Date: Friday, June 19, 2015Time: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDTPlease join us for a webinar on Executive Order: Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security. This webinar will provide an update on actions items since the June 6, 2014, release of “Executive Order 13650: Actions to Improve Chemical Facility Safety and Security.Webinar Registration:  Please email your contact information (first...

Over 12,500 exclusive unsafe acts/conditions and accident/injuries photos and over 1,100 ppt’s & doc’s from more than 2,797 contributors! 2015 Fatality Tracker Electrical 20 (2014 =55) (2013 = 32) (2012 = 68) Forklift/Aerial 18 (2014 = 60) (2013=62) (2012 = 52) Mining* 16 (2014 = 401) (2013=87*) (2012 = 92*) *ONLY developed nations and legal mines Explosions 96 (2014 = 157) (2013=194)...

For the past several weeks, I have worked with clients who have realized they needed a Car Seal Program to comply with their pressure vessel RAGAGEP (e.g., ASME Section VIII) as it applied to their relief valve design basis.  I have updated the written program for SAFTENG members.  One of the clients utilizes “tag-out,” so the old “Danger” tags were too much like...

 

Earlier this week I struck a nerve with many of you; mostly positive comments and agreement and I appreciate all your support.  I received some challenges and I appreciate those as well as they push me to become a better safety professional.  Most of the challenges were of the position “it is not wrong/improper” to ask those type of questions in a PHA and “OSHA/EPA can not...

As the debate rages on regarding rescue services, there is ONE SMALL and SIMPLE requirement that would STOP ALL entries… 1910.146(j) Duties of entry supervisors. The employer shall ensure that each entry supervisor: … 1910.146(j)(4) Verifies that rescue services are available and that the means for summoning them are operable; This Entry Supervisor REQUIREMENT could not be any more clear… it...

Many Americans often worry about plane crashes or lightning strikes. But everyday things like driving pose greater risks to our safety. Find out more about your odds of dying from various causes. … HomeRead More »

There is a method to OSHA’s madness in PSM (as well as EPA’s with regards to RMP) when it comes to conducting a Process Hazard Analysis (PHA).  Unfortunately too many facilities have been duped into believing that the effort they put forward into what they called a PHA was quite frankly a waste of time.  Maybe not a total waste of time, but way too many of these PHA’s fall...

Once again, OR-OSHA has put out a high quality publication!  This one is on Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) and is a MUST have for every facility.  Yes I know, it only counts in Oregon, but this publication explains LOTO like none other and can be used by any workplace struggling with LOTO regardless of what state you are in.  This publication EXPLAINS the myths behind “minor servicing exception”,...

 

    since 5/2015 since 2013 since 4/2015 since 2005   – See more at: http://www.safteng.net/#sthash.4XbQxFGJ.dpuf Many THANKS to my NEW and RENEWING “Partners in Safety“ since 5/2015 since 2013 since 4/2015 since 2005 – See more at: http://www.safteng.net/#sthash.4XbQxFGJ.dpuf Over 12,500 exclusive unsafe acts/conditions and accident/injuries photos and over 1,100...