Â
CLICK HERE to Renew your Membership
CLICK HERE for a NEW Membership
CLICK HERE to see eligibility requirements for FREE Membership
If you have any questions, please contact me
I am proud to announce that SAFTENG and The Chlorine Institute have renewed our partnership for another year (through 2026). Members of The Chlorine Institute receive a FREE SAFTENG membership. If you qualify, please contact me
NOTE: Any trade group interested in becoming a partner with SAFTENG for your Member Companies, please reach out, and I can share the plan
SAFTENG has:
- Over 19,000 categorized unsafe acts/conditions and accident/injury photos
- Over 1,500 ppt's & doc's in the SAFTENG Library
- Over 5,000 Technical Articles on Process Safety, Emergency Response & OSH topics
- Over 450 videos (those not allowed on YouTube Channel)
Many THANKS to my NEW Members and those who CONTINUE to support SAFTENG:
Department Name:
Energy Division (Offshore)
Bulletin No:
ED 2-2015
Issue Date:
18 September 2015
Target Audience:
Offshore Chemical Processing and production
Key Issues:
This Safety Alert highlights the issue of inadequate material properties of small diameter clamp connectors and the potential for sudden brittle failure.
…
HomeRead More »
Read More
The Respondent receives, repackages, freezes, and stores meat and meat by-products used for human and animal consumption. Its refrigeration system holds 17,609 pounds of anhydrous ammonia and is a Program 3 facility under 40 C.F.R. § 68.10(d). Respondent employs between 40 and 60 employees and operates two shifts per day. On or about May 7, 2013, EPA conducted an inspection of Respondent’s...
Read More
EPA and DOJ have announced a $5.6 million settlement with a manufacturer of pesticides to resolve violations of federal chemical accident prevention laws at its facility where an explosion killed two people in 2008. Under the settlement, the company committed to spending $4.23 million to improve emergency preparedness and response in Institute and protect the Kanawha River, pay a $975,000 penalty,...
Read More
A 41 year old male employee was exposed to a flash fire. An employee in a mix room was exposed to a fire and explosion when an energetic material ignited. Much of the mixing process was conducted remotely with operators separated by concrete walls from the large quantities of material. A process step required an operator to enter the mix room and clean a small amount of residual material...
Read More
Our friends at Oregon OSHA have once again out done themselves with a great podcast that ALL safety professionals, safety committees, and management teams should take the 4.5 minutes and sit back and listen to this podcast. The “hierarchy of controls” is the baseline for understanding how hazards are controlled and OR-OSHA nails it in this short and very concise podcast. After...
Read More
PLEASE NOTE the LOI in which OSHA adopted EPA’s 1% rule was thrown out by the courts so I am NOT 100% sure OSHA can use the 1% rule from EPA in their evaluations of what is a covered process/HHC.
The smoke is still rising from OSHA’s recent change on Concentrations of greater than 1% for HHC solutions. But already I am getting first-hand accounts from friends that are being...
Read More
I just love it when a SAFTENG “Partner in Safety” shines brightly! This year Riggs became a Partner and Corporate Sponsor at SAFTENG and I could not be happier. They have teamed up with several other businesses and OSHA VPP to make this EXCELLENT safety video. MANY thanks to Mike Patton, Riggs Safety and Training Manager for sharing this with the SAFTENG family. Here...
Read More
On February 5, 2015, EPA conducted a compliance inspection of Respondent’s facility to determine compliance with the Risk Management Plan (RMP) regulations promulgated at 40 C.F.R. part 68 under section 112(r)(7) of the Act. The EPA found that Respondent had violated regulations implementing section 112(r)(7) of the Act by failing to comply with the specific requirements outlined in the attached...
Read More
Over 12,500 exclusive unsafe acts/conditions and accident/injuries photos
and over 1,300 ppt’s & doc’s from more than 2,797 contributors!
Many THANKS to my NEW and RENEWING “Partners in Safety“
since 8/2015
since 7/2015
since 2008
since 2009
since 2013
– See more at: http://www.safteng.net/index.php/free-section/safety-info-posts/incident-alerts-2011-2015/3966-58-incidents-1-update-9-7-15#sthash.u7LV12Cn.dpuf
Over...
Read More
Each week I get into some really deep discussion regarding Process Safety and it seems that many of these discussions involve changes and whether the change needs an MOC. So I thought it would be a good discussion point for us here to toss around. This scenario actually comes out of a 3-year audit I recently conducted and it involves PSM training and changes to e-mail addresses…...
Read More
Written by David Hatch, Professional Process Safety Engineer (LinkedIn Partner). This is such an AWESOME idea I asked if I could post this at SAFTENG so more EHS professionals could see it and comment on it.
The recent events in China highlight the challenges that on & offsite emergency response teams face when tackling an incident at a high hazard facility. We already have the...
Read More
Partner Organizations
Member Associations
