Becky and I do our best to get fuel for our vehicles when we are without the kids. Now we are not perfect and we will pump gas with our kids in the vehicle, but we do our best to limit their exposure; especially when they were younger! As this recent video shows, fires at…...
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MANY THANKS to my NEW & RENEWING “Partners in Safety”for their support! Fluor-B&W Portsmouth since 6/2011, Westinghouse since 2008, and Suzlon since 2009 2011 Fatality Tracker Electrical 29 (2010 = 90) (2009 = 100) Forklift/Manlift Mobile Equipment 42 (2010 = 110) (2009=88) Mining 126 (2010 = 480) (2009 = 586) Explosions 127 (2010 = 246)…...
This is the terrifying moment when a teenager narrowly escaped death in an avoidable industrial accident. A Trainee electrician, 17, was seriously injured when a fork-lift truck carrying aloft the ‘man cage’ he was working in toppled over in a city warehouse. He suffered a double fracture of the pelvis, facial stitches, a broken front…...
This paper presents a statistical analysis of 153 accidents attributable to static electricity in Japanese industry over the last 50 years. A more thorough understanding of their causes could help prevent similar incidents and identify hazards that could assist in the task of risk assessment. Most of the incidents occurred during operations performed by workers…....
The CFATS Personnel Surety Program will provide high-risk chemical facilities with the mechanism to implement security measures to ensure that certain individuals are subject to screening for ties to terrorism. The program is necessary since conducting terrorist ties checks is an inherently governmental function because the federal governments Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) is not publicly…...
MANY THANKS to my RENEWING “Partners in Safety”for their continued support! Westinghouse has been a Corporate Support since 2008 and Suzlon since 2009 2011 Fatality Tracker Electrical 29 (2010 = 90) (2009 = 100) Forklift/Manlift Mobile Equipment 41 (2010 = 110) (2009=88) Mining 125 (2010 = 480) (2009 = 586) Explosions 127 (2010 =…...
These days it is becoming common practice to utilize truck driver(s) of our hazardous material(s) deliveries to do more than just deliver the material. The line of thought in doing this, is that the drivers must be “qualified” or they would not be allowed to transport the hazardous materials. Well, they may be qualified to…...
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Nowadays, we see a lot of Confined Space (CS) incidents caused by the work that is taking place inside the space rather than the actual process hazards that made the Confined Space a Permit-Required Confined Space (PRCS). I had an incident when I was an S&H Manager in the process chemical industry that was one…...
This is a video you have to see to believe! Worker uses a ladder as a walkway between two construction projects about 50′ up…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
MANY THANKS to my RENEWING Partner in Safety! Sponsor since 2008 2011 Fatality Tracker Electrical 28 (2010 = 90) (2009 = 100) Forklift/Manlift Mobile Equipment 41 (2010 = 110) (2009=88) Mining 124 (2010 = 480) (2009 = 586) Explosions 124 (2010 = 246) (2009 = 302) Cranes 18 (2010=50) (2009 = 82) Falls 55…...
