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OSHA recently posted one of the most interesting LOI’s I have seen in quite a while. Somone asked: If an employee exposure after de-rating falls below 85 dBA, would that be a justification to not record an STS shift on the OSHA 300 Log? Of course OSHA said NO, but it was a nice try. Here is OSHA’s full answer…
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Question: If an employee with a neatly trimmed goatee is wearing a respirator and it does not interfere with the seal of the face piece or valve function, and has passed a fit test, does this meet the intent of the OSHA’s Respiratory Protection standard?
Response: The Respiratory Protection standard, paragraph 29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A), states that respirators shall not be worn when facial...
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WARNING! Viewer discretion is advised. This video veers off my typical industrial safety topic, but it is one that every safety professional and emergency responder needs to see AND HEAR. It is a video that will haunt you, SO TAKE MY ADVISORY SERIOUSLY, but I do think that as painful as it may be, it is necessary part of imprinting our brains so that we are motivated to go the extra...
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As usual, OSHA released their annual news at the National Safety Council’s Congress and Expo… OSHA’s Top 10 Standards Cited. The Top 10 for FY 2016* are:
#
Topic
OSHA Std
# of Citations
1
Fall Protection
1926.501
6,929
2
Hazard Communication
1910.1200
5,677
3
Scaffolds
1926.451
3,906
4
Respiratory Protection
1910.134
3,585
5
Lockout/Tagout
1910.147
3,414
6
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This article is intended to walk us through the DOT requirements for UNLOADING LPG and NH3 tanker trucks. In the DOT requirements covered in this article, we will see items that mirror OSHA’s PSM and EPA’s RMP requirements for DOCUMENTING Safety Systems and their intended functions. The material covered here should be incorporated into all UNLOADING SOPs and even in the risks...
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As I have stated my position many times, I push back really hard when a Hazardous Material is being loaded or unloaded using a hose that I, nor my co-worker who is taking part in the tasks, has any idea of its age, history of use, pressure and temp ratings, etc. This puts a lot of trust in a carrier/driver who we have never met or worked with before! I can not remember the last time one of my plants...
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This is an investigative report of the March 16, 2016 hydrogen/oxygen explosion at the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus (UH), in which a postdoctoral researcher lost her arm and sustained burns to her face and temporary loss of hearing. The postdoctoral researcher was working in a laboratory at the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute in the Pacific Ocean Science and Technology (POST)...
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urge employers (owners and operators) to conduct a root cause analysis following an incident or near miss at a facility.1 A root cause is a fundamental, underlying, system-related reason why an incident occurred that identifies one or more correctable system failures.2 By conducting...
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The information in this report is preliminary and will be supplemented or corrected during the course of the investigation.
On August 27, 2016, about 8:26 a.m. eastern daylight time, tank car AXLX 1702, specification DOT 105J500W, experienced a sudden tank shell crack shortly after it was filled with liquefied compressed chlorine at a rail car loading facility in New Martinsville, West Virginia. During...
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Fire and Building Code Officials are likely seeing the new Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) and new Safety Data Sheets with new chemical hazard pictograms. This ICC FACT SHEET is intended to provide Fire and Building Code Officials information relative to the modified OSHA Hazardous Communications Standard (HazCom) and address the potential...
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Although the dates of these letters are eariler this year, they were just posted…
Responsible party’s address and phone number on SDSs and labels [1910.1200(c)]
Requirements for labeling of products shipped for export to domestic and international destinations, under the revised Hazard Communication Standard (HCS 2012) [1910.1200(f)(1)(i)]
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