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Many safety and process safety professional think incidents like this are “rare”.  They would be wrong, unless of course their definition of “rare” is a bit looser than mine!  I do not have official numbers of the frequency of this type of incident but I am trying to obtain them and will certainly pass them along when, and if, I ever get them.  But using my Incident...

ACGIH® announced today that its Board of Directorsratified the 2013 Threshold Limit Values (TLVs®) for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs®). The Board also approved recommendations for additions to the Notice of Intended Changes (NIC). A listing of the substances that were acted upon is attached. The Annual Reports of the...

Based on the results of the NIOSH quantitative risk assessment [Park et al. 2004], NIOSH recommends that airborne exposure to all Cr(VI) compounds be limited to a concentration of 0.2 µg Cr(VI)/m3 for an 8-hr TWA exposure, during a 40-hr workweek. The REL is intended to reduce workers’ risk of lung cancer associated with occupational exposure to Cr(VI) compounds over a 45-year working lifetime....

On April 24, 2012, an employee of a brewery was fatally injured when a plastic keg he was cleaning with pressurized air exploded.  In the aftermath of the accident, investigators from OSHA visited the facility to document the circumstances. They recently released the following photographs: … HomeRead More »

Where atmospheric, aboveground flammable and combustible liquid storage tanks rely solely on pressure-relieving devices for emergency venting, the vent capacity is based on the tank’s wetted area. (See Coffee Break Training FP-2013-4 for an explanation of wetted area.) The combined air flow capacity of the normal and emergency vents is measured in cubic feet per hour (m3/hour) of free flowing...

An excellent look at fire safety in nightclubs from a REAL FIRE SAFETY PRO, Ray O’Brocki of Baltimore FD!  He makes a lot of sense… COMPLIANCE with existing fire codes is KEY!

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  Many THANKS to my NEWEST and RENEWING Corporate Partners in Safety… since 1/2013 since 2011 since 2006 since 2011 since 2007 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* 16 (2012 = 92*)  (2011 = 248) (2010 = 480) (2009 = 586) *no longer includes China accidents...

ASTM International has announced the publication of a new volume of the compilation, STP 1561, Flammability and Sensitivity of Materials in Oxygen-Enriched Atmospheres.  The updated 13th volume includes 17 peer-reviewed papers that cover the latest research on the ignition and combustion of metals and non-metals, oxygen compatibility of components and systems, analysis of ignition and combustion,...

January, 2013 Dear Fluke Customer: Fluke is voluntarily recalling certain 373, 374, 375 and 376 Digital Clamp Meters that were manufactured between September 1, 2010 and October 31, 2012. The models and serial numbers affected are listed in the table below. Model Family Manufacture Dates Starting Serial No. Ending Serial No. Fluke-376 Sep 2010 – Feb 2011 14270001 15909999 Fluke-375 Sep 2010 – Mar 2011...