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DHS provides two options when a facility is bought or sold.
Option 1: The buyer may assume the facility ID and the submitted surveys of the previous owner. This option is possible under the following conditions:
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This is some AMAZING FOOTAGE of how QUICKLY an entry can go WRONG! Listen to the worker’s discussing their concerns about entering the pit before the accident occurrs (WARNING – HARSH LANGUAGE). The Supervisor just orderdd the entrant “to step out for just a minute” when the entrant climbed the ladder and had his head outside the space when the steam was released,...
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When using Blinding/Blanking or Disconnect and Misalignment as an energy isolation method for your PRCS, do these isolation points have to be secured in their safe position with a lockout lock or tagout tag? In other words,
Can I install a blind/blank and not tag it out in the field indicating that it is an energy isolating device associated with the entry into a PRCS?
Can I roll a spool...
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Recently OSHA rescinded all their previous LOIs regarding how to calculate your HHC in your process when it is NOT in pure form. Since then I have fielded dozens of phone calls and countless emails asking questions about OSHA’s change and how it impacts their process. OSHA’s new enforcement policy is as follows:
In determining whether a process involves a chemical (whether pure...
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OSHA has cited a food processing facility for 13 serious safety and health violations. OSHA opened an investigation at the company, after receiving a complaint about an ammonia leak. Ammonia is used in the refrigeration process in food production facilities. Inspectors found that about eight pounds of ammonia were released March 3, 2015, from a compressor seal leak at the facility. Emergency evacuation...
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I recently came across a client who for whatever reasons had two (2) Risk Management Plans submitted for the same group of buildings, structures, equipment, installations and substance emitting stationary activities which belong to the same industrial group, which are located on one contiguous property, which are under the control of the same person (or persons under common control), and from which...
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One of the more common errors we come across in RMPs is the listing of earthquakes, floods, tornadoes and hurricanes as “major hazards”. I can say without hesitation that if your facility is in Omaha, NE that you should not be listing a “hurricane” as a “major hazard” associated with your process. But you very well may need to list “tornadoes”...
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Health and Safety Executive – Safety Alert
Department Name:
Hazardous Installations Division, CEMHD, unit 1C
Bulletin No:
HID 1-2015
Issue Date:
12 August 2015
Target Audience:
All premises where large dry powder fire extinguishers are likely to be used for example: chemical industry, offshore industry, merchant shipping, nuclear industry, manufacturing, mining, warehousing, engineering,...
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