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At 10 p.m. on 3/19/18, an employee and coworker were performing preventative maintenance on a chlorine gas system used in a water filtration process. The employee and coworker were removing and reinstalling, a flange with a black Teflon rubber gasket. They were working in a 48-foot long, 24-foot wide, and 6-foot tall crawl space under a chlorine cylinder storage building. The schedule 80 polyvinyl...

At 10 p.m. on 3/19/18, an employee and coworker were performing preventative maintenance on a chlorine gas system used in a water filtration process. The employee and coworker were removing and reinstalling, a flange with a black Teflon rubber gasket. They were working in a 48-foot long, 24-foot wide, and 6-foot tall crawl space under a chlorine cylinder storage building. The schedule 80 polyvinyl...

A 41year old female was fatally injured when she was crushed between a pallet lift and the frame of the machine. The victim was a temporary employee assigned to operate a machine called a pallet de-stacker. The overall process utilizes three stationary conveyor platforms and one conveyor platform fitted with a scissor-style lift (scissor-lift platform). The stationary platforms utilize an electronic...

A 41year old female was fatally injured when she was crushed between a pallet lift and the frame of the machine. The victim was a temporary employee assigned to operate a machine called a pallet de-stacker. The overall process utilizes three stationary conveyor platforms and one conveyor platform fitted with a scissor-style lift (scissor-lift platform). The stationary platforms utilize an electronic...

A 47-year-old male employee was fatally injured when he became engulfed by sawdust after entering a dust collection silo.  The company is a hardwood flooring manufacturer.  On the day of the incident, the victim was cleaning the inside of a dust collection silo containing wood dust. The fire department had been called on to extinguish two different fires in the silo a few days prior to the...

A 47-year-old male employee was fatally injured when he became engulfed by sawdust after entering a dust collection silo.  The company is a hardwood flooring manufacturer.  On the day of the incident, the victim was cleaning the inside of a dust collection silo containing wood dust. The fire department had been called on to extinguish two different fires in the silo a few days prior to the...

A 38-year-old male employee was fatally injured when he became exposed to an oxygen deficient atmosphere.    The victim, a Stage Technician, was an employee of a live show theater company and was responsible for venting cold liquid carbon dioxide (fog) onto the stage.  The CO2 would give a large cloud to mask the actor being lowered through the stage, on a device called a toaster/actor...

A 38-year-old male employee was fatally injured when he became exposed to an oxygen deficient atmosphere.    The victim, a Stage Technician, was an employee of a live show theater company and was responsible for venting cold liquid carbon dioxide (fog) onto the stage.  The CO2 would give a large cloud to mask the actor being lowered through the stage, on a device called a toaster/actor...

Here is a nice presentation from on EPA’s National Enforcement Initiative (NEI) on Ammonia Refrigeration with pictures of some of their findings involving: Housekeeping as a leading indicator Corrosion and CUI Deadman Valve issues (missing deadman, missing plugs, handle manipulated) Hose Failures SAFTENG members can see the images and download the ppt file … HomeRead More &r...

Here is a nice presentation from on EPA’s National Enforcement Initiative (NEI) on Ammonia Refrigeration with pictures of some of their findings involving: Housekeeping as a leading indicator Corrosion and CUI Deadman Valve issues (missing deadman, missing plugs, handle manipulated) Hose Failures SAFTENG members can see the images and download the ppt file … HomeRead More &r...

  P1 P2 P3 Third-party audits (applies to the next scheduled audit after an accident)   √ √ Incident Root Cause Analysis (only for facilities with accidents/near misses)    √ √ Safer Technologies Alternatives Analysis (STAA) (applies to a subset of P3’s in certain NAICS codes)      √ Coordinating Emergency Response Program Requirements...