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Respondent is a municipality operating two “stationary sources”, the Water Treatment Plant (WTP) and the Waste-Water Treatment Plant (WWTP). At the time of the inspection, respondent had submitted and registered RMPlans for each of its stationary sources at the WTP and the WWTP and had developed an RMProgram accidental release prevention program for each of these two (2) stationary sources....
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Following up on a 2012 post about complying with 1910.95(j), I wanted to share a working example of how I document my “hearing protector attenuation” evaluation. I think the example speaks for it’s self, but if you need a reference as to what this exercise is meant to accomplish please refer to my 2012 post Hearing Protection Attenuation Evaluation, has it been done? ...
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I love science, especially when we can relate it directly to industrial safety. We all know the power of pressure, but the power of a vacuum is often lost.
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One of the most often asked questions in my Process Safety training courses is… “What do you mean when you say Layers of Protection?” So I have made this very simplified powerpoint presentation to provide a visual of how “Layers of Protection” are effective and how they BECOME INEFFECTIVE. This safety principle is most often mentioned in process...
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Both OSHA’s and EPA’s process safety standards have a requirement called “Design codes and standards employed”, but why do the standards require this and what should it look like in our Process Safety Information management system? In a review of our past audits, we almost always find gaps in the facility’s list of Design codes and standards employed. ...
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An analyzer engineer was fatality injured when the engineer removed the cover on an explosion-proof enclosure as part of a routine task. The threaded cover weighing ~12 lbs. and measuring 14 inches in diameter was forcefully propelled from the enclosure as the engineer unscrewed it inflicting a fatal head injury. The force was caused by pressure inside the enclosure from leaking sample gas or instrument...
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is delaying the effective date of the Risk Management Program Amendments for an additional 20 months, to allow EPA to conduct a reconsideration proceeding and to consider other issues that may benefit from additional comment. The new effective date of the rule is FEBRUARY 19, 2019. The Risk Management Program Amendments were published in the Federal Register...
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This video is interesting on many levels and since it occurred outside of the USA I am not sure about any regulatory issues in the home country, but if this were in the USA we can see a number of issues. However, this video shows us the conditions under which we might respond to an ammonia leak. Climbing the tanker truck ladder in a LEVEL A suit under a blanket of fire water raining...
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The Department of Labor and Industries cited a refinery for forty-five alleged violations of various Washington Administrative Code sections assessing a penalty of $2,393,000 as a result of an explosion and fire that occurred at the refinery on the early morning of April 2, 2010 that resulted in seven fatalities. The refiner contends that it did not violate any of the code sections and that the explosion...
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This week, the video below has gone viral and many have blamed the elderly lady of not paying attention to where she’s going as the cause of this accident; but what do you say is the ROOT CAUSE of this accident? What other issues can we identify in this accident? Let’s assume the work would fall under OSHA – what standards were violated if any? What say you?
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