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Loss of Primary Containment (LOPC) is a term used to describe an event where a pipe or vessel leaks or fails, releasing its contents. No Process Hazards Analysis should be considered complete until each circuit of pipe/hose and vessel(s) has been reviewed for LOPC.
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PLEASE NOTE: this document can be download without the watermark and in WORD in the Safety Document librabry.
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EVERYONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFETY
Safety is everyone’s responsibility!
As an employee, you should:
a. Learn to work safely and take all rules seriously.
b. Recognize hazards and avoid them.
c. Report all accidents, injuries and illness to your supervisor immediately.
d. Inspect tools before use to avoid injury.
e. Wear all assigned personal protective equipment.
On the other hand, it...
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Cylinder Colors
While the cylinder label is the primary means of identifying the properties of the gas in a cylinder, the colour coding of the cylinder itself, can often time provide a further guide.
Cylinder Shoulder – European Standard Color CodingThe color applied to the shoulder, or curved part, at the top of the cylinder, signifies the European standard color coding that has recently emerged....
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ACOEM Guideline – The Use of Contact Lenses in an Industrial Environment
May 4, 2003
More than 34 million Americans wear some type of contact lenses. Of this number, many are employed as part of the industrial workforce. As the health professional most familiar with the hazards encountered in the industrial setting, the occupational and environmental medicine (OEM) physician must...
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This information was put together by George G. Maher, Ag Safety Specialist @ North Dakota State University in 1995!!!!
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And That’s How It Happens…
Start with a cage containing five apes.
In the cage, hang a banana on a string and put stairs under it. Before long, an ape will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all of the apes with cold water.
After a while, another ape makes an attempt with the same result – all the apes are sprayed...
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Lenses and Frames
The many changes incorporated in the new ANSI Z87.1-2003 will affect the manufacture and testing of both safety frames and safety lenses. Because your industrial business is a valuable asset to your overall operation, you should be familiar with and adopt the practices of the new procedure to ensure compliance and to prevent potential liability issues related to eye injuries....
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Applications and Attributes
(Informative: the safeguarding and complementary equipment contained in the chart below, as well as their applications and attributes, are NOT intended as an all-inclusive list, but merely as additional information or guidance on some potential uses and capabilities of the listed safeguarding and complementary equipment)
Safeguarding
Application(s)
(for safeguarding...
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AFTERTHOUGHTS AND REGRETS….
How often have you said or done something and then later, reflecting on your action, thought to yourself, “How could I have done that?”
Here are some afterthoughts which, unfortunately, too many of us have experienced:
“That’s how we’ve always done it before.” (…before the accident occurred anyway.)
“I never thought that a little...
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A SINGLE SECOND
By Charlie Kittleson
It takes a minute to write a safety rule.
It takes an hour to hold a safety meeting.
It takes a week to plan a good safety program.
It takes a month to put that program into operation.
It takes a year to win a safety award.
It takes a lifetime to make a safe worker.
But it takes only a second to destroy it all – with one accident.
Take the time now...
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It’s the week before Christmas,
And in the plant everywhere,
Is a spirit of the approaching holiday
and the resulting good cheer
This focus can take us – if we are not careful
As inattention leads to injuries that can really – be painful
Never take for granted that machines can hurt us,
Forgetting to Lock Out Tag Out is completely senseless,
Chestnuts roasting on a fire is a common Christmas...
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