MANY THANKS to my RENEWING “Partners in Safety”for their continued support!     Westinghouse has been a Corporate Support since 2008 and Suzlon since 2009 2011 Fatality Tracker Electrical 29 (2010 = 90) (2009 = 100) Forklift/Manlift Mobile Equipment 41 (2010 = 110) (2009=88) Mining 125 (2010 = 480) (2009 = 586) Explosions 127 (2010 = 246) (2009...

These days it is becoming common practice to utilize truck driver(s) of our hazardous material(s) deliveries to do more than just deliver the material.  The line of thought in doing this, is that the drivers must be “qualified” or they would not be allowed to transport the hazardous materials.  Well, they may be qualified to transport the hazardous materials, but the LOADING and...

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Nowadays, we see a lot of Confined Space (CS) incidents caused by the work that is taking place inside the space rather than the actual process hazards that made the Confined Space a Permit-Required Confined Space (PRCS). I had an incident when I was an S&H Manager in the process chemical industry that was one nobody thought of until it was too late. I want to share this incident with you and demonstrate...

This is a video you have to see to believe!  Worker uses a ladder as a walkway between two construction projects about 50′ up.

  MANY THANKS to my RENEWING Partner in Safety! Sponsor since 2008 2011 Fatality Tracker  Electrical  28  (2010 = 90)  (2009 = 100)  Forklift/Manlift Mobile Equipment 41 (2010 = 110) (2009=88) Mining 124 (2010 = 480) (2009 = 586) Explosions 124 (2010 = 246) (2009 = 302) Cranes 18 (2010=50) (2009 = 82) Falls 55 (2010 = 139) (2009...

Crane lifts very heavy pool (home renovation took a turn for the worse when the crane lifting it into the yard crashed through the roof – the fibreglass pool/hot tub combination was apparently too heavy for the crane – it popped into the air at a 45-degree angle, and the crane’s arm fell over onto the garage – no one was injured, and the homeowner — who has declined to comment to...

Almost weekly I see and hear the RMP “General Duty Clause” (GDC) being misquoted and improperly applied.  In this article I hope to clarify many of the myths and misconceptions of what EPA actually requires in the application of their GDC’s to RMP chemicals.  First and foremost, there is NO GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD when you have a listed PSM or RMP chemical on site, REGARDLESS...

UPDATED 6/15/11 – A lot of claims are being made by many training organizations that they can solve ALL your PSM/RMP training needs.  Now let me set the record straight, I think a lot of these off-site training courses are a GREAT first pass for operators and maintenance to get the baseline understanding of the process.  HOWEVER… and it is a BIG, however, your training efforts...

Have you ever been told your crazy, paranoid, not living in the real world, etc.?  I don’t mean at work, I mean by family members and neighbors!  I come from a family of safety professionals (my brother, my sister-in law, two of her three sisters, one of her sister’s husbands, and my Dad has always been more proud of his Pulp Wood Association Safety Awards than any others; they...

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In today’s business climate, most businesses have limited resources to fight a lot of different fires, per se.  I often see management teams who have their manufacturing risks defined to how much they spend on post-it pads per month! When asked if they have their hazard risks that fined tuned, I often get the answer “it is what it is”, “we have learned to live with $XXX...