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On the evening of 20 April 2022, the chemical tanker was anchored at anchorage 8 in the North Sea. The recently unloaded vessel had discharged its cargo ofpalm oil in Rotterdam, and was being prepared to take on a new cargo of gas oil in Amsterdam. To receive the new cargo, the tanks first had to be filled with inert gas (nitrogen, N2). In accordance with the procedure, the tanks had to undergo a final...
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Oxygen-containing air released from his breathing air helmet came into contact with the catalyst on top of him, causing it to ignite.
On the morning of Friday, February 3, 2023, an employee of XXXXXX Service Catalyst Handling (the contractor) lost his life in an accident at the oil refinery. This happened while removing the catalyst from a reactor. Catalyst used in a reactor must be replaced periodically....
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We have seen a significant decline in Process Safety over the past five years. It seems PSM was infected with COVID-19, and it has Long COVID-19 illness! In the past five years, we have battled facility management and corporate legal teams over one significant issue… Training personnel on the PSM/RMP Management of Change Program. All of these businesses had a written program and usually a...
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As we have discussed before, Nitrogen (N2) Gas is NOT a toxic gas. It is an INERT gas. It has NO exposure limits, and in fact, 78% of every breath we take is N2. However, too much N2 will displace the Oxygen (O2) in the atmosphere, potentially creating a lethal atmosphere.
In March of 2016, a contractor, 32, was inspecting fire extinguishers at a steel plant. When he went into a pressurized elevator-control...
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A member of a team of workers dismantling subsea emergency shutdown valves (ESDV) on deck was badly injured when hit by parts of a valve that were ejected with force.
The team had successfully and without any problems already dismantled three (3) valves / ESDV as per the plans for that night. As the last valve was being disconnected, the Grayloc connection between the jumper and valve, along with...
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After filling a propane cylinder at a service station, the attendant placed the filling nozzle on top of the propane piping to hand the cylinder to the customer. The nozzle dropped. The impact with the ground reopened the control valve and resulted in an uncontrolled release of liquid propane. The dispenser lacked the required excess flow valve to control or slow the propane flow. The attendant was...
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Respondent owns and operates a stationary wet corn milling plant, which uses sulfur dioxide (anhydrous) (SO2) to control microbial growth during the corn steeping process and to weaken the starch-gluten bonds. Sulfur dioxide (anhydrous) is a regulated substance. See 40 C.F.R. § 68.130(a), Table 1. The Facility maintains a maximum inventory of the regulated toxic substance sulfur dioxide (anhydrous),...
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OSHA used its “Instance-by-Instance” citation policy to issue $2,812,658 in Willful citations to a food business. A total of 29 citations were issued. The breakdown of the citations is:
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OSHA used its “Instance-by-Instance” citation policy to issue $2,870,000 in Willful citations to a metal stamping business, which is now closed down. A total of 130 citations were issued. The breakdown of the citations is:
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OSHA has issued $4M+ in citations to an electronic vehicle-related parts manufacturer. This case involves OSHA’s “instance-by-instance” (IBI) citation policy issued in 2024.
The citations were for:
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This fatal incident is another example of workers unknowingly understanding “torque values” when putting the primary containment system into service.
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