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Yes, OSHA has rules for the use of flammable liquids in areas that are not designed as a Hazardous Location. OSHA covers Hazardous Locations in 1910.307, but those areas that do not rise to the level of being a Hazardous Location fall under 1910.334(d) which states:
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS AND STATE PLAN DESIGNEES
THROUGH:
DOROTHY DOUGHERTYDeputy Assistant Secretary
FROM:
THOMAS GALASSI DirectorDirectorate of Enforcement Programs
SUBJECT:
Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicalsand Covered Concentrations of Listed Appendix A Chemicals
This memorandum revises OSHA’s enforcement policy on the concentration of a chemical...
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS AND STATE PLAN DESIGNEES
THROUGH:
DOROTHY DOUGHERTYDeputy Assistant Secretary
FROM:
THOMAS GALASSI DirectorDirectorate of Enforcement Programs
SUBJECT:
RAGAGEP in Process Safety Management Enforcement
This memorandum provides guidance on the enforcement of the Process Safety Management (PSM) Standard’s recognized and generally accepted good engineering...
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Today the US Chemical Safety Board released a DRAFT report on a 2009 Explosion and Fire at a petroleum terminal facility. So far, the CSB has identified “Inadequate Management of Gasoline Storage Tank Overfill Hazard” as the root cause of this accident. I can still remember the 2005 Buncefield incident that very closely mirrors this incident in the respect that it was an OVER-FLOW...
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CLICK HERE (doc) for one of the Contractor Work Permit written program that I used during my time as a Safety Manager in the chemical industry.
CLICK HERE (pdf) for the Work Permit
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June 2015 marks the one-year anniversary of EO 13650 – Actions to Improve Chemical Facility Safety and Security – A Shared Commitment: Report for the President. The EO Working Group has released a fact sheet on the accomplishments to date on improving chemical facility safety and security since the publishing of the Report to the President.
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This week I am teaming up with my friend and safety colleague Jonathan Zimmerman at the 2015 ASSE Conference. I have uploaded our presentation, as well as the PSM Inspection Data that was so generously provided by some other friends who I can not mention publicly (but you know who you are and THANKS a million for all your support!). If you’re attending Safety 2015 this week, please...
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Date: Friday, June 19, 2015Time: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDTPlease join us for a webinar on Executive Order: Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security. This webinar will provide an update on actions items since the June 6, 2014, release of “Executive Order 13650: Actions to Improve Chemical Facility Safety and Security.Webinar Registration: Please email your contact information (first...
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Over 12,500 exclusive unsafe acts/conditions and accident/injuries photos
and over 1,100 ppt’s & doc’s from more than 2,797 contributors!
2015 Fatality Tracker
Electrical
20
(2014 =55)
(2013 = 32)
(2012 = 68)
Forklift/Aerial
18
(2014 = 60)
(2013=62)
(2012 = 52)
Mining*
16
(2014 = 401)
(2013=87*)
(2012 = 92*)
*ONLY developed nations and legal mines
Explosions
96
(2014...
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For the past several weeks, I have worked with clients who have realized they needed a Car Seal Program to comply with their pressure vessel RAGAGEP (e.g., ASME Section VIII) as it applied to their relief valve design basis. I have updated the written program for SAFTENG members. One of the clients utilizes “tag-out,” so the old “Danger” tags were too much like...
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