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 Bulletin –...

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...

Behavior is what people do and say—a means to an end. Behavior is an observable act that can be seen and heard, and it can be measured. Consistent behavior is necessary for consistent results. For example, a youth baseball coach cannot just shout at a 10-year-old pitcher from the dugout to “throw strikes.” The child may not know how and will become frustrated. To be effective, the coach must teach...

This is intended to be a high-level explanation of an assessment of the human contribution to risk, commonly known as the Human Reliability Assessment (HRA).There are two distinct types of HRA: qualitative assessments that aim to identify potential human failures and optimize the factors that may influence human performance, and quantitative assessments, which, in addition, aim to estimate the likelihood...

In the USA, our Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) allows for MINOR tasks that are ROUTINE, REPETITIVE, and INTEGRAL to the operation of the machinery to be done using ALTERNATIVE SAFETY MEASURES in lieu of Lockout/Tagout (LOTO).  These “alternative measures” include using a safety control system (e.g., interlock).  But one must read into OSHA’s Compliance...