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The latest NTSB Safety Alert can be applied to Process Safety! It speaks to the critical nature of “joinment” using a B-nut on fuel, oil, and air lines on aircraft. And it speaks to over-torquing or under-torquing as a failure mode for this joinment.
A B-nut is a common term for a nut that provides the clamping force to create a reliable seal in lines (such as fuel, oil, or...
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Dr. Todd Conklin’s view on the popular “STOP WORK” Authority approach is one that I can support 100% and have lived my entire career, so yes, my bias for a Safe-Work Permitting Process (SWPP) will shine brightly in this post. And I am surprised at how controversial Dr. Conklin’s approach has become because what he is promoting is exactly what the Safe-Work Permitting...
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How many C-suite executives can actually discuss the safety controls/barriers/activities they invest in every year? We can NOT control the injury rates, but we CAN CONTROL those safety controls/barriers/activities that have been put into place to impact those injury rates.
FOCUS on what we CAN CONTROL, and if our safety controls/barriers/activities follow the Hierarchy of Controls, that will FUNDAMENTALLY...
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We often hear the terms “employee participation” and “employee engagement” used as if they are identical in their approach; nothing could be further from the truth. In safety, we need “employee participation,” not “employee engagement”. How different are these phrases?
Oxford Dictionary defines them as:
Participation – the action of...
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When a situation exists that creates a loss of life, injury, and suffering; when it costs a king’s ransom annually; when its cure has been demonstrated to be practical; and when all are agreed that something can and should be done about it, it is time to stop talking, roll up the sleeves, and go to work.
Industrial Accident Prevention – A Scientific Approach, H. W. Heinrich, Assistant...
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Scenario:
As part of their normal workday, an employee commutes in his personally-owned vehicle from home to the workplace.
At the end of his 8-hour work shift, the employee commutes from the workplace to his home.
Later that same day, there is an emergency at the workplace, and the employee’s supervisor calls him to return to work to assist with resolving the emergency. The employee starts driving...
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It is a standard error made in Behavior Based Safety Processes (BBSP)… we celebrate the % Safe while the real value lies in the % Unsafe. I am all for celebrating the successes once they have been validated as real; however, to get the potential value from our BBSP, we need to utilize the unsafe behaviors to create a LEARNING CULTURE within our organizations. Even when the unsafe...
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The state of Connecticut is passing a bill that would require a volunteer fire department or volunteer ambulance company to comply with the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Act (Conn–OSHA) as an employer, unless it is regulated by the federal OSHA law.
By law, Conn–OSHA governs workplace safety for the state and its political subdivisions as employers; so, certain non–governmental...
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Senators Markey and Warren and Congressman Moulton have sent a letter to Seqens North America seeking a response to many questions regarding the business’s past accidents and compliance issues.
In the early hours of Thursday, May 4, 2023, an explosion at the Seqens pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Newburyport injured four workers, with a fifth worker unaccounted for in a facility...
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The UK’s HSE has published a booklet to help manage risks when performing Hot Work (Welding, Cutting, Brazing) on “used containers”. In the USA, OSHA has some very explicit language in their welding standards…
1910.252(a)(3)(i) Used containers.
No welding, cutting, or other hot work shall be performed on used drums, barrels, tanks or other containers until they have been...
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This new NEP on falls covers:
Roof top mechanical work/maintenance
Utility line work/maintenance (electrical, cable)
Arborist/tree trimming
Holiday light installation
Road sign maintenance/billboards
Power washing buildings (not connected to painting)
Gutter cleaning
Chimney cleaning
Window cleaning
Communication Towers
For other non–construction work activities where a worker is observed working...
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We need to note the difference between blame (or guilt) and responsibility. A foreman need not hold himself morally guilty when an employee in his charge is injured, but he cannot and should not evade responsibility under any circumstances whatsoever.
Remember that the authority to issue an order involves the responsibility to see that it is properly executed. The country depends upon you—the key...
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