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Back in early 2015, I began working with some clients who were questioning their having to enter into the Process Safety arena because of a new refrigerant that was going into automobiles. Early in our discussions I was appalled that this flammable refrigerant had been “marketed and sold” with the description of being a “mildly flammable” gas by, what I once considered...
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On October 4,2001 Cody McNolty was working as a welder’s assistant in northern British Columbia. He was helping his father refit a log barge. Four workers were rendered unconscious from a lack of oxygen. Dan McNolty (the father) died.
Precious Time documents Cody’s story, a story of confined space rescue that goes tragically wrong. Precious Time was created to...
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This week social media once again provided us an eye-opening video… flaring off an MC331 Tanker of anhydrous ammonia (NH3). In my days, I have flared off both tanker trucks and railcars, and even worked with flaring systems on refrigerated atmospheric bulk storage tanks of NH3 at large NH3 terminals and NH3 manufacturing plants. The fact that these flaring systems and practices have...
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In this profession we have a saying when it comes to written safety programs… “steal with pride”. We learn early on in our careers that not much changes in OSHA standards so finding someone who already has a written program, training powerpoint, permits, checklist, etc. that we can just “steal it” rather than “recreating the wheel”. This practice has been...
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Sometimes we can find the most concise explanations from OSHA in these Extensions of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements. This week OSHA posted an extension notice regarding the paperwork requirements found in 1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks Standard. It is in this posting that OSHA does such a nice job stating...
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As almost everyone has felt the financial squeeze at some point during their career and we seem to be feeling it more and more these days. As auditors that travel the world, we are still seeing the negative ripple effects of the 2009/2010 recession in the United States in 2017 and probably will continue to see them in 2018 in the EHS arena. The effect I want to talk about in this article is the change...
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This fatal anhydrous ammonia accident occurred in March 2016 at a seafood processing plant in Boston, MA. The Boston Fire Department (BFD) is one of the top fire departments in the United States. These radio communications are being shared as a “learning opportunity” for SAFTENG members. Not only is the radio traffic telling by the items discussed, the timeline is also...
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Respondent is the owner and/or operator of a stationary source that uses, handles, and/or stores more than a threshold quantity of anhydrous ammonia, a regulated substance, as specified at 40 C.F.R. §§ 68.115 and 68.130. EPA conducted an inspection of the Facility on December 12, 2016 and EPA observed alleged violations of 40 C.F.R. part 68. The alleged violations involve:
maximum...
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