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Look closely at this mobile work cabinet and see if you can identify the “error trap.” The answer is two parts…
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What do you see wrong with this pic? There are two issues with the pic. One is shown (Hint: it’s not in an OSHA standard, but is in the NRTL testing standard), and the other is a common violation (the #1 violation regarding the improper use of these safety cans) that is also visible in the pic, but not in the direct sense. The hint for this 2nd violation can be found in 1910.106(e)(9).
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We all laughed at George all these years, but George was a cutting-edge “safety leader”.
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I love the Seinfeld show, and my favorite character was “Kramer”. Here is his philosophy regarding rules and chaos…
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Low employee engagement is holding back global worker productivity, according to Gallup’s latest State of the Global Workplace report.
Global employee engagement and employee wellbeing have generally risen over the past decade. But both fell in 2024, which has implications for corporate productivity, innovation and performance.
Here’s what leaders need to know from Gallup’s latest State of the...
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With the owner’s approval, an alternative leak test is permitted when neither a hydrostatic nor a pneumatic leak test would be possible or safe. An alternative leak test contains the following required elements:
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A catastrophic pipe failure during a pneumatic pressure/leak test could result in an explosive release of energy. For example, did you know…
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On July 2, 2007, Employee #1, a farmer, was pumping liquid cow manure from a covered holding pit. The pump clogged, and he descended the ladder into the pit to free the pump. Employee #1 was asphyxiated due to a lack of oxygen and the presence of methane from the manure.
Employee #2, a farm hand, entered the pit to rescue Employee #1 and was also asphyxiated.
Three family members of Employee #1...
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At 4:15 p.m. on December 6, 2021, a contractor, 26, removed transmitters from tanks to winterize the facilities. As the employee removed the bolts and loosened the transmitter from a tank, the contents (50% concentration of Sodium Hydroxide) sprayed out and onto the employee’s eyes, face, head, and chest (upper torso). The employee attempted to use a nearby emergency shower/eyewash, but it was...
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The state of VA has fined a food processor $131,535 for a July 31, 2024 anhydrous ammonia leak that hospitalized 33 people. The leak triggered the evacuation of 287 employees working at the facility. Five of the 33 victims were hospitalized with serious conditions, 17 had serious but non-life-threatening conditions, and 11 had minor symptoms. Fire marshals determined that a “failed valve” caused the...
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Violations arise from motivational factors and fall into four types:routine (or corner-cutting) violations, thrill-seeking or optimizing violations, necessary violations and exceptional violations. Unsafe acts are of two distinct types: errors and violations. Errors arise from informational problems and fall into three categories:
skill-based slips and lapses,
rule-based mistakes, and
knowledge-based...
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You may remember the 2019 event where the worker left home for the facility to check on an alarm in a pump house. He did not return, so the wife put their children in their child seats and went to the facility to check on her husband. She arrived and found him unconscious inside a shack. She entered to check on him, and she too was overcome by Hydrogen Sulfide. The children were too young to get out...
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