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The owner of a skip hire firm was fined £5,000 after he was filmed putting an employee’s life in danger by lifting him in a digger bucket. The owner was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive after a concerned member of the public videoed the incident.
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OSHA does not mandate that employers establish fire brigades; however, if they do so, they must comply with the provisions of the Fire Brigades Standard. The provisions of the Standard, including the paperwork requirements, apply to fire brigades, industrial fire departments, and private or contract fire departments, but not to airport crash rescue units or forest firefighting operations. Paragraphs...
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EPA alleged that each facility failed to comply with Section 112(r)(1) of the CAA (the “General Duty Clause”) in its handling of anhydrous ammonia at four (4) cold storage warehouses. Specifically, with respect to the General Duty Clause, the four Complaints alleged that each facility failed to:
identify hazards which may result from accidental releases of anhydrous ammonia, which is an...
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This is an amazing summary from OSHA that shows us the number and severity of Hot Work Accidents involved with doing hot work on improperly prepared vessels. There are other hot work fatalities mixed in, but the vast majority of these incidents involved welding/cutting on vessels/containers that were NOT properly prepared. Check out 1910.252(a)(2)(vi)(C) and 1910.252(a)(3)(i) for some...
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Name of product: W14-150 Ergo 12 Amp Angle Grinders
Model numbers affected: 606251420 and 606251440
Serial numbers affected: 3010000001 to 4020031488
Hazard: Under certain conditions, the on/off switch can stick in the on position.
Incidents / Injuries: Two incidents have been reported and there have been no injuries.
Products were sold through industrial/construction distribution and internet sellers...
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I recently came across an interesting situation that may be more common than I would have originally thought. I found this situation merely by being in the right spot at the right time. We were visiting the local Fire Department (FD) in order to participate in a critique of a response to a clients facility. After the critique was over I was talking “shop” with some of the FF’s and just...
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since 2013
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2014 Fatality Tracker
Electrical
18
(2013 = 32)
(2012 = 68)
Forklift/Manlift
18
(2013=62)
(2012 = 52)
Mining*
3741
2013=87*)
(2012 = 92*)
*no longer includes China
Explosions
46
(2013=194)
(2012 = 241)
Cranes
9
(2013=51)
(2012 = 52)
Falls
43
(2013=106)
(2012 = 99)
Work...
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Respondent contends that it was improperly cited pursuant to OSHA’s National Emphasis Program (NEP). Specifically, Respondent contends that the NEP, in effect, creates a substantive rule that requires employers to comply with the National Fire Protection Association’s “Standard for the Prevention of Fire and Dust Explosions from the Manufacturing, Processing, and Handling of Combustible Particulate...
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Over the last decade or so it has become popular to utilize a “relief header” in the ammonia refrigeration process. And in more recent years, the practice of installing an ammonia detector in this relief header has become very popular. Here are some random thoughts about these detectors that employers need to think through when considering their installation. Bottom line:...
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On 28th August 1992, in a food factory, a liquefied nitrogen storage tank catastrophically failed, causing the destruction of the upper half of the factory as well as damaging other factories and structures partially, including the outer walls, window glass, and shutters of 25 buildings, 39 parked vehicles consisting of busses, trucks and cars, and electric poles in a circle with radius of 1,304’...
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UK’s HSE provides some EXCELLENT guidance on how ammonia refrigeration process safety can be managed. We have always taught our process safety courses with the underlying philosophy of process safety as PREVENT, PROTECT, MITIGATE, and in this HSE material they follow the same philosophy. This information is particularly helpful as they have matched up the FAILURE MODES with the PREVENT,...
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