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OSHA has issued $77,605 in fines to a power plant after a hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas leak killed two contractors and injured four others inside a PRCS last August. The power company was fined $77,605, while the contractor that was performing maintenance at the plant was fined $129,340. OSHA says it found the power plant failed to properly communicate to its contractor the dangers that the...
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OSHA has issued $206,945 in fines to a power plant, and one of its contractors after a hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas leak killed two workers and injured four others inside a PRCS last August. The power company was fined $77,605, while the contractor that was performing maintenance at the plant was fined $129,340. OSHA says it found the power plant failed to properly communicate to its contractor...
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SAFTENG Comment: I am not sure why OSHA chose to use the General Duty Clause (GDC) rather than cite 1910.307
This case involves an oil and gas well-servicing company after a fire at a worksite injured an employee, and OSHA conducted an inspection. OSHA issued a citation alleging a violation of the general duty clause of the Occupational Safety and Health Act for exposing its employees to fire...
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An old boss from my GE Plastics days is presenting at the 4C HSE Conference in San Antonio, TX on April 3, 2018. His presentation is titled: Forget About the Feds, States are Moving on Expanded PSM/RMP Rules – Is it California Dreamin’ or a Glimpse into the Future of PSM/RMP Rulemaking? Dan is one of my anonymous bosses (not anymore) that I mention from...
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Improperly managed hot work has proven to be a leading cause of loss each year. Don’t get burned by it. With the FM Global Hot Work Permit app, you can efficiently conduct, track and monitor hot work from the palm of your hand, while maintaining consistency with FM Global data sheets and engineering standards. The Hot Work Permit app allows you to:
Create hot work permits...
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The rule revisions follow OSHA’s updates to its general industry standards addressing slip, trip, and fall hazards (OSHA Subpart D, Walking-Working Surfaces) and its changes to its requirements for personal fall protection systems (in OSHA Subpart I, Personal Protective Equipment).
The effective date of the amended General Industry Part 2. Walking-Working Surfaces is February 2, 2018.
A few provisions...
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Respondent is the owner and/or operator of five (5) cold storage facilities. Two of the facilities are both in the same industrial group, are located across a road from each other and are therefore located on one or more contiguous properties. Both are under the control of Respondent and are buildings that contain equipment that uses, stores, manufactures, or handles anhydrous ammonia and from...
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The summer of 2015 we got the much anticipated OSHA standard: Confined Spaces in Construction. And as OSHA has stated, this standard was meant to cover permit-required confined spaces (PRCS) in the construction industry, but also to “correct” some of the conflicts in the general industry PRCS standard (1910.146). In my August 2015 postings, we discussed how this new construction standard...
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