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At 9:00 a.m. on December 15, 2017, an employee was cleaning the excess oil from the bottom of a tanker rail car following a previous application of oil to prevent corrosion. The employee collapsed due to a 98% atmosphere of nitrogen being present inside the tank car. The employee was killed due to asphyxiation.
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At 5:15 p.m. on May 16, 2017, an employee was preparing to paint a car. The employee hooked up his airline respirator to a nitrogen hose instead of to the compressed air hose, resulting in the employee suffering asphyxiation.
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Citation 1, Item 1 is classified as “Serious” and alleges that Respondent violated 29 C.F.R. § 1910.176(b), stating that “employees are exposed to struck-by hazards from unstable material storage.” A penalty of $10,864.00 is proposed for this item. For the reasons that follow, the Citation is AFFIRMED, and the proposed penalty is assessed.
The Accident
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Signs your weak-seam welded roof on your atmospheric storage tank worked as designed! Interesting video, but it shows how things are supposed to work when an atmospheric flammable storage tank is exposed to a fire. Firefighters need to understand how weak-seam welded roofs work so that can stay clear. You can see the roof of the tank in the background of this video.
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According to the RMP submitted to U.S. EPA by the facility, it fell within North American Industry Classification System Code 32599 as “all other chemical product and preparation manufacturing” and used flammables including butane, difluoroethane, isobutane, methyl ether and propane as process chemicals and held at least 10,000 lbs. As of July 6, 2004, the facility exceeded the applicability...
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The U.S. Department of Justice and the EPA have entered into a consent decree with an agricultural cooperative to address alleged chemical accident prevention and preparedness violations under the Risk Management Program of the Clean Air Act. The alleged violations relate to the companies’ management of anhydrous ammonia at nine facilities, which have a combined inventory of more than 4.3 million...
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What’s changed in CAMEO Chemicals 2.7.1?
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Eaton has identified a potential nonconformance with certain Eaton Heavy Duty 30A and 60A Safety Switches. The safety switch can potentially supply power when the handle is in the “off” position, subjecting the operator of the switch or any downstream equipment to the risk of severe bodily injury or death. This issue affects various configurations of 30A and 60A Heavy Duty safety...
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This is one from my personal collection. I know we go out of our way sometimes to accommodate the smokers at our facilities and I know that sometimes finding a location for a smoking area that makes everyone happy can be trying… but damn… if there is one place I would specifically PROHIBIT would be…
Yes – that is the main gas line coming into the facility – right...
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This may sound familiar to those of you my age or older… “This is how real men work”. Watch this video all the way through and not only will you see some unreal working conditions as they relate to machine guarding and PPE, you will also see some serious bouts of strength. It’s a video like this that reminds me that not all government intervention is bad. I...
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Respondent owns and operates an anhydrous ammonia sales facility. On or about June 1, 2017, representatives of the EPA inspected Respondent’s Facility to determine compliance with Section 112(r) of the CAA and 40 C.F.R. Part 68. Information gathered during the EPA inspection revealed that Respondent had greater than 10,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia in a process at its facility. ...
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In the spirit of 4th of July Safety, I present one of my favorite safety skits of all time…
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