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February 14, 2017
With last weeks tragic accident in my old stomping grounds of DeRidder, LA I am reminded of OSHA’s laguage in 1910.252. I know of no other standard that has such “matter of fact” style language. In the standard, OSHA uses the phrase “absolutely certain” in regards to ensuring the “container” is gas/vapor free. In fact the standard goes as far as...
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February 8, 2017
Inspections
New Inspections
4,858
Closed Inspections
5,026
Inspections With Violations
65
Inspections With No Violations
4,793
Current Penalties
$397,508.50
Inspection Types
Inspection Type Accident
143
Inspection Type Complaint
1,124
Inspection Type Referral
683
Inspection Type Followup
193
Inspection Type Unprog Related
198
Inspection Type Planned
2,120
Inspection...
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February 6, 2017
A 61-year-old truck driver was watching two mechanics work on the inside rear tire of a truck. One mechanic left to retrieve a tool while the other mechanic was removing the air chuck. The truck driver approached the tire when the side wall of the tire exploded, releasing the compressed air and throwing the truck driver backwards where his head struck the floor. The employee died in route to the hospital....
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February 4, 2017
This week’s video shows what appears to be an attempted “hot tap” procedure on an anhydrous ammonia piping. Watch closely as the escaping ammonia gas (VD<1) gets trapped under the roof and ignites from the welding sparks. The other concern is that if NH3 was present in a flammable concentration, the workers should have been in a higher level of respiratory...
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February 4, 2017
The accident sequence begins with the negative consequences of organizational processes (i.e., decisions concerned with planning, forecasting, designing, managing, communicating, budgeting, monitoring, auditing, and the like). Another very influential factor is the system’s safety culture.
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January 30, 2017
An investigation into an explosion last year at a fertilizer plant has been completed by the State Fire Marshal’s Office and the report reads like a classic flammable liquid explosion – one small problem, Triclopyr 3 is not a flammable liquid! Triclopyr 3 has a flash point of 141°F and in today’s GHS world that makes this liquid a Category 4 flammable liquid, or as we used to...
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