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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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Many THANKS to my NEW Members and those who CONTINUE to support SAFTENG:
Experienced safety professional will often admit it took them years before realizing that a “general industry” workplace can fall under construction standards (1926) and vice-versa. I know I was well into my career before I came to understand this and once it was explained to me I could see how my maintenance team could fall under both standards depending on the actual work they were...
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This is a very common question when auditing “older plants”, say plants built prior to 1960 (not a specific date with any meaning). For example, during an audit it is discovered that a vessel was built to a RAGAGEP that no one had even heard of or maybe there is NO documentation as to what the vessel was built to. Is this a compliance issue and if it is what must the facility do to meet...
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Two water and sewage treatment plant operators, one a 49-year-old and the other a 21-year-old, died when they entered a permit-required-confined space and could not exit safely. Three employees and one supervisor were assigned to replace a bracket on a pump inside an underground pump station. The pump station measured nine feet in diameter by 15-25 feet in depth. The supervisor entered the pump...
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A 46-year-old shipping and receiving clerk died from burns he received in an accident involving the ignition of diesel fuel. The victim’s duties included checking the level of fuel in the fuel tanks on refrigerated trailers that would be used the next day to transport processed product and refill the tanks if needed. On the night of the accident, he drove his fuel truck to where two refrigeration...
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A 51-year-old sanitation worker at a frozen-food packaging facility died after he collapsed while cleaning one of the conveyor lines. He was assigned to clean the North Pea Line. He opened the access doors on both sides of the cleaning pan blower housing in preparation for the cleaning. The equipment was not shut down nor locked out; the victim was not an authorized employee and,...
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A 61-year-old powered-industrial truck operator died after his forklift ruptured a pipe containing a solvent mixture and the vapors ignited. The victim was operating his forklift in an area between a stacker and a printing press in order to pick up a waste pallet and transport it to the recycling area. Some part of the forklift struck an overhanging pipe containing toluene and ethyl benzene...
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A 49-year-old contract worker died when he entered a chemical storage tank to clean and inspect the tank. The victim was assigned to conduct scheduled inspections and maintenance at a chemical tank farm. Before arriving on-site, the victim received e-mails from the chemical company manager outlining the projects that he was to complete. On his first day on site, the plant manager...
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A 57-year-old supervisor was killed while trying to determine why hydraulic oil was leaking from a cotton press machine. The press consists of a hydraulic pusher, tramper and bailer. The pusher and tramper sit on an elevated platform accessed by stairs; the bailers and operator console are located on the lower level. The cotton is blown into the pusher section by air through piping; the pusher...
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Several times year we upset a client who has hired us to do a “wall-to-wall” compliance audit with their PSM/RMP programs. These audits are our most intense audits in which we leave no rock unturned. One of the items we audit in this level of auditing is the RMP submittal and all of the supporting documentation for the Off-Site Consequence analyzes. This comes as a not so happy movement...
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On a daily basis we respond to a variety of emergencies, most of which have become fairly routine. Of course, reaching that level of competence takes a lot of training, exercises and actual events. We have to constantly guard against complacency to ensure safe and effective operations. However, the extraordinary events — such as tornados, earthquakes, hurricanes and conflagrations — can overwhelm...
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