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OSHA penalty policy was changed to revise size reductions to small employers under 25 employees. They will get a 60% size reduction vs. 40% now. Click Here for the OSHA Memo (pdf).
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If You Want Happiness
-A Chinese Proverb
If you want happiness for an hour – Take a nap!
If you want happiness for a day – Go Fishing!
If you want happiness for a month – Get Married!
If you want happiness for a year – Inherit a Fortune.
If you want happiness for a lifetime – Help Others!
MANY THANKS to Wayne “Safety Wayne” Kordonowy, CMSP, CHCM for sharing...
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An emergency response plan for industrial permit-required confined space entry is essential for employee safety and is legally required. However, maintaining a trained confined space rescue team is costly and technically challenging. Some employers turn to public fire departments to meet their emergency response requirements. The confined space emergency response practices of employers and fire departments...
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This was shared in one of the safety groups I participate in and I am not sure how I feel about this. Your thoughts/concerns? Would you let this device be used in your organization? Do you feel it replaces LOTO? Any safety people been approached by electrical workers wanting to use these? Anyone have first hand experience using these?
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My Management of Change (MOC) presentation today at the BWC Ohio Safety Congress. Click Here to download the pdf. Many thanks to the BWC (a “Partner in Safety” with SAFTENG for the past 7 years) for asking me to speak on Process Safety.
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{jcomments on}We have all debated the “zero accident” goal philosophy and it is often times hard for safety professionals to grasp the thought that an accident may have benefits, but they can and often times do! Now I am in NO WAY advocating we go out and work unsafely so we can have an accident; what I AM SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS is that we need to STOP viewing accidents...
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MAR 12 2012
MEMORANDUM FOR:
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS, WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM MANAGERS
FROM:
RICHARD E. FAIRFAX, Deputy Assistant Secretary
SUBJECT:
Employer Safety Incentive and Disincentive Policies and Practices
Section 11(c) of the OSH Act prohibits an employer from discriminating against an employee because the employee reports an injury or illness. 29 CFR 1904.36. This memorandum...
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Greetings Everyone:
A few months ago, I wrote to tell you about the EPA’s desire to re-establish public internet access for certain categories of information collected by the Risk Management Plan (RMP) Program. In that note, I wrote of the Agency’s intent (in the absence of negative feedback) to post this information online by July 2012. I also asked for your concerns,...
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MANY THANKS to my NEW & RENEWING
“Partners in Safety”for their support!
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2012 Fatality Tracker
Electrical
16
(2011 = 81)
(2010 = 90)
(2009 = 100)
Forklift/Manlift
Mobile Equipment
11
(2011 = 84)
(2010 = 110)
(2009 = 88)
Mining
25
(2011 = 248)
(2010 = 480)
(2009 = 586)
Explosions
36
(2011 = 218)
(2010 = 246)
(2009 = 302)
Cranes
10
(2011...
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This note presents the results of a review of chlorine incidents reported to HSE over the period 1992-1998. It also provides details of the main sources of guidance on the storage, handling and use of chlorine. Chlorine and chlorine-based derivatives are reactive materials which are used in the chemical manufacture of a wide range of products such as paper, textiles, dyes, medicines, solvents,...
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This note presents the results of a review of ammonia incidents reported to Health & Safety Executive (HSE) over the period 1992-1998. It also provides details of the main sources of guidance on the storage, handling and use of ammonia. Ammonia is used in the manufacture of fertilisers, nitric acid and many other products. It is also widely used as a refrigerant.
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