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This month, IN-OSHA issued citations to a “service contractor” for $99,250 after one of their service technicians entered a roll-off trash compactor to perform equipment repair, replacing a hydraulic pump and a directional valve on the Marathon Trash Compactor.  The plant was NOT cited, and the contractor company involved in the repairs received ten citations, one (1) Serious)...

Does your facaility have hazardous machinery?  Does your facaility have E-Stops on that hazardous machinery? 1910.144(a)(1)(iii) is a rarely used OSHA standard, but it does exist and it is VERY specific.  In fact IN-OSHA issued a citation against the standard this month.  Here is what it says… … HomeRead More »

Hug your kids at home, but belt them in the car! If you drink, don’t drive. Don’t even putt. Keep your kids safe. They’ll choose your nursing home. If everything comes your way, you are in the wrong lane. Have another day! Anger is one letter away from Danger. Drive gently. If you can’t be good, be careful. If you can’t be careful, we’ll get a call. Be the kind...

As with any safety effort, there are varying degrees of what all of us would consider being compliant vs. world-class safety.  When we enter the PSM/RMP realm, this line gets even blurrier since these are “performance-oriented” standards.  But a PSM/RMP audit SHOULD be much more than looking at just 1910.119 and Part 68!  There are dozens of other OSHA standards with a DIRECT...

Reps. George Miller (D-Calif.) and Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) have requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigate gaps in regulatory oversight of the West, Texas fertilizer plant where an April 17 explosion killed 15 and injured more than 200. Miller, the senior Democratic member of the Education and the Workforce Committee, and Courtney, the senior Democratic member...

Does a PSM/RMP facility have to have an emergency response team?  One of the most frequent questions I have gotten over the past several years so here is my official response:  No and Yes.  Thanks for reading and send donations to ….. LOL!  A little consulting humor there.  Seriously, the employer has choices, but ULTIMATELY the Highly Hazardous Chemical/Extremely Hazardous...

OSHA has cited an industrial cleaning contractor for 28 serious safety violations following the death of a worker who fell from a ladder inside of a storage tank, apparently after being overcome by methylene chloride vapors at a chemical manufacturing facility. Eighteen of the serious violations involve confined space entry requirements, such as… … HomeRead More »

  Many THANKS to my NEWEST and RENEWING Corporate Partners in Safety… since 2004 since 2013 since 2008 since 2010 2013 Fatality Tracker Electrical 6 (2012 = 68) (2011 = 81) (2010 = 90) (2009 = 100) Forklift/Manlift 21 (2012 = 52)  (2011 = 84) (2010 = 110) (2009 = 88) Mining* 25 (2012 = 92*) (2011 = 248) (2010 = 480) (2009 = 586) *no longer includes China accidents Explosions 44 (2012...

Risk assessment is the process where you: Identify Hazards Analyze Hazardsor Assess the risk that hazard poses to people, equipment, business Determine appropriate ways to eliminate or control the hazard … HomeRead More »