Safety Alerts

Hotwork Drum Explosion – using drum as work bench

On April 17, 2000 at approximately 7:00 a.m., the worker started his shift at the work site. The total number of workers on shift the day of the incident was 16 and the worker’s crew comprised of 6 workers. The worker was employed as a general labourer. He performed various work activities on a GYP…...

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Loss of Start-Up Oxygen in CSE SR-100 Self-Contained Self-Rescuers

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is alerting employers and workers using the CSE Corporation’s SR-100 Self-Contained Self-Rescuer (SCSR) to potential failure problems with these respirators.  Click Here to download the pdf…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Highwall Fatality, Chile (Mining)

  Many thanks to Bob Cornett @ MSHA for sharing this Incident Alert!  Click Here to download the PDF.  WARNING!  Document contains Graphic Images… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Fluke 190 ScopeMeter® Recall

Dear Fluke Customer: Fluke is voluntarily recalling its 190 Series ScopeMeter®100MHz and 200MHz 4 Channel Hand Held Oscilloscopes that contain firmware version V10.40. This includes all units manufactured after February 5, 2012 and all units upgraded to firmware version V10.40 after February 5, 2012…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View...

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FP Stryder® Beam Anchor Inspection Reminder

MSA has received a copy of a safety alert concerning an issue with the engagement of the locking pins on the FP Stryder Beam Anchor, PN 10051455. The wide circulation of this alert has created a number of questions and some confusion. It has led some to believe that MSA issued a safety notice for…...

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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…...

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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 /…...

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Gas Cylinders Recalled by Worthington Cylinders Wisconsin Due to Fire Hazard

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product…. Membership Required You must be a...

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Fatal Grinder Accident at Quarry

A welder was carrying out maintenance on a quarry excavator bucket. He was using an angle grinder to prepare surfaces for welding when the disk disintegrated…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Impact Gun Accident

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…...

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