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This CAFO resolves the following CAA violations that Complainant alleges occurred in conjunction with Respondent’s storage and handling of hazardous substances at its facility: Failure to prepare and submit a Risk Management Plan that includes all covered processes, in violation of 40 C.F.R. §68.12(a) and 68.150(a); Failure to comply with process safety information requirements, including documentation...

  2nd Quarter UPDATE with 289 Shocker and Accident Photos Now over 13,750 exclusive unsafe acts/conditions and accident/injuries photos and over 1,000 ppt’s & doc’s from more than 2,776 contributors!   Many THANKS to my RENEWING “Partners in Safety“ since 2009 since 2011 2014 Fatality Tracker Electrical 40 (2013 = 32) (2012 = 68) Forklift/Aerial 41 (2013=62)...

A recent analysis of 3M™ Model Number SWSW Series Mobile SkyWalk horizontal lifeline systems identified that these systems may not satisfactorily meet the minimum requirements of OSHA 29 CFR 1910.66, 1926.502 regulations and may not arrest a fall in the working clearances stated in 3M user manuals. This system was previously sold under the name Aearo Series Mobile SkyWalk system or SafeWaze Series...

As I have discussed many times with many clients, the practice of “bench testing” relief valves (RV) is a common practice in many industries; but in some industries, the practice has been considered to be a waste of time and money. At least that was the case until now! It appears that one major trade group is taking a position that “bench testing” RV’s is not only a good...

Here is a nice presentation the California Interagency Refinery Task Force did in June 2015: CAL-OSHA has issued an NPRM for a REVISED PSM Standard.  In addition to proposing changes to existing PSM language, the draft proposal introduces new requirements in the following areas:  damage mechanism reviews hierarchy of hazard controls analysis human factors management of organizational...

There is NO big surprise at the end, but watch and listen to this plan unfold!  Listen the camera guy laugh about how STUPID this act is and how he is recording it for the “failed log”.  To think anyone makes the claim that “Safety is just common sense” shows that four (4) adult men can have ZERO common sense when it comes to forklifts limitations and safety and rigging....

For many HAZMAT students, learning that a HAZMAT shipped as a Non-Flammable Class 2 HAZMAT can actually ignite is a sobering fact of emergency response. But when they find out this HAZMAT is anhydrous ammonia (NH3) there is a level of disbelief. But it was this week 30 years ago (9/17/84) at approximately 4:00 p.m., when an explosion occurred in a cold storage warehouse building near Shreveport, Louisiana....

This Notice concerns the DBI-SALA Lad-Saf™ Flexible Cable Ladder Safety System, also known as a “Safety Climb System.” Capital Safety has received a limited number of reports of 7×19 strand carrier cable slippage from the carrier clamp in the top bracket of these ladder safety systems. Although this top bracket design has been used in the market for more than 40 years without incident, the reported...