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SAFTENG has:
- Over 18,000 categorized unsafe acts/conditions and accident/injury photos
- Over 1,500 ppt's & doc's in the SAFTENG Library
- Over 4,000 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:
OSHA has cited an industrial explosives manufacturer with 22 serious and one repeat violations by for failing to correct multiple deficiencies in its chemical process safety management and other workplace safety hazards. The proposed penalty totals $178,400. The inspection, which began in February 2014, was initiated under OSHA’s NEP for PSM. In this case, a number of chemicals including cyclonite...
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I have highlighted the major items in this appropriations report. Major items are: 1) small farms with less than 10 employees continue to be exempt, unless they have a labor camp, 2) new language clarifying OSHA’s ability to inspect small establishments where there exists the potential for a catastrophic chemical incident, with clarifying language that exempts employers that are farming,...
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THE CROSBY GROUP’S focus has always been on providing products of uncompromising quality. We go to great lengths to engineer and test our products to ensure that our quality is second to none . Nothing is more important to us than the satisfaction and safety of our customers. To that end, we have discovered that a small percentage of the above listed A- 342 and A-345 Master Links and Master Link...
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In 2012, Oregon OSHA adopted OAR 437-002-0146. That rule was initiated to address confined space hazards for the construction industry, as the previous rule, OAR 437-002-1910.146, did not apply to the construction industry. The goal in this process was to draft a rule that was significantly less confusing than the current rule, address shortcomings with the current rule, and organize the standard...
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2014 Fatality Tracker
Electrical
28
(2013 = 32)
(2012 = 68)
Forklift/Manlift
30
(2013=62)
(2012 = 52)
Mining*
389
2013=87*)
(2012 = 92*)
*no longer includes China
Explosions
65
(2013=194)
(2012 = 241)
Cranes
14
(2013=51)
(2012 = 52)
Falls
69
(2013=106)
(2012 = 99)
Work Zone
17
(2013=42)
(2012 = 62)
Trenching
10
(2013=25)
(2012 = 44)
LOTO/Guards
24
(2013=31)
(2012...
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On September 6, 2010, a 51-year-old male volunteer fire fighter (victim) died after being overcome by low oxygen and sewer gases while climbing down into a sewer manhole in an attempt to rescue a village utility worker. The utility worker had entered the manhole to investigate a reported sewer problem and was overcome by low oxygen and sewer gases (see diagram 1). The incident occurred behind the fire...
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The IRSST just published a report entitled Thermal Stress and Chemicals – Knowledge Review and the Highest Risk Occupations in Québec. Exposure to cold or heat triggers a series of compensatory physiological responses enabling the human body to maintain its internal temperature despite thermal stress. These thermoregulation mechanisms are well documented and the resulting physiological changes...
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The NPRM proposes enhanced tank car standards, a classification and testing program for mined gases and liquids and new operational requirements for high-hazard flammable trains (HHFT) that include braking controls and speed restrictions. Specifically, within two years, it proposes the phase out of the use of older DOT 111 tank cars for the shipment of packing group I flammable liquids, including most...
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