At 7:27 a.m. on September 19, 2022, an employee was performing welding repairs in a mechanical kettle when the kettle was turned on. The employee suffered crushing injuries when caught between the kettle paddles and the sweeper which were rotating in opposite directions. The employee died due to his injuries…. Membership Required You must be...
PRCS Fatality – NO LOTO of Agitator and Sweeper Arm Read More »
Issue HSE has identified high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in ullage spaces of cargo and slop tanks onboard some FPSOs and FSUs operating in UKCS. The high concentrations (up to 16,000ppm) is above the upper measuring limits of the standard portable gas monitoring equipment generally used onboard tankers and FPSOs, and may be undetected…....
High concentration of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in cargo and slop tanks Read More »
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) has cited Meeder Equipment Company of Rancho Cucamonga and referred D&D Construction Specialties, Inc. of Sun Valley (D&D) for criminal prosecution in two separate cases of workers’ deaths related to confined spaces. All employers must recognize, evaluate and control confined space hazards to ensure workers’ safety…....
It amazes me that in the year 2023, 30 years after the PRCS standard was promulgated, we still have Entry Supervisors who can NOT explain:➡ Why Oxygen Concentration must be measured FIRST (then LEL and then Toxicity)➡ The Correction Correlation with the LEL readings➡ Why OSHA defined the LEL of 10% as a Hazardous Atm…...
Why are we still failing in PRCS? Read More »
The Entry Supervisor is an ABSOLUTE CRITICAL PATH in safely performing entries into PRCSs. With that said, if entry supervisors simply attend the same training that everyone else attends, we have FAILED them. We were asked to assist with a 2012 PRCS fatality incident where the abject failure of the facility to train its entry…...
PRCS Entry Supervisor training Read More »
At 3:00 p.m. on August 18, 2022, an employee entered an empty liquid propane gas (LPG) tank for servicing at an industrial equipment wholesaler facility. Earlier in the day, the employee approached a supervisor and stated that he wanted to enter the tank to spray a penetrating oil product on an internal valve to loosen…...
PRCS fatality (HAZ ATM – asphyxiation) Read More »
During construction work at an LNG plant, Argon was used in Corrosion Resistant Alloy (CRA) welding to remove oxygen from the molten weld. The Argon accumulated in the piping, and when the welder checked the weld from inside, he fainted and died. … Membership Required You must be a member to...
Argon in 20″ pipe leads to welder asphyxiating Read More »
At 12:45 p.m. on July 5, 2022, Employee #1, 46, and his coworker cleaned a baghouse on a roof. The employee was wearing a Tyvek suit, KN95 respirator, and a safety harness when he made an entry into a steel baghouse, which is a confined space. National Weather Service reported conditions of 93 degrees F,…...
Heat Stroke during entry into PRCS (Baghouse) Read More »
At 1:30 p.m. on April 19, 2022, an employee, 35, was back welding inside a spool vessel (titanium pipe) that was 24 inches in diameter. The employee was asphyxiated due to the displacement of oxygen by argon gas…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in...
Argon used in welding asphyxiates welder in 24″ pipe Read More »
At 4:15 p.m. on June 14, 2022, two employees entered a 21-inch sewer manhole to conduct vacuum testing, not knowing that it was oxygen deficient. Both employees were overcome and died…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
Two employees entered a 21″ sewer manhole that was oxygen deficient Read More »
At 8:00 a.m. on June 26, 2022, two employees, 45 and 46, were emptying and cleaning an open-topped frack tank (Tank #4) at an oil and gas services site. There were no eyewitnesses and the employees were working at a remote site by themselves, so few details are known about what occurred…. Membership Required You...
Which six words am I talking about? There are a lot of requirements in 1910.146 and 1926.1201-.1213 that get missed on entries. Luckily, missing a few here and there USUALLY does not equate to a tragic accident. However, the six words I speak of are a CRITICAL PATH in a “permitted entry” into a PRCS. …...
