OSHA fines New Orleans tank cleaner $226K for willful, repeat violations after a worker died, and two others were hospitalized, while they cleaned a rail tank car. The three workers were overcome by a lack of oxygen inside the rail tanker on Oct. 8, 2015. OSHA found the company failed to test the atmosphere inside…...
An employee at a food manufacturing plant was instructed to enter and clean the insides of a 3,000-gallon tank containing vinegar on Sept. 28, 2015. Once inside, he was overcome by acetic acid vapors created by the vinegar in the tank. He was rescued but was hospitalized for five days. An OSHA inspection found that…...
My attempt at trying to convince others that BOTH non-entry and entry style rescue are REQUIRED for entries into PRCS, with OSHA providing an exception to NON-ENTRY Style rescue and NO exceptions for Entry Style Rescue…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
OSHA conducted a sweeping inspection of a company that employs about 300 workers at an array of businesses, including a dairy and creamery, farm, concrete plant, auto repair, welding shop, restaurants and lodging, a telecommunications company, graphic design firm and a convenience store. This company has had three (3) fatalities since 2012 within their businesses and…...
U.S. Department of LaborOccupational Safety and Health AdministrationDirectorate of Technical Support and Emergency ManagementOffice of Science and Technology Assessment Introduction Many electric power plants now use hydrogen gas-cooled electric generators versus air- or water-cooled generators. To prevent injury or fatality, employers must ensure hydrogen gas is completely purged from generator housings and bushing boxes before…...
A couple of weeks I posed this question, and I figured there is NOT a consensus among the safety community (including OSHA) as to whether (c)(5) AND (c)(7) can be used on the same PRCS at the same time. My position is NO, they can not be; but I am only one voice in the debate,…...
As we know, 1910.146 gives employers three (3) methods to enter Permit-Required Confined Spaces: 1) Full permitted entry following (d)-(k), 2) alternative entry methods prescribed in (c)(5), and 3) reclassification of the PRCS to a non-permit space by following (c)(7). However, in the past year or so, we have come across another method… using BOTH…...
U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration Washington, D.C. 20210 Reply to the attention of: Jan 06 2016 Memorandum For: REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS AND STATE PLAN DESIGNEES THROUGH: DOROTHY DOUGHERTY, Deputy Assistant Secretary From: DEAN MCKENZIE, Acting Director Directorate of Construction Subject: Temporary Enforcement Policy for Residential Construction Work in Confined Spaces… Membership...
from official report from the Dutch Safety Board, May 2015 CLICK HERE (pdf) for full report in English Two days before arriving in port, the Master received cargo documents from the shipper, which included an 11-page material safety data sheet (MSDS) on zinc concentrate. On receipt of the documents a safety meeting was held with the crew…...
Date of Incident Employer/Address of Incident Hazard Description Inspection # 12/4/15 Sulzer Chemtech USA Inc., 39018 Hwy 3089, Donaldsonville, LA 70346 Worker died from exposure to argon while retrieving tool from tank. 1110099 12/1/15 Alexander Petroleum, 612 County Rd. 326, West Jourdanton, TX 78026 Worker asphyxiated while cleaning tank that previously held Petroleum Distillate. 1109329…...
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PLEASE NOTE that there is a lack of info from this OSHA summary to establish if this was an issue with the quality of breathing air in the escape pack, a failure in training in how to operate the escape pack, or some other issue(s). We do know that it was NOT the atmosphere within…...
