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OSHA has issued 14 serious violations ($80,000) after an October 2015 complaint investigation found the manufacturer and distributor of chemicals used in a variety of industries including manufacturing, water treatment and oil and gas violated OSHA’s PSM standard. Here is a breakdown of the citations:
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The much anticipated 2016 ERG (well it was for HAZMAT folks) is now available for download in Portable Document Format (pdf).
The file size is 12700 KB.
ERG 2016 – English
GRE 2016 – Spanish
Here is the link to the APP (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/erg-2016/id592158838?mt=8)
See below for changes from the 2012 edition…
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UPDATE 10/18/2016 – Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health Office reduced the number of violations cited from 15 to nine and lowering fines from $115,500 to $69,300. About a month after the blast, the Honolulu Fire Department said its investigation determined the explosion was likely caused by a digital pressure gauge in the tank that produced an electrical spark, which detonated the...
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When we begin a “human factors” analysis, we should do more than ask “Is the equipment labeled?”, as human factors rely on the equipment being PROPERLY LABELED. This is a perfect example of something be labeled, but asking for an accident. Even as obvious of a mistake this is and everyone who looks at this picture will just shake their head, this is a classic example...
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WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! – This video is EXTREMELY GRAPHIC and shows a worker being lifted into the air and landing seconds later within the video. This was a PRCS FATALITY, so if seeing these types of REAL videos is upsetting, VIEWER DISCRETION is STRONGLY advised. Cause of this FATAL Accident was lack of control over ignition sources INSIDE the underground gasoline...
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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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