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I have written several times now about OSHA’s new Construction Standard for Permit-Required Confined Spaces and how this new standard clarifies several aspects regarding the General Industry Standard 1910.146. But one requirement I continue to get push back on is the fact that ENTRY-STYLE Rescue is REQUIRED for ALL “permitted entires” in both Construction and General Industry. It...
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Full disclosure, I do PSM/RMP audits, but that does not change the facts that I will present in this article. Over the past couple of years, I have seen first-hand companies cancel or fail to schedule their 3-year PSM/RMP audits because their State EPA, Federal EPA or OSHA did a PSM/RMP inspection at their facility and they feel this “inspection” counts as a 3-year audit. They could not...
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A food cannery faces $143,550 in federal penalties after a worker, 35, fell more than 17 feet into an empty sauerkraut vat and broke multiple bones. The inspection that followed was the fourth time since 2011 that OSHA has cited the company for failing to protect workers from fall and machine hazards. On April 13, OSHA issued one willful, two repeat, five serious and one-other-than serious safety violations...
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These citations are the FIRST OSHA citations using 1926.1201-1213, OSHA’s confined space in constructionOSHA’s confined space in construction standard. It is IMPORTANT to point out these citations involved work at a waste-water treatment plant (WWTP) which is normally a workplace that would fall under OSHA’s GENERAL INDUSTRY standards; however, the work being done...
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A long-time SAFTENG member shows us how we can have fun with safety! BTW, this was done at a VPP STAR worksite.
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2016 Fatality Tracker
Electrical
7
(2015 = 38)
(2014 = 55)
(2013 = 32)
(2012 = 68)
Forklift/Aerial
15
(2015 = 48)
(2014 = 60)
(2013 = 62)
(2012 = 52)
Mining*
7
(2015 = 21)
(2014 = 401)
(2013 = 87*)
(2012 = 92*)
*ONLY USA
Explosions
17
(2015 = 135)
(2014 = 157)
(2013 = 194)
(2012 = 241)
Cranes
30*
(2015 = 28)
(2014 = 20)
(2013 = 51)
(2012 = 52)
*18 were...
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This was a significant decision by the OSHRC as it answered the debate… do isolation plans associated with complex energy isolations need to include the means to verify Zero Energy State (ZES) for each isolated source? There answer… YES, and it MUST be DOCUMENTED in the isolation plan/worksheet. The refinery’s arguments that the means to verify ZES was not required to...
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I am not 100% convinced this was a “diesel tank”. Having seen over a dozen diesel tanks explode (most in tests) this explosion looks nothing like it. It is not a boil-over either, but I am pretty sure the FD would know the difference between LPG tank and a diesel tank. In what I can see this was a BLEVE, but do BLEVE’s occur with atmospheric vessels containing combustible...
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Now I am no construction safety or crane expert, but not so sure I would be posing with this piece of work! Heck he is already under a load just by standing there.
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Oh my – oh my! Watching the manner in which these 1-ton cylinders are being handled, loaded, and secured, makes one wonder if any placards found their way on this shipping container!!! Friendly advice – do NOT handle your NH3 1-ton cylinders like this!
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On March 23rd a worker at a seafood processing building/warehouse in Boston, MA was killed in a catastrophic release of anhydrous ammonia. Since then there has been much speculation as to how this tragedy occurred and whether or not the facility’s refrigeration process fell under OSHA’s PSM and EPA’s RMP standards. As it appears at the time of this writing, neither OSHA’s or EPA’s process safety...
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