This is a page for safety tips regarding Halloween.  Anyone with tips and photos PLEASE email them to me @ Bryan@SAFTENG.net.  Here are my first couple of items. … HomeRead More »

  2012 Fatality Tracker Electrical 60 (2011 = 81) (2010 = 90) (2009 = 100) Forklift/Manlift Mobile Equipment 47 (2011 = 84) (2010 = 110) (2009 = 88) Mining 64 (2011 = 248) (2010 = 480) (2009 = 586) Explosions 226 (2011 = 218) (2010 = 246) (2009 = 302) Cranes 39 (2011 = 50) (2010 = 50) (2009 = 82) Falls 78 (2011 = 123) (2010 = 139) (2009 = 172) (2008 = 250) Work Zone 51  (2011...

A little skit to bring a smile to our faces.  We all have employees (bless their hearts) that would struggle with this word game! (BTW – no offense to my friends in the great state of TX)  

 

I have highlighted some surprises for those of you in OH that may be reading this!  FYI, Anhydrous Ammonia is a Group B2 refrigerant, based on Addenda to Designation and Safety Classifications of Refrigerants.  Be sure to click on the Links to the other applicable OH Fire Codes referenced in this section! … HomeRead More »

The U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General, Office of Audit stated the SST program, to a limited extent, focused enforcement resources and targeted inspections on the highest risk industries and worksites. SST inspections excluded some of the highest risk industries and worksites where the most serious injuries and illnesses occurred because certain high-risk worksites were outside the...

PHMSA is issuing this Advisory Bulletin to remind operators of gas, hazardous liquid, and liquefied natural gas pipeline facilities that operators should IMMEDIATELY and DIRECTLY notify the Public Safety Access Point (PSAP) that serves the communities and jurisdictions in which those pipelines are located when there are indications of a pipeline facility emergency. Furthermore, operators should have...

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OSHA has cited a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility for 17 serious safety violations following a fire at the company’s manufacturing facility on April 13. The fire occurred during the troubleshooting of an electrical component on the hot oil heater. OSHA initiated an inspection under its national emphasis program on process safety management for covered chemical facilities. Proposed fines...

Company has agreed to pay a $378,000 penalty, update process equipment operating procedures, perform required training to workers, improve maintenance of equipment and perform integrity tests on pressure vessels and piping that will reduce the possibility of an accidental release of hazardous chemicals at their refinery.   … HomeRead More »

Team Leader felt an electric shock when he touched the computer table which is made by metal material. Immediately, he stopped working and notified shift electrician to come to check. The electrician came and checked the table by VOM which indicated 105 AC Volts. Electrician isolated power supply to the CPU for full inspection, found no earth cable connected. He fixed this problem and...

THINK about it… when we suit up in our chemical PPE, unless we are in a LEVEL A suit, often times the one organ that is NOT protected is our inner ear.  Think about when workers are doing their routine tasks and wearing their chemical PPE to protect themselves; often times the ears are left exposed to the chemicals.  In the first phase of the project, dealing with the ototoxicity of...