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A refrigeration warehousing company, which refrigerates various food products and citrus extract/oils and employs approximately 200 workers was cited for 13 safety violations, including one willful violation, for failing to follow the industry recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices for insulation removal and for failing to test the ammonia refrigeration system piping and pressure...
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Workers look for familiar patterns and apply well-tried solutions to a problem. There is the temptation to settle for satisfactory solutions rather than continue seeking a better solutions. The mental biases, or shortcuts, often used to reduce mental effort and expedite decision-making include:
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Coverage: National
Period: 30 days, 6/10/15 to 7/10/15
New Inspections: Opened in the last 30 days = 4,553
Closed Inspections: Closed in the last 30 days = 4,319
Ongoing Inspections: Opened prior to 30 day reporting period and still not closed = 118,209
Inspections with Violations = 150
Inspections with no Violations = 4,403
Assessed Penalties= $0.4M
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A recent fatality at an ammonia refrigeration process in Canada points to a potential weakness in “contractor safety” at facilities with active process safety management systems in place. PSM/RMP facilities regularly get “safety information and data” from their contractors; this information is usually the contractor’s OSHA injury/illness rates, experience modification...
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A fire at the Chevron refinery in Richmond in August 2012 raised public concern about refinery safety and emergency response in California. Following a directive from the Governor’s February 2014 report on “Improving Public and Worker Safety at Oil Refineries,” CalEPA formed the Interagency Refinery Task Force (IRTF). The IRTF membership includes ten state agencies, U.S. EPA,...
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Folks I know it is hot this time of year (for those in the Northern Hemisphere), but our heat protection programs can NOT triumph basic machine guarding! This is just unreal…
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WARNING! This video contains GRAPHIC CONTENT, viewer discretion is advised. The video shows a grinder wheel coming apart and striking the worker in the face (it is NOT real, but a very good recreation).
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DOL/OSHA
RIN: 1218-AB80
Publication ID: Spring 2015
Title: Walking Working Surfaces and Personal Fall Protection Systems (Slips, Trips, and Fall Prevention)
Abstract:
In 1990, OSHA published a proposed rule (55 FR 13360) addressing slip, trip, and fall hazards and establishing requirements for personal fall protection systems. Slips, trips, and falls are among the leading causes...
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In November 2014, a worker was overcome at the chemical manufacturing facility when a supply line unexpectedly released more than 20,000 lbs. of methyl mercaptan, a deadly chemical. Three co-workers came to the worker’s aid in an attempted rescue, but all four were asphyxiated fatally by the colorless, flammable, and highly toxic gas. After the initial investigation into the four deaths, OSHA...
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2015 Fatality Tracker
Electrical
24
(2014 =55)
(2013 = 32)
(2012 = 68)
Forklift/Aerial
24
(2014 = 60)
(2013=62)
(2012 = 52)
Mining*
17
(2014 = 401)
(2013=87*)
(2012 = 92*)
*ONLY developed nations and legal mines
Explosions
110
(2014 = 157)
(2013=194)
(2012 = 241)
Cranes
25
(2014 = 20)
(2013=51)
(2012 = 52)
Falls
47
(2014 = 97)
(2013=106)
(2012 = 99)
Work Zone
22
(2014 = 33)
(2013=42)
(2012...
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OSHA has announced a 60-day temporary enforcement policy of its Confined Spaces in Construction standard, which becomes effective Aug. 3, 2015. The agency is postponing full enforcement of the new standard to Oct. 2, 2015, in response to requests for additional time to train and acquire the equipment necessary to comply with the new standard.
During this 60-day temporary enforcement period, OSHA will...
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Sounds like a simple question and often the answer is easy when dealing with reputable respirator manufacturers; however, the idea that providing a PAPR to a worker assures a higher protection factor is just wrong. When we look at OSHA’s Assigned Protection Factors (APF) in 1910.134(d)(3)(i)(A) we see Table 1. – Assigned Protection Factors where PAPRs have two (2) APFs “425/1,000” for “Helmet/hood”...
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