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I am proud to announce that SAFTENG and The Chlorine Institute have renewed our partnership for another year (through 2026). Members of The Chlorine Institute receive a FREE SAFTENG membership. If you qualify, please contact me
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- Over 19,000 categorized unsafe acts/conditions and accident/injury photos
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- Over 5,000 Technical Articles on Process Safety, Emergency Response & OSH topics
- Over 450 videos (those not allowed on YouTube Channel)
Many THANKS to my NEW Members and those who CONTINUE to support SAFTENG:
A chemical manufacturer has been cited by OSHA for 15 serious violations of the process safety management standard. The August 2013 inspection was initiated under OSHA’s Process Safety Management Covered Chemical Facilities National Emphasis Program. The company faces $73,500 in proposed penalties for exposing workers to hazardous chemical risks. The majority of violations relate to potential...
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An employee entered a hot liquid asphalt tank to cut out a section of piping when they became trapped by the tar substance. The employee suffered severe burns to his legs and feet following an 8-hour rescue. As a result of the September 2013 incident, OSHA cited the company with 10 serious safety and health violations, carrying proposed penalties of $63,360.
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The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors has released its Fourth Quarter Report of Violation Findings for 2013. The data captures problem areas and trends related to boiler and pressure vessel operation, installation, maintenance, and repair; and also identifies problems before unsafe conditions occur. This report serves as an important source of documentation for jurisdictional...
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Question
Under the Chemical Facility Anti-terrorism Standards (CFATS), should a regulated facility submit a revised Top-Screen if it changes either the type (i.e., bulk versus portable packages/containers) or the amount of Ammonium Nitrate (AN) that it possesses?
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The first step to emergency preparedness is defining and analyzing hazards. Although all hazards should be addressed, resource limitations usually do not allow this to happen all at once. Risk assessments are used to establish priorities so that the most dangerous situations are addressed first and those least likely to occur and least likely to cause major problems can be considered later. While the...
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Call me a simple man educated in Western TN and KY, but to me, safety is VERY SIMPLE and I like to keep it that way. I have been around for 25 years in the Emergency Response field and safety profession and I have had the opportunity to work for some truly world-class companies and even more extraordinary plant managers. The one thing that all three (3) of my world class plant managers had in common...
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OSHA, combined with our State Plan partners, has approximately 2,200 inspectors responsible for the health and safety of 130 million workers, employed at 8 million worksites around the nation. Although workplace conditions today are much safer than when OSHA was created, over 4,300 workers are still killed in the workplace each year and millions are injured. Tens of thousands continue to die...
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Here’s a safety riddle for you:
What do 1910.307(g)(4)(i), Hazardous Locations, Zones, and Professional Engineers have in common?
Answer: They are ALL required when your facility has Hazardous Locations using “zones” rather than divisions (e.g. Class I, II, and III areas) to classify an area.
In 2007 OSHA did a major revisions of their Electrical Standards and a couple of these revisions were to...
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