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Those who know me or have been following my rants for years know my love of Bollards and Jersey Barriers. These simple devices (e.g., PASSIVE engineering controls) can prevent a lot of contact between mobile equipment and process/equipment. But as shown in the image below, Aerial Devices such as JLGs can reach OVER safety barriers, often intentionally, to reach the area where the work needs to take...
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Take notice… single hose. Means liquid gasoline is going in the tank, but where are the vapors going if there is not a vapor return hose back to the truck? ALSO, the tank has an atmospheric vent pipe somewhere so as to vent vapor pressure should the tank get warmer and the gasoline Vp increases. Add to it that the density of gasoline vapor is nearly 2X the weight of air, and any vapor that is loose...
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Most response groups practice the 2-in/2-out rule during a HAZMAT response. But the devil is in the details when complying with 1910.120(q)(3)(vi).
How many have attempted to pick up a grown man, weighing 200+ pounds, while they are donned in a wet Level A suit and carry them out of the Hot/Warm Zone? I can state it confidentially… it will NEVER HAPPEN. Back in my heyday, I was a bodybuilder...
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WARNING! The video could be upsetting to some viewers.
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This can be a sensitive topic at many facilities. I was raised to believe that whenever the pressure-retaining boundary is physically broken during line or equipment opening tasks, the line or equipment MUST be pressure- and leak-tested before being returned to service. I get a lot of hate mail and even more weird looks when I bring this topic up – even after a major LOPC event caused by line/equipment...
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Does the fabricator of a B31.3 piping system still have to pressure test components that are manufactured to a standard listed in Table 326.1 when that standard states that the component is hydrotested as a requirement of the standard?
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I sure hope I am being duped by Ai once again, as this video has NO place in the year 2025! We can not make this stuff up, which leads me to wonder if this is fake. Their reaction seems a bit off, assuming the two workers under the load were killed or seriously injured. They could have gotten very lucky and gotten out of the way of the falling pipe. Why on earth the worker was riding the load/pipe...
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To quote the IFC committee, “the purpose of performance-based design criteria is to promote innovative, flexible and responsive solutions that optimize the expenditure and consumption of resources while preserving social and economic value.” Section 5001.3 Performance-Based Design Alternative is intended to be compatible with EPA’s RMP and OSHA’s PSM requirements, so it would reduce the burden on...
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In the video, you can see the gas company employees placing the ladder and pulling the hose that runs from the unit with the pipe. In an instant, the hose apparently ruptured, and it shot out; even the final section of the hose, where the dispensing pump is located, was about to hit another worker, who quickly covered his head and ran, as did the owner of the house.
Minutes later, another worker...
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10/28/25 UPDATE: Hydrogen (H2) FATAL Line Break
RIP
𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙?
The two deceased workers, identified as Mr K (43) and Mr A (50s), were subcontractors conducting scheduled maintenance on a hydrogen pipeline. The task involved inserting a blocking plate into a pipeline to isolate flow, a process requiring the loosening of flange bolts. The explosion is believed to have occurred during this...
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A pressure vessel at a food processing facility failed when a sight glass ruptured during an overpressure event, spraying hot liquid at 100 psi into the workspace. The vessel had been operating above its maximum allowable working pressure for weeks due to:
clogged filters,
bypassed safety interlocks, and
a lack of maintenance on pressure relief valves.
Contributing factors included
untrained...
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