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I found this document extremely helpful and interesting, especially the following sections:
Walkdown Considerations
Evaluation of Ground Supported Building and Nonbuilding Structures
Evaluation of Equipment and Nonstructural Components
Evaluation of Ground Supported Storage Tanks
Evaluation of Piping Systems
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PHMSA has launched a new on-line training program that introduces users to the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR), and may be used to meet the requirements for general awareness/familiarization training, or as the basis for developing function-specific training programs. Current U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations require initial and recurrent training of all employees who...
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This incident may not technically be working under an actual suspended load; however, working under any suspended equipment can be deadly. I do not have the facts as to what caused the bucket to disconnect, but boy-oh-boy it did and nearly killed the worker.
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I have an ongoing project with an entity that takes me on a trip through hundreds of Risk Management Plans that have been submitted to the EPA. Now most EHS professionals know that the majority of the data and text submitted in these plans is available on the world-wide web for anyone and everyone to see. The only thing that is not supposed to be published is the results of the Off-Site...
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Respondent is a municipality operating a wastewater treatment plant and has submitted and registered an RMPlan to the EPA for its stationary source and has developed an RMProgram accidental release prevention program for the stationary source. At its stationary source at the time of the inspection, the Respondent had on-site for use, 4,000 pounds of chlorine for wastewater treatment purposes. The Respondent...
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This latest edition of The BULLETIN (a National Board Publication) contains another excellent article on handling and managing relief devices. What caught my eye was the pic they used in the article…
As a safety professional, we need to be well versed in our safety devices and this brief article is a great resource from a highly reputable publication on how we should and should...
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We are all working with OSHA’s new Walking and Working Surfaces standards and trying to figure out how all the new design standards will apply to our workplaces and activities. And in doing so, many of us have seen that OSHA has now “officially” endorsed the use of alternating tread stairs in 1910.25(f). But there may be a trick in this for us. OSHA’s...
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This week I came across a perfect example demonstrating how OSHA’s recent 1926 Subpart AA – Confined Spaces in Construction can impact BOTH construction sites AND workplaces normally covered by General Industry Standards (1910). A lot of businesses who deal with tanker trucks will have a “scale” for weighing these trucks. This week while working at...
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Violation Summary
Serious
Willful
Repeat
Other
Unclass
Total
Initial Violations
10
10
Current Violations
10
10
Initial Penalty
$107,918
$107,918
Current Penalty
$91,724
$91,724
Violation Items
#
ID
Type
Standard
Curr$
Init$
LastEvent
1.
01001
Serious
19100022...
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A 38-year-old welder was fatally injured while doing maintenance on a large chip conveyor at a commercial wood chipping facility. A new conveyor system had been installed to move wood chips from a large chipper to the yard area. The system was operational but not complete. Two workers, including a welder, were working at the in-feed end of the conveyor system which was 400 feet from out-feed end. At...
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In April, 2011, an ammonia leak at a large warehouse where anhydrous ammonia is used in the refrigeration system in a cold storage building. In this incident, one worker was burned on the arm from the escaping gaseous ammonia. An estimated 3600 pounds of ammonia evaporated into the air during this incident. As part of the planned mechanical integrity schedule, two employees were changing...
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