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ICC-500, ICC/NSSA Standard on the Design and Construction of Storm Shelters, establishesMINIMUM REQUIREMENTS for structures and spaces designated as hurricane, tornado, or combination shelters. The standard addresses the design of such shelters from the perspective of the structural requirements for high wind conditions and addresses minimum requirements for the interior environment during a storm...
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Violations of permit confined spaces safety regulations led to the death of a worker, 23, on June 19, 2014, at a producer and distributor of food products. The worker was found unresponsive in a tanker truck at the facility. He was conducting sampling of the tank, which contained egg products and nitrogen. OSHA has cited the company for five serious safety violations, including exposing employees to...
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The Technical Safety Authority of Saskatchewan (“TSASK”) has finalized its investigation into the December 24, 2013, explosion at the Co-op Refinery Complex (“CRC”) in Regina. The investigation has concluded that a bypass line of Polymerization Unit 27 froze following a maintenance procedure. The stress of the freezing process ruptured the bypass pipe. Once...
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2nd Quarter UPDATE with 289 Shocker and Accident Photos
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2014 Fatality Tracker
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OSHA found that an environmental remediation company did not have the equipment or trained personnel to rescue a 27-year-old worker promptly who collapsed and later died while cleaning a rail car. OSHA has cited seven willful and 14 serious safety violations, many involving permit-required confined space safety regulations. The company has also been placed in OSHA’s Severe Violator Enforcement...
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Can you count the violations/unsafe conditions/acts in this single photo?
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Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and The Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Date: Thursday, December 11, 2014, 10:00 AM
Place: 406 Dirksen Senate Office Building
12/12/14 – UPDATE on the hearing:
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When I teach Emergency Response courses at fixed facilities I encourage the facility to use their safety showers as their first stage (and often the only stage) of decontamination during an emergency response. For years, fixed facility personnel attended HAZMAT training with local fire departments where they were taught the traditional 4-6 stage decon line with all the dressings (e.g. baby pools,...
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http://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/coffee-break/cb_fp_2014_48.pdf
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Earlier this year I came across an interesting incident that occurred during a Confined Space Rescue Exercise in Vancouver Island, Canada. I further investigated by contacting WorkSafe BC directly, who then got me in touch with the Fire Chief of the FD that conducted the exercise. Here is what happened in September 2013 and what the FD believes led to this incident…
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OSHA is making a formal request of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health to submit a recommendation on whether the agency should proceed with proposed amendments to the recordkeeping regulations at 29 CFR Part 1904. The proposed amendments would clarify that employers have a duty to make and maintain accurate records of work-related injuries and illnesses and that this duty...
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues to strengthen security at the Nation’s high-risk chemical facilities through the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program. Chemical Security Program Statistics as of November 1, 2014…
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