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I use this graph in my PRCS training and it always seems to get a lot of discussions, so I thought I would share it here. SAFTENG members can download my training materials from the Member’s Area “Document Library. But this particular graph shows us the Number of fatalities from 2011-2017 from a single inhalation episode by chemical and if this event occurred inside a...
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An account administrator at a securities firm was working overtime in a section of a vault. At 7:10 p.m., security personnel closed and locked the vault. The employee was working in a section of the vault accessible only with a swipe card. The security guard did not have a swipe card and did not access that area of the vault, but instead looked through a small window and apparently did not see the...
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3/8/2021 UPDATE:
Of course, someone finds an LOI that says otherwise to my position and totally blows me away – not because the LOI says a PFT is not required, but that in the LOI OSHA states that personnel who are trained to the Operations Level are not HAZMAT responders and therefore do not need to have a PFT. I am sorry, but that is nonsense and I can not defend such rubbish – follow...
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Firefighter #1, Firefighter #2, and Firefighter #3 were participating in a training drill. All three (3) Firefighters were assigned to the decontamination team, which is responsible for decontaminating hazardous materials response members. The team was suited in LEVEL B protective gear and was utilizing Self Contained Breathing Apparatus. The team was using a “buddy breather” system, which...
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This happened in the USA in the Year 2010 and involved two (2) plumbers and two Volunteer (2) firefighters. We had the SINGLE entrant getting overcome by a bad atmosphere and his/her partner decides to enter to help and becomes a victim. To make matters worse, this incident involved a Volunteer FF (32-year veteran) who entered to attempt a rescue without an SCBA and attendant and was overcome...
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Last week I asked my FaceBook Group a “trick question” regarding the end-of-service-time indicator (EOSTI) on our Supplied Air Respirators that we use for emergency response. I was so pleased to get so many texts/calls/emails and even a few phone calls checking to see if I was feeling OK. I did not tell the group it was a trick question, but a lot of them realized there was...
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At 4:41 p.m. on July 24, 2020, Employees #1 and #2 set a 32-foot ladder into an eight-and-a-half-foot manhole that was connected to the main city sewer line station. Employee #1 entered the manhole and was immediately overcome by hydrogen sulfide gas, Employee #2 entered and was also overcome by the gas.
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At 11:30 a.m. on July 9, 2020, Employees #1 and #2 and their foreman, employed by a waste management company, were installing a closed-circuit television (CCTV) into an 8-inch sewer line to enable inspections in the manhole. They did NOT test the atmosphere before attempting to enter the manhole, which met the definition of permit-required confined space, and ventilation equipment was NOT available....
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At 8:30 a.m. on May 13, 2020, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were working to pressurize portable fire extinguishers. At some point, the extinguisher being worked on by the Employees exploded. Both Employees received severe lacerations to unspecified parts of their bodies. Employee #1 was killed, and Employee #2 was hospitalized due to his injuries. OSHA Case File
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A manual ¼ turn ball valve (#1) was the lead isolation valve in a Double Block and Bleed arrangement. The valve handle was incorrectly secured using a run of pipe BELOW the valve. As shown, the valve handle would swing down in order to OPEN the valve. With the chain securing the valve on the piping below it, it was not secured in its SAFE/CLOSED position. The bleed valve (#3),...
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A few weeks ago a client asked me to review a new N95 Filtering Face Piece (FFP) respirator they had received from a salesperson. This new N95 was very unique and it was touted to be NIOSH approved while being a “strapless” FFP. I was confused, how can a NIOSH N95 FFP be “strapless”. To say the least I had some serious doubts, especially knowing there are millions...
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One of the things that drive me INSANE during an audit or hazard assessment is a PRCS rescue team that is equipped only with SCBA’s. To this day, I have ALWAYS been able to find an entry portal that is too small for a rescuer wearing an SCBA to pass through. It then takes me several more minutes to find a closed permit for said space and the rescue plan was to use the on-site rescue...
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