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PHMSA issues Safety Alert regarding crude oil being transported from the Bakken region
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is issuing this SAFETY ALERT (pdf) to notify the general public, emergency responders and shippers and carriers that recent derailments and resulting fires indicate that the type of crude oil being transported from the Bakken region may be more flammable than traditional heavy crude oil. … HomeRead More »
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OSHRC rules on LOTO case
This is a great example of how businesses make the mistake of viewing LOTO as a “maintenance function” and therefore ONLY maintenance personnel need to be trained in LOTO.  This case covers Training, Machine Specific procedures, and application of LOTO devices.  It also shows how operations personnel can actually do “maintenance and servicing” activities (as defined...
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De-Rating or Re-Rating a Pressure Vessel
Before de-rating or re-rating any ASME Pressure Vessel, a request from the owner/user shall be made to the Principal Pressure Vessel Engineer per R-503, National Board Inspection Code 1992 Edition, and RC-3022 of the NBIC 1998 Edition. The following information shall be included in a request from the Owner/User: … HomeRead More »
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Adoption of ASME Code Section XII and the National Board Inspection Code
PHMSA is proposing to amend the Hazardous Materials Regulations applicable to the design, construction, certification, recertification and maintenance of cargo tank motor vehicles, cryogenic portable tanks and multi-unit tank car tanks (ton tanks) in response to petitions for rulemaking from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors...
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Cal/OSHA Issues Notice, Schedules Public Hearing on Process Safety Management (PSM) Program Assessment
CAL-OSHA has issued a Notice of Rulemaking (pdf) after Emergency Adoption to make permanent the recently adopted Process Safety Management Program Assessment regulations.  A public hearing has been scheduled for 10 a.m., February 3, 2014 in the auditorium of the Elihu Harris Building, 1515 Clay Street, Oakland, CA 94612. Members of the public may also submit written comment on the regulations...
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Classification of Combustible Dusts under the Revised Hazard Communication Standard (OSHA Memo)
FYI OSHA issued this memo on 12/27/13 to Regional AD’s to close the gap on how Combustible Dust will be handled under the new HAZCOM std.  Until OSHA addresses these issues through rulemaking, CSHOs will use this memo to determine if manufacturers and importers (from now on “classifier”) are in compliance with the obligations of 1910.1200(d) for combustible dust. … HomeRead...
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A little safety humor for the holidays (Tools and how we use them)
I know many of my friends in safety in the construction industry will find good use for these one page zingers regarding tools of the trade!  Click on the image below to open the PDF file of 20 one page humorous quips about the tool(s).  Many THANKS to Bob Cornett’s Safety Group for sharing this with us.   This is a 2.0 MB file so be patient with the download.
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2013 Photo of the Week #52 (Ladders)
 
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2013 Video of the Week #52 (Stairway to Safety)
This video is to show that a 1700′ tower can be climbed SAFELY WITH 100% TIE-OFF!  This was done to refute the early video showing guys climbing a tower claiming this was “industry practice”.  WARNING!  If you have a health respect for heights, you may wish to be seated at ground level when viewing this video.
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EPA RMP Citations @ ice cream plant (NH3 & $9K)
On September 1, 2010, EPA conducted a compliance inspection at the facility to determine its compliance with the 40 C.F.R. Part 68. 34. Based on the inspection and a review of additional information received by U.S. EPA subsequent to that date, it has identified the following violations by Respondent of the Risk Management Program Regulations: … HomeRead More »
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2013 Photo of the Week #51 (HAZCOM)
Take a hard look at this commercially purchased sign.  This is NOT an in-house made sign!  Do you see the error?  To make matters worse, the storage tank was properly labeled which conflicted with this area sign.  Have you found the mistake yet?
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2013 Video of the Week #51 (Bob Welsh - My Christmas Eve)
A wonderful story for EVERYONE regardless of your religious views around Christmas!
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