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Does your workplace use the handi-wipes for cleaning respirators? Do you feel this is compliant? After all it is a very common practice and how could it be so widely used if it is not compliant?????
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Several recent accidents with fatal outcomes occurring during the discharge of logs and wood chips from ships in Swedish ports indicate the need to understand better the atmospheric conditions in holds and connecting stairways. The principal aim of the present study was to assess the air levels of oxygen and toxic gases in confined spaces following the sea transportation of logs and wood chips. The...
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A post I made on another board about a discussion on what makes an ATM hazardous…
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It appears we may be blending 1910.146(c)(5) and (c)(7) in our attempt to reclassify a PRCS to a non-permit status. We must follow (c)(7) in our reclassification efforts. It does sound as if our PRCS may be able to be reclassified; however, I am not familiar with the type of space or specific situation.
OSHA states in (c)(7) that a PRCS can be reclassified if it has NO known OR potential...
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A space is a CONFINED SPACE when ALL THREE (3) of the following characteristics are true about the space:
Is large enough and so configured that an employee can bodily enter and perform assigned work; AND
It has limited or restricted means for entry or exit; AND
It is not designed for continuous employee occupancy
Once you have determined the space is a CONFINED SPACE, the next step is to...
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A post I made in regards to “Fall hazards being part of a hazard making a space a PRCS”
Falls are NOT considered to be a hazard for consideration in evaluating a “confined space” for hazards that would make it a Permit-Required Confined Space.
See the MEMORANDUM FOR:
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OSHA does have an exception to “consumer products” in regard to what has to be in the HAZCOM program. For example, Windex would be excluded if the quantities used on site are that of what a consumer would use. So, if you have a few bottles of Windex in janitorial closets, you do not need an MSDS for Windex. However, if you have a 55-gallon drum of Windex, you would need to include this...
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Each year, HAZCOM is OSHA’s most often cited standard, and many of us would agree that a HAZCOM program is like the “A” of the ABCs of safety. However, we often see programs that are not up to 100% compliant. Here are the OSHA requirements for our written program. Does your program meet these?
In general, the written program should consider the following elements, where applicable:...
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OSHA has clearly established that hotwork can not take place in the presence of combustible dusts. 1910.252(a)(2)(vi) Prohibited areas. Cutting or welding shall not be permitted in the following situations:
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We continue to see facility’s struggling with the basics of hot work safety. Most of these businesses are self insured and therefore do not have the extra set of eyes from their insurance carrier from time to time. But all do have catastrophic insurance and I am amazed that these carriers do not expect more. None the less, OSHA has set some minimum standards for Hot Work. These are NOT...
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Today I spent the day helping a company, insurance investigator and fire marshal investigate a Hot Work (HW) fire at a facility. The facility swore up and down that they follow their hotwork procedures to the letter and that there is no way that hotwork could cause the fire. When it came my time to speak I tried to explain that no hotwork procedure and permit is 100%, because humans write the procedures,...
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We get this question in every 24, 40, and 8 hour refreshers we do. The scenario is most often like this…emergency alarm sounds, response team responds and begins operations to control and mitigate the emergency. Senior management, not part of the ERT, arrives on scene and begins to ask questions about the tactics and timing. AS LONG as they are NOT part of the Incident Command system and are...
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