Hydrogen is finding some footing for wider use as a fuel these days, and I have seen a significant increase in inquiries from existing and new clients about process safety for H2 storage and use. I always follow Chapter 700 of the International Gas Code as my baseline code requirements and then move into NFPA…...
Tell Kim you saw this on SAFTENG 😉 https://www.makino.com/en-us/about-us/careers/apply-at-makino… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
THE WORK WE DO INSIDE A PRCS can create a Hazard! Three workers killed in a water tank explosion (PRCS Entry Fatalities) Initial investigations suggest the combination of cleaning agents and high temperatures triggered the fatal reaction…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
A 60-year-old female worker in a plastic moulding workshop was cleaning a large plastic bin. The bin had been vacuum cleaned and then sprayed with ‘Ambersil’, a highly flammable mould-removing aerosol spray that can be purchased for domestic use. The patient attempted to wipe the bin, but when she placed her face inside it to…...
System pressure gauges are often required to provide more accurate system pressure readings than regulator gauges can provide. Pressure gauges:… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
So I posed the question to over 30,000 safety pros across my LinkedIn and Facebook groups and SAFTENG members, and as I suspected, there was a lively debate on this matter. I have received numerous requests to break down the evaluation like I have done for other “tricky” spaces that fall outside the traditional CS/PRCS…...
Sometimes a lawyer or set of lawyers can surprise us… This is a quote from a recent OSHRC ALJ decision, regarding the employer’s responsibility to conduct inspections of the workplace to identify and correct hazards: “As an employer, Respondent is obligated to provide safe working conditions and ensure safe work practices. Implicit in that obligation…...
At approximately 9:45 p.m. on November 4, 2003, a maintenance employee went to the chlorine house to turn on the chlorination system. The chlorine house measured 3 feet, 10-inches wide by 5 feet, 10-inches long and was approximately 10-feet high. The water lines ran through a hole in the block wall. The hole in the…...
One of the things I look for in my PSSR walk downs is “short-threading”. I was raised with the old pipe-fitters rule of “three threads showing”; however, ASME now accepts “full engagement” as bolt flush with nut. Some companies will have a QA/QC requirement of 1-thread showing. So I have to accept the ASME definition…...
I see many contractors still attempting to argue that Pressure Testing and Leak Testing are the same tests. This is incorrect, as I have often discussed in my ramblings on this website. This post breaks down the requirements of the most common “leak test,” called the “bubble test.” ASME B31.3 refers us to ASME BPVC,…...
This video is an excellent visual of the expansion ratio of Liquified Natural Gas. During a transfer, a ship broke free and stretched the hose until it broke. It was all captured on cellphone video…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
The respondent was an owner or operator of the ice manufacturing facility where anhydrous ammonia is used in the manufacturing of ice. Anhydrous ammonia, CAS #7664-41-7, has a reportable quantity of 100 pounds, as indicated in 40 C.F.R. Part 355, Appendix A. On July 27, 2023, at or about 4:34 a.m. CDT, a release of…...
