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Fatality Alert: Confined Spaces
Accident Type: Confined space
Type of Operations: Unloading rail car
Competent Safety Monitor on Site: No
Was the Worksite Inspected Regularly: No
Training and Education Provided: No
Employee Job Title: General Labor
Length of Employment: 4 months
Experience at this Type of Work: 15-20 times previously
Time on Task: 45 min
Environmental /Geographic Conditions: Confined...
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This Alert highlights the risks associated with maintenance work in a confined space, such as a storage tank that has an internal floating roof, and suggests control measures to address these risks.
Background
In a recent incident at a major hazard facility (MHF), the internal floating roof of a storage tank collapsed down to the support leg stop position while a maintenance task was being carried...
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This is a 24,000-gallon fuel tank that floated out of the ground due to extremely high ground water levels and low fuel level inside the tank. Laws of physics will win every time! I do wonder what would have happened had a car been parked over the tank when it broke free and floated to the surface.
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Industrial
2 BNSF Railway workers killed on tracks in SW South Dakota (two railway employees have been struck and killed by a train around 10:15 a.m. – no other details)
WELL SITE FATALITY Lewis County Worker killed in Tyler County well site accident (worker, 19, died at a Hospital from injuries sustained in an accident at a well site – he was struck by a truck and was pinned between the...
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Respondent 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, the Respondent operates a river barge terminal. The facility stores anhydrous ammonia and blends fertilizers for sale to farmers and cooperatives. Anhydrous ammonia is received via barge...
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At approximately 9:45 a.m. on November 4, 2016, Employee #1, wearing a full face respirator, opened the hatch of ETS tanker T442 to initiate cleaning. It contained residue from hazardous waste. Employee #2 witnessed Employee #1 bend over the hatch area on top of the trailer as he walked by. As Employee #2 continued along the trailer toward the front he heard a loud thump and knew Employee # 1 had fallen...
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Several months ago I posted an article OSHA publishes DRAFT “Process Safety Management for Small Business Compliance” and how it offered some guidance on how facilities could disperse their inventories of Highly Hazardous Chemicals (HHC) and stay out of or get out of PSM. I have received many e-mails questioning the validity of the material in the DRAFT publication...
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Many of you have heard me mention (or read about) one of my former plant managers who was a pioneer in safety and he never even knew it. Claude was well ahead of his time, and well ahead of the likes of Dr. Geller and Dr. Krause when it came to motivating workers (people) to put their safety first. One day at a staff meeting Claude was not happy about our safety indicators and their trend....
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