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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
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MANY THANKS to my NEW & RENEWING
“Partners in Safety” for their support!
since 2008
formerly Beta Steel
since 2006
since 2012
since 2012
since 2007
2012 Fatality Tracker
Electrical
32
(2011 = 81)
(2010 = 90)
(2009 = 100)
Forklift/Manlift
Mobile Equipment
25
(2011 = 84)
(2010 = 110)
(2009 = 88)
Mining
33
(2011 = 248)
(2010 = 480)
(2009 = 586)
Explosions
87
(2011...
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A welder was carrying out maintenance on a quarry excavator bucket. He was using an angle grinder to prepare surfaces for welding when the disk disintegrated.
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Electrostatic discharges have long been known as a hazard associated with handling petroleum products. A monograph by Klinkenberg and van der Minne in 1958 [1] led to the development of antistatic additives by Royal Dutch/Shell. J.T. Leonard has described many papers and publications from the 1960s and 1970s addressing both the hazard and related safety measures; they deal primarily with static generation...
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An interesting analysis of flammable vapor explosions in the shipping industry. The report provides some brief details of the incidents, with causes. Everything from hotwork to static is covered. I especially like using the one where the sample was being obtained from a hold using a metal bucket and fiber rope in my flammable liquids training courses. There are many great learnings...
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FRA is issuing Safety Advisory 2012–01 to remind shippers and consignees of railroad tank cars containing odorized liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), of the importance of taking actions to ensure that a sufficient level of odorant remains in the LPG throughout the entire transportation cycle. FRA is issuing this notice to raise awareness within the hazardous materials community, of the potential...
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The Emergency Response Guidebook
Published every four years
13 million copies distributed
More than 17 languages
More than 2.2 million copies ERG2012
Android/iPhone Applications – Late 2012
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The NIOSH Respirator Selection Logic (RSL) relies entirely on whether the airborne concentration of a contaminant exceeds a defined exposure limit (such as the NIOSH Recommended Exposure Limit [REL] or OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit [PEL]), regardless of what the chemical’s vapor pressure is. However, vapor pressure plays a decisive role in selecting a respirator, particularly in determining...
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MANY THANKS to my NEW & RENEWING
“Partners in Safety” for their support!
since 2008
formerly Beta Steel
since 2006
since 2012
since 2012
since 2007
2012 Fatality Tracker
Electrical
32
(2011 = 81)
(2010 = 90)
(2009 = 100)
Forklift/Manlift
Mobile Equipment
23
(2011 = 84)
(2010 = 110)
(2009 = 88)
Mining
33
(2011 = 248)
(2010 = 480)
(2009 = 586)
Explosions
82
(2011...
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Wondering why the supervisor was giving me so much slack about adjusting this load that was rejected by the driver, I asked who had loaded it? His answer “Me!” This 38,000 lb. beam was to travel 1100 miles down I-40!!!!!!
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