If I have six hours to cut down a tree, I’ll spend the first four hours sharpening my axe” Abraham Lincoln.  Simply put this quote is about being prepared which is a critical element of doing a job successfully. When is a job successfully done? When we achieve our target or objective which is also based on how efficiently and safely these results are realized.  “Sharpening our axe” is not...

Would you buy scaffolding from a company that does their “safety testing” in this manner?  Many thanks to my friends down under for sharing this one with us.  The company must be proud of their photo as they plastered their logo all over it – maybe a mistake????  

Watch and listen to how the pro’s carry out a PRCS Rescue/Recovery.  Pay close attention to the radio traffic and how things are communicated and staging areas utilized.  May God bless the soul of the deceased worker, his family, and the rescuers.

EPA has announced a settlement with a refinery, resolving alleged Clean Air Act violations. The company has agreed to pay civil penalties of $115,000 for violations of risk management program requirements associated with the storage and use of flammable substances and hazardous chemicals. On December 15 and 16, 2011, EPA conducted an inspection of the refinery to determine compliance with section 112(r)(7)...

This hoilday season, do your family and mine a favor… Don’t drink and drive!

Home Early is the next commercial in the Valuing Safety campaign series which includes Homecomings, Carols and Who’s there. This campaign aims to continue to build support and understanding for the need for workplace safety so that the expectation that Victorian workers will return home safely every day becomes part of Victorian culture. Key messages: Often we take for granted the things in life...

One thing that many safety professionals are not aware of is which set of standards applies to their workplace.  I know I was well into my career, until I learned that some of the activities at my chemical plant actually fell under 1926 standards (Construction).  This was not contractors working, but our own maintenance personnel doing “construction work”.  There is an actual...

This is without a doubt the video that needs to find it’s way into every company’s “New Employee Orientation” as well as the annual safety training program.  This video maps out all of the stages of an accident and how all the domino’s line up to end in a bad way; but there is a serious twist at the end that drives home the point that the safety profession has been...

There is one PSM/RMP task that continues to cause problems and is still heatedly debated within process safety circles.  In all of the PSM/RMP requirements from OSHA and EPA standards, Line Break/Process Opening is the one area where there is no Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering (RAGAGEP) for how the task is to be done.  There is no federal OSHA standard setting minimum requirement...

Safety Alert – PHMSA warns against filling unauthorized compressed gas cylinders with hazardous materials. … HomeRead More »

    Many THANKS to my NEWEST and RENEWING Corporate Partners in Safety…   since 2011 since 2007 since 2012 since 2012 since 2012 2012 Fatality Tracker Electrical 68 (2011 = 81) (2010 = 90) (2009 = 100) Forklift/Manlift Mobile Equipment 52 (2011 = 84) (2010 = 110) (2009 = 88) Mining 85 (2011 = 248) (2010 = 480) (2009 = 586) Explosions 239 (2011...

The sound may not work for you, but trust me – sound is not necessary to learn from this video!  I have yet to find a better demonstration of the energies involved when a manlift runs over a modestly small bump or indention.  Have employees watch this video and I bet they wear their harness – EVEN WHEN “I am JUST moving it”