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With all the noise in safety these days, I find it refreshing to just focus on the fundamentals and have management set targets on these fundamentals. For example, take a random safety walk on Monday and focus on Container Labeling. Count all the containers evaluated, count all the containers that were NOT labeled in any way, and count all the containers that were labeled incorrectly. Devise a ratio...
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I like to tell clients that NFPA has done what OSHA failed to do… make Combustible Dust a PSM-covered process. Well, not exactly, but NFPA 660 has certainly advanced how we manage the risks associated with Combustible Dusts. The new (2026) NFPA 660 has the following SMS elements:
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Once again, auditing pays off! No way in heck, my audits should be the method to identify QA failures on a piping installation, but it seems the past 10 years or so, it’s happening more and more. This event was a significant failure on the General Contractor and the Sub-Contractor, who was doing the actual welding. This is the corrective action plan I offered to the client for recovering from...
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Several reports released this week by safety authorities (including ABSA and the CSB) have highlighted “latent” welding failures in pressure systems:
Amine Stress Corrosion Cracking: A report finalized this week documented a loss of containment in a piping system in which a circumferential weld developed a through-wall crack.
Pressure Transmitter Leak: A separate industrial alert...
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A fire broke out at a multi-story automated parking structure within BYD’s Pingshan Park in Shenzhen, China, at approximately 2:48 a.m. on April 14, 2026. Preliminary investigations by local authorities and BYD indicated that the fire was caused by an outside contractor’s improper handling of dismantling/welding equipment, which ignited insulation cotton and other combustible materials during...
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Equinor has completed its internal investigation into the workplace accident at Mongstad on 17 September 2025, in which a worker lost his life. The purpose has been to ensure learning and to identify measures that can strengthen safety in crane and lifting operations across the company. The accident occurred during the lifting of heat exchangers as part of the plant’s turnaround work. It happened...
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Around 7:11 p.m. on the 16th, a pressure tank exploded during an inspection at a pressure tank manufacturing plant. The accident killed a worker in his 50s who was struck by flying pressure tank components and later died at a hospital despite being transported for treatment. He was reportedly inspecting a transformer pressure tank manufactured by the company at the time of the incident.
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Under the International Fire Code (IFC), N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) is not classified as a “Toxic” or “Highly Toxic” material. While NMP is legally classified as a toxic substance under environmental and labor laws (such as the EPA’s TSCA and OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard) due to its health effects, the IFC uses a very specific, narrow definition of toxicity...
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I’m in Grand Rapids this week working with a client on a flammable liquids process that is under the PSM TQ, but over the Maximum Allowable Quantity for “outside”. The city began adopting the IFC in 2006 and is now using the 2021 edition. I am sharing the PPT file for the management presentation/training, if they wish to fully understand the facility’s obligations regarding...
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The short answer is HELL NO. For emergency responders entering Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health (IDLH) atmospheres while wearing a Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA), a Qualitative Fit Test (QLFT) is insufficient and not compliant with 1910.134 or 1910.120.
1910.134(f)(6) QLFT may only be used to fit test negative-pressure air-purifying respirators that must achieve a fit factor of...
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The short answer is NO, but if we do, there’s a significant catch regarding its protection rating.
Under OSHA standards (29 CFR 1910.134), you are technically allowed to perform a Qualitative Fit Test (QLFT) on a full-face respirator, but doing so limits its Assigned Protection Factor (APF) to 10.
Here is the breakdown of why this matters and when you actually need a Quantitative Fit Test...
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If I do RT examinations of 100% of my pipe welds, do I get any exemptions for pressure/leak testing?
The short answer is no. Radiographic Testing (RT) and pressure testing (Hydrostatic or Pneumatic) serve two (2) fundamentally different purposes in piping integrity. While it might seem like “over-testing,” they are not interchangeable in ASME B31.3 (Process Piping) or ASME B31.1 (Power Piping).
Here is the breakdown of why 100% RT does not exempt you from a pressure test:
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