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DISCLAIMER: I am NOT suggesting we do this; just asking the group for their thoughts on a challenge I got this week.
In all the discussions about using NFPA 704 Diamonds on Secondary Containers, from laboratory squirt bottles to bulk storage tanks, today I was asked if DOT Placards could be used to label STATIONARY storage tanks?
I said NO, those are for Transportation Containers, but then I began...
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I guess we are never too old to learn new tricks! This week, I came across a practice that I was 100% certain I was being “punked.” The practice is called “welding,” but it’s done on a Polyethylene Plastic tank! Technically, it meets the definition of “welding”…
Welding is a fabrication process that joins materials—typically metals or thermoplastics—by...
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Too many safety personnel are not sufficiently familiar with the critical role Vapor Pressure (VP) plays in managing hazardous materials. From our PPE Hazard Assessments, Respiratory Protection, to how we respond to these hazardous materials when there is a LOPC event involving them. But VP also plays a major role in how we DESIGN our workplace that stores/handles/processes hazardous materials....
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Over the past decade, we have received dozens of requests from both current and new clients seeking to move to 19% Aqua Ammonia, so the process is NO LONGER RMP-covered. (NOTE: OSHA only covers 44% or higher Aqua Ammonia; EPA begins its coverage at 20%). This is taking the “inherently safe” approach to process safety. Call it “substitution” in the hierarchy of controls....
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HIGHLY TOXIC - A material which produces a lethal dose or lethal concentration that falls within any of the following categories:A chemical that has a median lethal dose (LD50) of 50 milligrams or less per kilogram of body weight when administered orally to albino rats weighing between 200 and 300 grams each.A chemical that has a median lethal dose (LD50) of 200 milligrams or less per kilogram of body...
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Some clients have their processes/storage in the middle of a neighborhood, and I mean in the middle of a neighborhood, as we see on TV and postcards. Beautiful tree-lined streets with kids riding their bikes and moms pushing their baby strollers. Of course, the facility came first, in the 1950’s, and then the encroachment. As a safety engineer, it is not my job to judge who is right or wrong;...
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Recently, we were involved in a serious incident in which a group of contractors was overcome by a “highly toxic gas” (as defined by the state’s Fire Code) that escaped from a compressed-gas cylinder. This container, along with 42 other containers with various hazardous materials, was stored outside in an unmarked area. The contractors had decided this area would make for a great...
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HSE works with international partners to provide evidence for risk assessment of new technologies, keeping the UK at the forefront of scientific and engineering advances, while ensuring worker safety.
Liquid hydrogen is of interest in transport applications such as aeroplanes. ELVHYS is an EU project designed to enhance the safety and efficiency of liquid hydrogen transfer technologies during refuelling....
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A chemical company experienced two major uncontrolled releases of highly corrosive acids. In January 2020, approximately 300,000 litres (8,000 gallons) of hydrochloric acid leaked from the site, releasing toxic gases that forced the closure of local businesses and schools and caused residents to evacuate their homes. A second incident in August saw 87,000 litres (23,000 gallons) of sulphuric acid escape....
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This video has been viewed over 1 million times, and I hope those views are by those people who write Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). I have never counted how many SOPs I get involved in each year, but I know it’s 100+ across all my clients. My involvement, with my comments and questions, draws a lot of eye-rolls and sighs from the teams. But I was taught to view the SOP through the...
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I was talking with a friend from across the pond about how this profession has changed over the years, and, in many respects, not for the better. He shared with me the following “behaviors” of a safety professional, which I thought were spot on. If only we could write job descriptions and postings like this.
KnowledgeK1: Understand the principles and practice of risk management, including...
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Here is an old clip from MASH demonstrating my point… order of steps MATTERS in an SOP.
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