Construction Industry Program Incident Report: Truck-mounted Concrete Placing Boom Overturns Category: Cranes & hoists Sub-category: Concrete placing equipment Relevant to: All construction sectors, concreting contractors, truckmounted concrete boom pump owners and operators Date of Issue: 22 January...

          Event: Caustic burnDate/Time: 17 April 2003, 0815 hrs.Location: premix mud tankShift and Team: Daylight tourInvestigation Date(s): 17-18 April 2003Report completed by: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX CONCLUSION: The accident was preventable and results from: Employee did not use proper procedure for mixing caustic soda. Employee had his coveralls tucked inside the top of his...

                            UPDATED on 3/11/03   Dear Bryan: Am I missing something?  I have read the caption on the below attached photo / description several times….and I can appreciate the (additional) safety violations noted, but nowhere is thebiggie – Number one should have been, it is a...

Colleagues Please find attached a photograph highlighting the dangers associated with pressurized containers and the warm weather. This is a picture of a pressurized can that exploded in a person’s vehicle and imbedded itself in the back seat of the car. The metal backing in the seat back stopped it from penetrating the seat completely. The temperature outside of the closed up vehicle was about...

A worker was struck on the head by a compressed air hose which blew off its fitting on a piece of equipment. He received serious head injuries which proved fatal. The air hose was held by a hose clamp on the fitting with no keeper or restraining chain or sling to prevent the hose from thrashing around. CAUSE The primary cause of this accident was the failure to secure the hose and hose clamp by means...

BOILERMAKER SUFFERS SERIOUS EYE INJURY IN GRINDING INCIDENT Fluor Australia released a Safety Alert on 23 January, dealing with an incident that happened on a Queensland site on 14 January which resulted in a boilermaker suffering permanent loss of vision in his left eye when using a hand-held grinder. We have provided  the Safety Alert for your information and assistance in preventing similar...

    Hi Bryan, Here is a classic example of not having zero energy. This guy was going to clean a screen on a line that normally runs around 80 degrees. The screen is on the suction of a centrifugal pump. The screen plugged up, causing the pump to cavitate and heat up tremendously. He shut off the pump (which allowed the discharge line to back feed into the pump), closed the suction valve...

INESTIGATION is ON-GOING, but preliminary data suggest the following: … HomeRead More »

Many THANKS to John Newquist, Assistant Regional Administrator at DOL-OSHA, for providing this presentation.  Click Here to download (pdf), Click Here to download (ppt)

MANY THANKS to my NEW & RENEWING “Partners in Safety”for their support! since 2012 since 2012 since 2007 since 2010 2012 Fatality Tracker Electrical 25 (2011 = 81) (2010 = 90) (2009 = 100) Forklift/Manlift Mobile Equipment 16 (2011 = 84) (2010 = 110) (2009 = 88) Mining 31 (2011 = 248) (2010 = 480) (2009 = 586) Explosions 45 (2011 = 218) (2010 = 246) (2009 = 302) Cranes 13 (2011 = 50)...

by Wynand Serfontein, Senior Scientist @ Sasol Technology (Pty) Limited In a safety management system, there is a constant battle to find the optimum balance between procedures and common sense.  On the one hand, both our educational systems and legal systems support a culture of procedures.  The educational system encourages written material to be studied and examinations to be written on...