OSHA has cited a manufacturer of roof insulation panels with 23 alleged serious safety violations following an inspection that began in July 2012.  OSHA found several deficiencies in the plant’s process safety management (PSM) program.  The chemical was n-pentane, an organic compound used in the manufacturing process. The cited deficiencies included missing PSI, failing...

Cars, pickups, dump trucks, delivery vehicles, 18-wheelers as wells as fork trucks and heavy construction equipment all have something in common.  OSHA investigated eight worker deaths in New England in 2012 due to backovers and three more involved working on or near vehicles.  The count does not include several public sector workers not investigated by OSHA, scores more severely injured...

  Many THANKS to my NEWEST and RENEWING Corporate Partners in Safety…   since 2005 since 1/2013 since 2011 since 2006 since 2011 2013 Fatality Tracker Electrical 3 (2012 = 68)  (2011 = 81) (2010 = 90) (2009 = 100) Forklift/Manlift 8 (2012 = 52)  (2011 = 84) (2010 = 110) (2009 = 88) Mining* 19 (2012 = 92*)  (2011 = 248) (2010 = 480) (2009 = 586) *no longer includes China...

Some help from OSHA on what a HAZMAT Team member’s physical exam should look like.  It has been well established for years that a HAZMAT or Fire Brigade member must undergo a more EXTENSIVE physical than the traditional respirator physical.  In this LOI, OSHA explains the difference between the two: … HomeRead More »

Products Involved:  FallTech Lanyards, Rebar Chain Assemblies , Harness/Lanyard Combos, and Roofer’s KitsManufacture Dates: 01/01/2012 through 01/25/2013Serial Numbers: 0776186 through 1218826 Please be advised that all hooks on all FallTech Lanyards, Rebar Chain Assemblies, Harness/Lanyard Combos and Roofer’s Kits with manufacturing dates of 01/01/2012 through 01/25/2013 should be inspected...

The facility includes a Crude/Vacuum Unit (“CVU”). The CVU stores, handles, treats or otherwise processes a mixture of flammable substances, including methane, ethane, isopentane, propane, butane, isobutene and pentane. The CVU had an 8 inch piping elbow that failed, leading to the release of hot Vacuum Tower bottoms. The piping elbow used in the CVU was constructed of carbon steel, in...

Standard Number: 1910.132; 1910.132(a) December 18, 2012 MEMORANDUM FOR: REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS & REGIONAL SOLICITORS FROM: RICHARD E. FAIRFAX, Deputy Assistant Secretary & JOSEPH M. WOODWARD, Associate Solicitor for Occupational Safety and Health SUBJECT: Guidance on Handling Cases Developed Pursuant to the FRC Enforcement Policy Memorandum This is to provide guidance...

OSHA has cited a bottling business with 12 alleged safety violations following the death of a 21-year-old temporary worker on his first day on the job. He was crushed to death by a palletizer machine at the Jacksonville facility in August 2012. The company uses a temporary staffing service to provide laborers for certain jobs. He was cleaning glass from under the hoist of a palletizing machine when...

 

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) and Transport Canada (TC) publish the Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG), which provides valuable information to first responders during the initial phase of a dangerous goods/hazardous materials transportation incident. A new edition of this guidebook is published every four years, the most recent edition being published in 2012. There are some changes to...

Federal officials have charged a Georgia transportation company in a 2009 ammonia leak that killed a South Carolina woman.  According to court documents, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against the transportation company for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act.  The wrong type of hose was used as 7,000 pounds of anyhydrous ammonia were being transferred to a transport truck...