Never seek the approval of bad apples. I know people who seek approval of people that don’t want them to succeed. Surround yourself with stars and fighters. Don’t seek out cancer. #safety #truth #lead #passionseekers

Before you leave the job site, office, or work floor give someone some words of encouragement and wish them a great weekend. Bump some knuckles, pat a back, or shake a hand. Lift someone up! #safety #value #inspiration #invest #leadership #fantheflame

Don’t worry what others think of you. Focus on your purpose and make the most of every opportunity. Today is gone tomorrow. Keep moving forward! Always plant seeds of improvement. #safety #inspiration #team #leadership

Build each other up. Quarrelsomeness accomplishes nothing. Face that manager/leader that your war with and be the bigger person and resolve your conflict. Imagine how much you could accomplish if you were rowing in the same direction. #leader #safety #team #opportunity #fantheflame

Coffee time in the break room at 5:30 in the AM is where relationships are built. Spent $25.00 on donuts to surprise them with a treat is a drop in the bucket in comparison to the reward of open lines of communication and engaging your people. That’s my morning! What are doing? #safety #value #opportunity #engage  #humanperformance

Confirmation bias is a type of cognitive bias that involves favoring information that confirms your previously existing beliefs or results. People do this when their mind is made up and they need data to support their decision regardless of the real truth. I see this happen in all areas of life, business, and people. A true flaw by not taking all the data into account to determine the real truth.

So this week we all got a chuckle when I posted this picture to my Social Media groups: But in all seriousness, this is NO laughing matter!  Well, we can at least surmise that EPA inspectors do not find the humor in it, as is evident in the nine (9) labeling issues they noted in this RMP inspection!  From NFPA 704 Diamonds with differing degrees of hazards for the same chemical to faded...

As our debate/discussion continues regarding falls within or into a Confined Space and if that fall hazard is one that makes the CS a PRCS and if a PRCS can be reclassified when there is a fall hazard present.  I keep sharing OSHA language and it keeps being diced up and rephrased to meet personal agendas.  Look, if anyone wants to manage the fall hazards via their entry permit system, I...

One way EPA selects facilities to be inspected is by “Vulnerable Zones”.  These are areas that could be affected by a release from a chemical accident at a facility subject to the risk management program requirements in 40 CFR Part 68.  So how can a facility determine if they are one of the many facilities that impact a “vulnerable zone”...

Respondent is the owner or operator of a meat processing facility. On March 8, 2017, an authorized representative of the EPA conducted a compliance inspection of Respondent’s Facility to determine compliance with the Risk Management Plan (RMP) regulations promulgated at 40 C.F.R. Part 68 under section 112(r)(7) of the Act. Based on the March 8, 2017 inspection, the EPA has determined that Respondent...

In the last couple of years we have come across a vicious and BADLY MISLEADING rumor that some facilities have fallen for and thus they have fallen out of compliance with OSHA/NIOSH/DOT in regards to their SCBA Cylinders. FACT: There are studies that have been done by the U.S. Navy and PHMSA that demonsrate 15-year service life is very conservative and with a different type of testing, the cylinders...