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EPA RMP citations @ fertilizer facility (NH3 & $12K)
EPA found that Respondent had violated regulations implementing Section 112(r) of the Act at 40 C.F.R. Part 68 by failing to comply with the regulations as noted on the enclosed Risk Management Plan Inspection Findings and Alleged Violations Summary, which is hereby incorporated by reference.  In consideration of Respondent’s size of business, its full compliance history, its good-faith...
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2016 Photo of the Week #14 (more Forklift Follies)
A safety pro has to wonder if the lights are locked out!?!?
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OSHA PSM citations @ food facility (NH3, $193K, SVEP)
Hundreds of workers evacuated a candy manufacturing plant when an evaporator unit pipe failed and released approximately 22 pounds of anhydrous ammonia throughout the facility. No workers were injured in the incident which closed the plant for more than two hours. OSHA investigated the Sept. 23, 2015, incident and cited the company with three repeat, 14 serious and two other-than-serious safety violations....
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2016 Video of the Week #14 (Arc Flash and Electrical Fire Caught on Helmet Cam)
Near Chelyabinsk in Russia…    
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OSHA PSM citations @ Food Plant (NH3 & $122K)
OSHA found that the nation’s largest chicken producer failed to use proper safety procedures that allowed a release of 79 pounds of anhydrous ammonia and endangered workers at its Waco facility on Sept. 28, 2015. OSHA cited the facility for two repeat and two serious violations under its Process Safety Management Standard. The company faces penalties of $122,500. OSHA issued the two repeat citations...
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OSHA PRCS Citations @ food plant (Acetic Acid/Vinegar & $79K)
An employee at a food manufacturing plant was instructed to enter and clean the insides of a 3,000-gallon tank containing vinegar on Sept. 28, 2015. Once inside, he was overcome by acetic acid vapors created by the vinegar in the tank. He was rescued but was hospitalized for five days. An OSHA inspection found that the plant lacked numerous safeguards required to protect employees whose work require...
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FATAL Air Receiver Explosion (Paper Mill)
At approximately 11:20 a.m. on May 28, 2012 Employee #1, a 50-year-old male was working in the vicinity of the mill air receiver tank when it exploded. The State Fire Marshal report stated in their report that not enough cool water was reaching the air compressor, which failed to shut down when it overheated.  The report states that heat ignited oil vapors that caused a receiver tank to explode,...
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Callaway, MN MC331 Tanker vs. Train incident does NOT appear to have been a BLEVE
This week (3/20/16) we saw yet another serious incident involving a DOT propane container (MC331). And although there is NO doubt in my mind that the incident in Alabama last was clearly and unmistakably a BLEVE (most likely a COLD BLEVE from impact damage), this most recent incident in Callaway, MN was NOT a BLEVE. Here’s the evidence leading me to these suspicions… … HomeRead...
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2016 Photo of the Week #13 (Forklift, Pallet, Ladder)
These pics are becoming far too common!  This one we can see that there is no driver, maybe he climbed up to hold the ladder!
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2016 Video of the Week #13 (Deadly Paper Machine Accident)
WARNING!  Viewer Discretion Advised – Video shows worker being pulled between two paper machine calenders.  It is a FATAL accident – no blood or gore, but may be upsetting to some.  
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Texting, Walking, Unsecured Propane Cylinder, and Open Flame (this can't turn out well!)
This video is from a CCTV system in a China restaurant and shows a waitress walking and texting as she walks by an unsecured propane cylinder, which she bumps into and knocks over.  The valve is sheared off and the cylinder begins releasing the propane.  Workers attempt to reach the cylinder but as we see, the propane finds the gas burner on the stove and well you can watch…
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