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At 4:45 p.m. on December 3, 2021, an employee was using a propane torch to loosen asphalt from the ejection chute of a silo while cleaning the chute. A flash fire occurred at the opening of the chute, striking the employee. The employee incurred 3rd-degree burns on 65% to 75% of his body, a broken vertebra, and a concussion. The employee also fell as a result of the incident and was killed.
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At 4:30 a.m. on December 31, 2021, two employees were walking in a Powered Industrial Truck (PIT) traffic area when an Electrical Tow Motor struck them. The employer established a PIT traffic only during dispatching hours between 4:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m., which is enforced by posting a supervisor to stop foot traffic. The facility allowed both foot and PIT traffic simultaneously in the area at other...
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At 1:30 p.m. on December 27, 2021, two employees worked in spray painting operations on a ship. At some point, the hose line was clogged with debris and paint material. The employees poured paint thinner into the hose to attempt to clear the clog. Employee #1 held the hose line while Employee #2 regulated the air pressure in the line. The pressure became great enough in the line that it jerked out...
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An into to using a Risk Matrix, with working examples. I use the most basic 9-Block matrix in this session.
What is a Risk Matrix?
Why use a Risk Metrix?
Likelihood and Severity
Worked Examples
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A high-level overview of Safety Management Systems
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Here are my high-level training (1-hour) materials on Safety Engineering Principles:
PREVENT – PROTECT- MITIGATE
Swiss Cheese Model
Layers of Protection
Hierarchy of Hazard Control Measures
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There is sound logic behind these, apparently not so obvious, egress requirements:
IFC, 2018, Chapter 10: Means of Egress,
1010.1.9 Door operationsExcept as specifically permitted by this section, egress doors shall be readily openable from the egress side without the use of a key or special knowledge or effort.
29 CFR 1910.36(d)(1)
Employees must be able to open an exit route...
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Respondent is the owner and operator of a frozen foods processing facility that includes anhydrous ammonia storage tanks, valves, piping, compressors, freezer tunnels, and other buildings, structures, equipment, installations, or substance-emitting stationary activities from which an accidental release of anhydrous ammonia may occur; which belong to the same industrial group; which are located on one...
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As one of my favorite authors said in his book “Risk Makes Sense”…
Remember that the biggest danger in risk assessment is not the threat itself but the mind space of the person who overlooks, underestimates, ignores, or is perhaps deluded in their assessment of that risk.Dr. Robert Long, Risk Makes Sense
If you have not already done so, purchase this book! Dr. Long offers a...
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The three C’s of Behaviors
In full disclosure, I am not a behavior specialist or a psychologist, just a safety professional who has spent the last 30+ years studying human behaviors. This 3-C model attempts to demonstrate how workers go from the CONCERNED state, the first of the C’s, to the CONFIDENT state, the last of the C’s. I have no scientific studies to validate my model, but...
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This video is making the rounds today. As far as I know, it is real, but those of you who are TRAINED responders will be doubtful an actual response could be done so poorly. I have no idea what is/was inside the cylinder, which they carried by hand to an awaiting pickup truck (let’s pray it was not a flammable gas and the truck was left running or that it was not a toxic gas and the driver was...
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The Director of the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity announces the amendment of the following rules:
GI Part 74. Firefighting – MIOSHA has amended General Industry Safety and Health Standard Part 74. Fire Fighting.
Public Act 291 of 1966, The Fire Fighters Training Council Act, was amended in 2020. Due to this amendment, the Bureau of Fire Services suggested that MIOSHA review...
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