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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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SAFTENG has:
- Over 19,000 categorized unsafe acts/conditions and accident/injury photos
- Over 1,500 ppt's & doc's in the SAFTENG Library
- 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:
MANY THANKS to my
NEWEST and RENEWING Partners in Safety
since 2011
since 2006
since 2014
returning partner from 2012
2014 Fatality Tracker
Electrical
15
(2013 = 32)
(2012 = 68)
Forklift/Manlift
14
(2013=62)
(2012 = 52)
Mining*
17
2013=87*)
(2012 = 92*)
*no longer includes China
Explosions
38
(2013=194)
(2012 = 241)
Cranes
7
(2013=51)
(2012 = 52)
Falls
36
(2013=106)
(2012...
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The purpose of this fact sheet is to compare some provisions of two key laws for preventing chemical process accidents in New Jersey. The facts presented are summaries of the laws. These laws are:
The Occupational Safety and Health Act’s standard for Process Safety Management (PSM). This law is enforced by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The text of this...
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Your guess is as good as mine!!! I am merely guessing, but I would imagine this is TRYING to say that “DUAL HEARING” protection is required in the area. Instead we ended up with… Like I said last week, it is all in how you SAY IT (or in this case SPELL IT).
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So often we hear about the vessels that go BOOM, it never hurts to remind us what can happen when we create a vacuum in a vessel.
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MEMBERS UPDATE on 4/12/14 from Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA)… On October 31, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. while anhydrous ammonia (ammonia) field application assembly was making a turn at the end of the field, the hitch connection between the application/toolbar unit and the nurse tank failed. The break-away coupling device failed to disengage, causing the threaded fitting at one end of...
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A little boy went into a drug store, grabbed a stool at the counter and pulled it over to the telephone. He climbed onto the stool so he could reach the buttons on the phone and proceeded to dial someone. The store-owner observed and listened to the conversation.
Boy: ‘Lady, Can you give me the job of cutting your lawn?’
Woman: (at the other end of the phone line): ‘I already have someone to cut my...
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MANY THANKS to my
NEWEST and RENEWING Partners in Safety
since 2011
since 2006
since 2014
returning partner from 2012
2014 Fatality Tracker
Electrical
14
(2013 = 32)
(2012 = 68)
Forklift/Manlift
13
(2013=62)
(2012 = 52)
Mining*
9
2013=87*)
(2012 = 92*)
*no longer includes China
Explosions
37
(2013=194)
(2012 = 241)
Cranes
7
(2013=51)
(2012 =...
Read More
EPA alleges that Respondent has violated EPCRA Section 312 and the federal regulations promulgated pursuant to EPCRA; and Section 112(r) of the CAA. On or about February 12-13, 2013, EPA conducted an inspection of Respondent’s facility to determine compliance with EPCRA and Section 112(r) of the CAA. Respondent stores approximately 924,000 pounds of natural gasoline for use as a denaturant, in...
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One of the methods EPA uses to determine RMP inspection priorities is based on their use of the Wharton School’s Hazard Index, which is defined as
“the sum over all chemicals of log2 (maximum quantity of inventory on-site/threshold), or, alternatively, as the number of chemicals times log2 of the geometric mean of the maximum-to-threshold quantity ratio.”
EPA has defined a...
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UPDATED with the actual working EXCEL Spreadsheet so that members can sort the data as needed;as well I updated the #’s related to refrigeration below. I had messed up my first sort and was off by a couple.
This week I raised a red flag regarding ammonia accidents after the UNLOADING FATALITY at a fertilizer facility, only to be told that it was the wrong “forum” (e.g....
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In the past several years OSHA has renewed their efforts in trying to get their “Injury and Illness Prevention Plan” (I2P2) on the table for discussion/rule making. To many safety professionals this may be a “new movement”, but in reality this effort dates all the way back to 1995. Recently, OSHA has said they are hoping to have a formal rule making effort going by September 2014 and this...
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