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A worker at a milk packaging plant operated by a large supermarket chain lost four fingers while operating a molding machine that lacked the required safeguards. OSHA investigated the Feb. 12 incident and cited the business for two (2) willful and five (5) serious violations and one (1) other than serious violation for:
Failing to implement procedures for the control of hazardous energy, including...
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Corrective action and change management programs secure the proportionate, prioritized close-out of actions arising from monitoring, investigations, audits, and safety management system reviews.
Taking from the “Five Themes for Excellence in Safety Management Systems (SMS),” we can look at a facility’s approach to its Corrective Action Plans (CAP) process through this lens of excellence...
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Oregon OSHA has fined a custom crush winery in Dundee $11,100 for violating job safety standards designed to protect workers from the hazards of confined spaces. The division cited the winery following an investigation into the death of a worker. The investigation found that at approximately 10:30 a.m. Feb. 1, 2021, a cellar worker was discovered unresponsive in an empty 30,000-gallon wine...
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When trying to assure that people will work in a safe environment, it is imperative to understand how a building is intended to be used. The code classification system for buildings is therefore based upon how the building is intended to be used. The safety of building occupants cannot be assured if only the construction type and the height and area of a building are considered. How a building is used...
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Call me crazy, but this just blew me away. And once again we find ourselves faced with an “industry practice” vs. “RAGAGEP”. We were at a facility several years ago where pieces of equipment are painted and this painting is a huge pride of the manufacturing sector and hence they have some very tight QA controls around the painting process. This industry uses...
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We often get asked: Do I need to install a gas detector in the room?
Well, it’s pretty easy in my state, as in most cases we have dealt with, the state fire/HAZMAT code required it. The code includes basic requirements for ALL gas detection systems and covers:
construction documents,
equipment,
power connections, emergency and standby power,
sensor locations, gas sampling,
system...
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Just an FYI for those of you outside of Canada… there are fourteen (14) jurisdictions in Canada – one (1) federal, ten (10) provincial, and three (3) territorial each having its own occupational health and safety legislation. Federal legislation covers employees of the federal government including Crown agencies and corporations across Canada. The federal health and safety legislation...
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Respondent operates an ammonia refrigeration plant with 50,629 pounds of anhydrous ammonia which is an RMProgram level 3 covered process. On March 27, 2019, the EPA conducted an on-site inspection of the RMProgram related records and equipment for the purpose of assessing the Respondent’s compliance with the RMProgram requirements and the implemented recognized and generally accepted good engineering...
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After cleaning with steam a tank was quenched with cold water to shorten the cooling time (not normal practice). The tank vent was not calculated for the vacuum resulting from this rapid quenching operation, resulting in a collapsed tank (without liquid release).
SOURCE: EPSC Learning Sheet
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Back in May 2020 and January 2021, I posted the first two parts of this three-part series on the hazards of Liquid Nitrogen. These articles were prompted by the OSHA and State Fire Marshal cases involving fatalities at cattle and human sperm bank businesses. Then, in January of this year, we had the GA Food plant LN2 incident, where six (6) workers lost their lives during a release of N2. So, needless...
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Does OSHA’s PSM Standard, 29 CFR § 1910.119 apply to LNG export facilities? No, and here is why…
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How often do the operators within your PSM/RMP covered process(s) actually use their operating procedures? Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, every three years during refresher training?
How often do we think they should be using their operating procedures?
How many times have you pulled the SOP binder off the shelf to find it covered in dust and not one blemish on any page – in other...
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