storage warehouse agreed to pay a penalty of $126,700and a cheese processing facility agreed to pay a penalty of $42,435 to settle claims by that they violated the Clean Air
Does your PSM/RMP included power systems?
There is not a PHA that goes by where someone ask me “why are we discussing power outages, when we have no control over them”? It is quite simple, we need to analyze what could/would happen if we loose power! Yes, loosing the power may be out of our hands somewhat, but what happens when