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This explosion is VERY SIMILAR to the fatal hotwork explosion that occurred in 2001 at Motiva Enterprises. The Motiva explosion occurred when a work crew had been repairing a catwalk above a sulfuric acid storage tank farm when a spark from their hot work ignited flammable vapors in one of the tanks. This tank had holes in its roof and shell due to corrosion. The tank collapsed, and...
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A study of past accidents in the chemical process industry (CPI) has been carried out by Helsinki University of Technology, Plant Design, Department of Biotechnology and Chemical Technology. It is found that the majority (73%) of the accidents were caused by technical and engineering failures. Based on the causes of accident and types of equipment failures, five common features of an accident...
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After maintenance, a scaffold was taken away to be able to start the cooling fan. Seconds after start up of a cooling fan, there was a lot of noise and a metal scaffold deck flew through the air and fell on the ground. CLICK HERE (pdf) for the Incident Alert.
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Anyone else notice the number of shocker photos making their rounds that show workers wearing their fluorescent safety vest while doing some awfully UNSAFE acts?!?!? I mean I get the idea with the hi-vis vests and all and I am a supporter of the concept, but I think some companies may be fooling themselves into thinking that issuing hi-vis vests eliminate unsafe acts. This pic shows...
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And we wonder how accidents happen. From my observation, this does NOT appear to be a surprise to the workers! Seems they are fully expecting this to happen and right next to a roadway none the less.
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Back in 2012, I wrote an article about ASME’s “Lethal Service” definition in the hopes of providing some direction in how we could establish which of our HHC/EHSs may rise to the level of “lethal service” as it applies to the design of our pressure vessels. The article stirred much debate among the SAFTENG die-hards, but it also led to more questions. The most asked question...
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A few months ago we discussed the first step in establishing our Dry Chlorine piping “service class” and in that article, I stressed how critically important that step was, as the rest of our design will be based on the chosen “service class”. In this article, we will see that I was not joking! As a reminder, here are our service classes:
Service Class
Physical...
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No it is not a spongy football for kids! NURF is the acronym for “Normally Unoccupied and Remote Facility”. It is a term used in OSHA’s PSM standard and NURFs are EXEMPTED from complying with OSHA’s PSM standard; however, EPA’s RMP rule does NOT have a NURF exemption so be careful – EPA manages this type of exemption via their varying RMP Program Levels. With all...
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The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors recorded the number of accidents involving pressure vessels at an increase of 24% over the course of a year between 1999 to 2000. These statistics include power boilers, steam heating boilers, water heating boilers, and unfired pressure vessels. However, the increased number of accidents was not reflected through to the number of fatalities,...
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PLEASE NOTE that this citation is SIGNIFICANT in that OSHA took issue with how Operating Procedures were controlled/revised/managed! OSHA found operators using three (3) different revisions for the same task that caused the release. Document control records had odd dates as well. A “document control” system is NOT a PSM (or RMP) requirement, BUT we MUST ensure that personnel...
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