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At approximately 10:15 a.m. on May 30, 2012 a 46-year-old truck driver was making a routine delivery of sanitation chemicals to a milk packaging plant. The plant purchases their sanitation chemicals through a nationally recognized clean-in-place chemical provider and the chemicals are delivered by a local chemical trucking company. Employee #1 (truck driver) delivered the chemicals to the plant’s...
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At approximately 7:00 p.m. on November 15, 2006, Employee #1 was a process operator at the Chlorine Liquefaction Unit, Block A-19. He was preparing to bleed off chlorine on a process line, to clear the line for maintenance work. The valve handle indicated that it was in a closed position. Employee #1 opened the cap to the bleed valve to insert a tube to clear the chlorine. However, the bleed valve...
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Here is a look at OSHA’s Permit-Required Confined Space (PRCS) compliance activity in 2016 (October 2015 – September 2016). As you can see, OSHA did 192 PRCS inspections (↓) and issued 435 citations (↓) for a total of $1,285,302 in fines (↓). 2015 numbers were 206 inspections; 545 citations; and $1,435,301. This is the SETTLED amount and NOT the initial citations....
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Here is a look at OSHA’s Process Safety Management (PSM) compliance activity in 2016 (October 2015 – September 2016). As you can see, OSHA did 140 PSM inspections (↑) and issued 669 citations (↑) for a total of $2,819,533 in fines (↑). 2015 numbers were 109 PSM inpsections; 477 citations; and $2,344,741. This is the SETTLED amount and NOT the initial citations. Here...
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Here is a look at OSHA’s Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) compliance activity in 2016 (October 2015 – September 2016). As you can see, OSHA did 1,780 LOTO inspections (↓) and issued 3,235 citations (↑) for a total of $16,611,253 in fines (↑). 2015 numbers were 1,796 LOTO inpsections; 3,139 citations; and $9,013,808.
This is the SETTLED amount and NOT the initial citations. Here...
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emphasis added by me and professionally speaking, this LOI is just “crazy talk” and why OSHA LOTO minimums should be viewed as just that… the ABSOLUTE MINIMUM! In this LOI, OSHA has established that using a “zip-tie” in the manner in which you would apply a lockout lock to an electrical disconnect would meet the “tag-plus” requirement under a “tag-out”...
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The methodology is used to identify and assess critical tasks. Its implementation involves five (5) phases.
Identify Critical Tasks Performed
Analyze each Critical Task to the Appropriate Level of Detail
Qualitatively Assess Risks Associated with Critical Tasks
Identify Risk Control Strategies
Incorporate the Results of Applying the Methodology into the Safety Case
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Industrial
Union Pacific railroad worker killed by train near Wallula (worker, 54, was killed by a train at 5:30 a.m. along the railroad track – no other details)
CRUSHED Worker killed in apparent accident at Manning Supply (worker, 57, was crushed and killed while handling large panel doors on the company’s lot -several workers were transferring building materials, including the doors,...
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If you’ve ever driven on an industrial plant site you most likely have noticed the speed limits on these sites is rather low, say 10 mph. However, some sites we have visited we have seen speed limits up in the 20 mph range. Now if there is no critical infrastructure in the area, we just look the other way and keep our mouths shut. But if we see speed limits over 10 mph...
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