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- Over 18,000 categorized unsafe acts/conditions and accident/injury photos
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Coverage: National
Period: 30 days, 3/19/15 to 4/18/15
New Inspections: Opened in the last 30 days = 570
Closed Inspections: Closed in the last 30 days = 1,235
Ongoing Inspections: Opened prior to 30 day reporting period and still not closed = 110,342
Inspections with Violations = 129
Inspections with no Violations = 441 (Based on number of New Inspections only)
Assessed Penalties= $0.3M ...
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On May 24,2012, EPA conducted a compliance inspection of Respondent’s facility to determine compliance with the Risk Management Program (“RMP”) regulations promulgated at 40 C.F.R. Part 68 under Section 112(r) of the Act. EPA found that the Respondent had violated regulations implementing Section 112(r) of the Act by failing to comply with the regulations. The Alleged Violations And...
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Respondent produces processes, handles, or stores, among other things, propane, hydrogen. isopentane, pentane, isobutane, and methane, which are all listed at 40 CFR Part 68 as extremely hazardous flammable chemicals. On August 3, 2014, there was a release of flammable substances from piping at the facility and a fire ensued. There were no injuries or fatalities; however, there was significant...
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A manufacturer of custom-sized resin balls used as flotation devices in the petroleum and fracking industries failed to protect its employees from the risk of death or serious injury from potential fires, explosions and other hazards by not providing and using mandatory safeguards. Officials from OSHA began inspecting the plant in October 2014, in response to complaints. Inspectors identified...
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Over 12,500 exclusive unsafe acts/conditions and accident/injuries photos
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UPDATED the Members Area Photo Library on 4/4/15 with 189 Shocker, Accident, and GRAPHIC Injury...
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We have all see the silly warning labels and mocked the warnings such as “CAUTION – coffee is hot”. But this one just amazes me; it has to stem from a lawsuit as it is just that silly. I have tried to find an accident involving this manufacturer of 5-gallon buckets, but so far nothing has turned up. I am hoping one of you may be able to shed some light. The...
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If you spend enough time working on Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), you are bound to come across some crazy situations. Luckily I have some world-class clients who allow me to share my “interesting finds” and encourage me to share with all of you. This most recent find was at an OSHA VPP STAR site. We have been hired to do program-specific audits each quarter, with an emphasis...
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Fire Protection Deficiencies to incorporate into our inspection programs and internal audit programs
Anyone ever completed any type of safety audit and not ended up with at least one item related to your fire protection systems? Anyone? I know I never have and I am a fanatic about my fire protection systems. I was trained to treat them as “gold”. No one touches them – PERIOD! Yet in all my years I can not recall having completed a safety audit where...
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OSHA has issued several PSM citations at a natural gas processing facility from an inspection that began in October 2014. This was an unannounced planned Chem NEP inspection. Of special note, these violations include issues with not having a Car Seal Program for valves within the relief path(s) of several relief devices. OSHA referenced ASME Section VIII, but did not specifically...
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