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A poultry processing plant has been cited with 11 safety violations and proposed penalties totaling $170,000. The inspection, which began in January, was initiated under the agency’s PSM Covered Chemical Facilities NEP. A willful violation, with a $70,000 fine, was cited for failing to document that the emergency shutdown system for the engine room was designed to ensure that the mechanical ventilation...
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A refinery has been cited for five safety and health violations, including one willful and one repeat, with proposed penalties totaling $126,900. OSHA found deficiencies in the employer’s PSM program and other workplace hazards. The inspection, which began in January, was a follow-up to a 2010 inspection initiated under the agency’s Petroleum Refinery PSM NEP. The one willful violation...
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A polyethylene foam product manufacturing facility has been cited by OSHA with 21 safety violations carrying fines of $128,700. OSHA’s January inspection followed an explosion that resulted in the injury of three workers and significant property damage. The explosion occurred when isobutane gas entered exhaust ductwork associated with the foam extrusion manufacturing process, and it was...
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PHMSA is issuing this safety alert to notify the public of the risks associated with the under-odorization of Liquefied Petroleum Gases (LPG). LPG is an odorless and colorless gas that under certain conditions is required to be odorized for leak detection. The purpose of this alert is to advise shippers and carriers of the recommended procedures to ensure that LPG is properly odorized by all modes...
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This is not the first time I have posted this warning, but from news accounts there are still PLENTY of people who are not heeding the warnings! You love a good summer barbecue and wisely use sunscreen if you are out in the sun. What you may not know is that if you apply certain sunscreen sprays and then come close to a source of flame, you may risk the sunscreen catching fire and giving you...
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A very sobering and reinforcing JLG event, indeed. What you read below (and see in the attached pictures) relate to an event at an Air Force Base on June 10th. The man working 40 feet in the air in the JLG lived through the event. A very lucky man? No. He made his own luck. He had the discipline to wear a safety harness; to don it correctly; and, to tie off properly. The blood...
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Confined spaces are harmless as long as they are not occupied. But when workers enter a confined space to inspect the equipment, fix leaks, or do construction work, they can encounter toxic gasses, corrosive chemicals, flammable solvents, or machines that start unexpectedly. A confined space can be difficult or impossible to exit if something goes wrong. And would-be rescuers can share the fate...
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The substance: “NOMIXUP 7042012”
To create an OSHA label per HazCom 2012:
Step 1: Perform the classification in accordance with Appendix A: Health Hazards & Appendix B Physical Hazards of 29 CFR 1910.1200 – this is where you find the criteria for each hazard class and hazard category.
Class: Flammable Gas, Category 1
Class: Carcinogen,...
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One of the biggest changes coming with this Globally Harmonized Standard (GHS) is what it will do to the NFPA 704 Diamond Labeling system… the degree of hazard ratings are the COMPLETE OPPOSITE!!! A “4” in NFPA 704 is a “1” in the GHS. Get ready folks and BUCKLE UP as this is going to be one heck of a ride implementing this new system over the next several...
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since 2004
Since 2013
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2013 Fatality Tracker
Electrical
15
(2012 = 68)
(2011 = 81)
(2010 = 90)
(2009 = 100)
Forklift/Manlift
40
(2012 = 52)
(2011 = 84)
(2010 = 110)
(2009 = 88)
Mining*
37
(2012 = 92*)
(2011 = 248)
(2010 = 480)
(2009 = 586)
*no longer includes...
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