A little different photo of the week!!!   The date code indicates when the hat was molded. Date codes are molded into the hat shell and they specify the following: Day Month, and Year the hat or cap was molded The large arrow inside the “Month / Year” circle points to the month, and the two digits inside that inner circle indicate the year. The arrow inside of the “Day” circle points to day...

A great resource to help develop a Safety Management System (SMS) is DOE’s Integrated Safety Management System.  They offer dozens of documents explaining each element and how it is intended to function within the SMS.  DOE has been using this SMS since 1996 with world-class results.  I love the structure and have used aspects of their model for decades.  The one drawback...

 

MANY THANKS to my NEW & RENEWING “Partners in Safety”for their support! since 2006 since 2007    since 2012        since 2006 since 2010 2012 Fatality Tracker Electrical 7 (2011 = 81) (2010 = 90) (2009 = 100) Forklift/Manlift Mobile Equipment 7 (2011 = 84) (2010 = 110) (2009 = 88) Mining 17 (2011 = 248) (2010 = 480) (2009 = 586) Explosions 16 (2011 = 218)...

Here we stand down and dejected   The short cut he took was not detected   The life he lived has now been rejected   If only our safety rules he would have respected   Author: Russ Baxter

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MANY THANKS to my NEW & RENEWING “Partners in Safety”for their support! since 2006 since 2007    since 2012        since 2006 since 2010 2012 Fatality Tracker Electrical 6 (2011 = 81) (2010 = 90) (2009 = 100) Forklift/Manlift Mobile Equipment 7 (2011 = 84) (2010 = 110) (2009 = 88) Mining 17 (2011 = 248) (2010 = 480) (2009 = 586) Explosions 16 (2011 = 218)...

NOTE:  Members should also read Process Safety and our pipe flanges (type of bolts, threads showing, etc.) Some may claim this to be a trick question.  I assure you it is not meant to be, but as I will point out in this article, having too much bolt extending beyond its nut can be an issue, as well as not having the bolt flush with the outer surface of the nut.   Have you ever encountered...

THANKS for sharing JZ!

I took this photo last week at a company, which I will not name, where they were using a chain as a safety lanyard on the harness for the stock picker.  The operator demonstrated it for me and did not mind being photographed wearing it!  I refused to assess the applicant for his license until the company changed the chain for a legal lanyard which took them approximately 3 minutes to find,...

Here are some of my favorite Hotwork Safety Talk and Training resources.  They may be helpful at your facility. … HomeRead More »

Let me be clear… I am not a Fall Protection expert in any stretch of the imagination, so I am all about engineering out the fall hazards whenever possible.  A few weeks ago we received a call from a new client who had just suffered a bad accident where one of their star employees was on the roof working on a piece of equipment.  The roof is perfectly flat and has a raised edge of 27″...