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- Over 19,000 categorized unsafe acts/conditions and accident/injury photos
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My Dad had my brother and I set goals in our lives when we turned 16 years old. Financial, Professional, etc. At 16, we were too young to understand any of it, but he got us thinking. By 18, we started to have an idea of what we wanted when we “grew up”.
Take for example, a goal such as… “I want to be a millionaire by the age of 50”.
Let’s say I achieved that...
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I’m not asking for much, but before I leave this great and honorable profession, I just hope we can GET BACK TO THE FUNDAMENTALS! A great place to start would be to eradicate all these “Worked ____ Days” signs and progress to celebrate what got us those injury-free days. As I have said for decades…
Too much reliance on BLIND LUCK is a dangerous thing.
And far too many...
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Did the 2024 edition of NFPA 77, Recommended Practice on Static Electricity establish a norm for “relaxation time”? In six (6) different sections across five (5) chapters, the recommended practice cites “30 seconds” as a “suitable precaution.”
(emphasis by me)
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How many of you have thought these two images would ever have a place in Process Safety?
I use them as visual aids when teaching some of my RAGAGEP courses, as they place a mental image that most can grasp into the students’ heads and provide them with a valid engineering metric they can use to ensure their HAZMAT bulk containers have adequate safeguards in their basic design. These...
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Have you ever read a RAGAGEP and wished you had been a fly on the wall in the room where a particular requirement was presented and debated amongst the committee members? I have set on my fair share of RAGAGEP committees over the past 20 years and in almost all of muy experiences, when someone would bring an idea to the floor that was well outside any fundamental risks acceptance or engineering,...
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As we continue to “dumb down” RAGAGEPs to take away OSHA/EPA’s ability to cite fundamental engineering failures found in processes handling HHC/EHS, the issue of “conflicting requirements” continues to be troubling. As my Anhydrous Ammonia clients learned firsthand last year, with the 7th edition of CGA 2.1, the RAGAGEP has some NEW requirements for pressure testing...
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The 2024 edition of the International Fire Code has a new “table” that lists several exemptions. These exemptions come with some limitations, such as…
Exempted materials and conditions listed in this table are required to comply with provisions of this code that are not based on exceeding maximum allowable quantities inSection 5003.
Here are a few of the exemptions that may...
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This was NOT intended to be directed at safety, but damn, if we look at all 13 through the lens of “barriers to world-class safety,” they sure do resonate.
I have bolded my Top 3; which are your Top 3?
13 Brutal Truths Every Employer Needs to Know:
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Both OSHA and EPA require PSM/RMP facilities to include procedures for “responding to small releases” in their Emergency Action Plans
1910.119(n) Emergency planning and response
The employer shall establish and implement an emergency action plan for the entire plant in accordance with the provisions of 29 CFR 1910.38. In addition, the emergency action plan shall include procedures for...
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This is in my community, and I just had to share. The back story is…
Recently, a child was struck crossing the street at this intersection. The child was “treated and released” at a local ER and will fully recover (Physically, mentally, not so sure). Neighbors had been complaining to the police about the increased traffic at this intersection due to a new subdivision...
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A loss of containment and subsequent release of fluids can cause adverse consequences (i.e., impact safety, health, and environment, cause production losses, andincur maintenance and reconstruction costs). The risk analysis should consider the nature of the hazards and ensure that appropriate factors are considered for the equipment items being assessed.
Flammable Events (Fire and Explosion)
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29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1) The employer shall develop and implement written operating procedures that provide clear instructions for safely conducting activities involved in each covered process consistent with the process safety information.
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