This page has been developed using information from the Factory Mutual Insurance Company.  A link below has been provided so that you may visit their site (FM Global) and gather as much useful info as needed.   SAFTENG’s Welding Safety Page has over 50 informative website’s to help improve your hot work safety   My FAVORITE Hot Work Safety sites : Factory Mutual (just use...

ALL REGION VI VPP SITES REPORTING (60) SURVEY: How does your site deal with the following? 1. All employees entering the plant must be clean shaven.                 Yes 48% No 52% 2. All contractors entering the plant to work must be clean shaven.     Yes 47% No 53% 3. Are there exceptions to the Facial...

Alternative to Employee Couch Potatoes! – WorkPaceUSA   I wanted to share some information with all of you regarding a program I learned about through one of our soon-to-be VPP partners, XXXXXXXX, Fort Worth, Texas. XXXXXXX is the safety guy over there and got me together with this group to learn about their program. He’d also be a great source to discuss the program with if your...

All, Saturday was one of those exceptional days, beautiful sunrise, clear and calm and actually expected to stay that way.  So it was up early and out for a motorcycle ride with a friend, stopping off to meet some other guys for breakfast and to look at (and drool over) their favorite toys (motorcycles, muscle cars and even a couple of bass boats, with BIG motors.  After that, it was...

From: Don Subject: The Funeral Friday, This morning a dignified, proud gentleman approached me and thanked me for coming to the funeral of his son.  Earlier this week, Juan came to work at our Refinery with every intention of doing his job for us and returning home to his young wife.  In July, they would be celebrating their first wedding anniversary and looking forward to the birth...

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MSA Has issued these STOP USE & INSPECT NOTICES 04039-02(srl return notice).pdf 04039-04(srl inspect notice).pdf Many thanks to Richard Atkinson @ St. Paul Insurance for passing along to us!!!

Eye Protection Video Dramatic examples showing eye protection by any safety goggles or regular glasses compared to goggles stamped ANSI Z87. Title on label ” Eye Protection.” An L & I WISHA production. Permission is granted to duplicate this tape in its entirety only for non-commercial purposes. Copyright: 2003 Time: 7 min. Click Here The BIG DIFFERENCE   “Street...

I am not making any guarantees that this information is accurate.  YOU MUST verify; I am just passing along info from other network subscribers. Bryan, MSA allows their V Gard hats to be worn reversed as long as you reverse the suspension. See the attached Q&A document. The message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments: Shortcut to: http://media.msanet.com/na/usa/headeyeface/vgardprotectivehelmets/vgardprotectivecapsandhats/0613_31faqs.pdf...

These are some of the items that attendees got on their CD. Air Monitoring Equipment Explanations (.doc) CSE Cheat Sheet (.doc) PRCS Evaluation Checklist (.doc) Misuse of Combustible Gas Meters (.pdf) NIOSH Guide to Safety in CS’s (.pdf) NIOSH – Preventing Fatalities in Confined Spaces (.doc) NIOSH Study – Workers Deaths in CS’s (.pdf) OSHA Hazard Information...

The Final Rule for Permit-Required Confined Spaces was published in the Federal Register on January 14, 1993, and became effective on April 15, 1993. The standard is based on years of gathering information on confined space fatalities and on testimony about the hazards of confined spaces from all sectors of industry and labor. Because it applies to all of the general industry, a performance-oriented...

These two (2) videos from the Solvent Industry Association (SIA) in the United Kingdom and the European Solvents Industry Group (ESIG) are by far the best series of videos on the practice of bonding and grounding.  They can be found on the internet for non-members, but SAFTENG members can watch them below.  SPECIAL NOTE:  in Europe and the UK they the word “earthing” to represent...