MSA is issuing this User Safety Notice due to a potential safety issue involving 50ft./15m. Workman SRLs. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause. We have determined that a small percentage of Workman 50 ft./15 m. SRLs manufactured from January through August of 2015 may have an improper brake nut torque setting. This…...
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Department Name: Energy Division (Offshore) Bulletin No: ED 2-2015 Issue Date: 18 September 2015 Target Audience: Offshore Chemical Processing and production Key Issues: This Safety Alert highlights the issue of inadequate material properties of small diameter clamp connectors and the potential for sudden brittle failure…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this...
Catastrophic failure of a pipework clamp connector (HSE Safety Alert) Read More »
Health and Safety Executive – Safety Alert Department Name: Hazardous Installations Division, CEMHD, unit 1C Bulletin No: HID 1-2015 Issue Date: 12 August 2015 Target Audience: All premises where large dry powder fire extinguishers are likely to be used for example: chemical industry, offshore industry, merchant shipping, nuclear industry, manufacturing, mining, warehousing, engineering, metals and…...
Safety alert fatality due to hydrotest burst overpressured pipe from Alan Bassett … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
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We have become aware that insufficient lubrication may have been applied to the bypass valve assemblies on FireHawk M7XT Air Masks when manufactured. A lack of sufficient lubricant could cause the bypass assembly to become difficult to operate or possibly inoperable. No injuries have been reported. Until your affected units have been serviced as described…...
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Guardian Fall Protection has discontinued their Rescue G-Loop trauma straps and “quarantined” ALL existing stock. Consult this message from Guardian for more information…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
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Capital Safety has issued an Inspection Notice regarding certain models of their Protecta Rebel SRL. The affected products are: the black extruded aluminum version of the Rebel SRL; manufactured between 1 April 2014 and 30 November 2014. Consult the official Inspection Notice for more details…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this...
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Two contractor fatalities to start 2015. Seven contractor deaths occurred in 2014. On January 11, 2015, a contract shaft miner was killed while riding on top of a skip in a ventilation shaft. The victim was caught between a support beam in the shaft and a handrail on the skip. On January 8, 2015, a…...
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In the last two months there were three electrical incidents at underground coal mines that resulted in miners being transported to the hospital. The first incident occurred when an electrician was shocked and burned while attempting to repair a damaged continuous mining machine cable, with the circuit breaker closed and the cable coupler connected to…...
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On a drilling rig offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, an operator for a cementing contractor was trouble shooting an electronic instrument failure. He suspected a discharged battery in a battery box was the problem. He plugged a wheeled battery charger (like those in all service stations) into a three-prong extension cord carrying household 115V current, and was…...
This letter is to inform you that we have been made aware of an issue concerning the chemical protection performance in terms of normalized permeation breakthrough time for one chemical, namely dichloromethane (a k a methylene chloride) for the glove combination on some of our Trellchem EVO and VPS Flash chemical protective ensembles. This chemical…...
PHMSA has become aware of the sale of adapters designed to allow refilling of DOT 39 cylinders using larger cylinders (see attached photographs). These adaptors are sold at various retail outlets and online. Some of the common trade names are the “Mac Coupler”, “Mr. Heater” and “Shnozzle”. “MacCoupler” is manufactured by KM North America in…...
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