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- Over 18,000 categorized unsafe acts/conditions and accident/injury photos
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- Over 4,000 Technical Articles on Process Safety, Emergency Response & OSH topics
- Over 450 videos (those not allowed on YouTube Channel)
Many THANKS to my NEW Members and those who CONTINUE to support SAFTENG:
Fundamental safety management failings were the root cause of Britain’s most costly industrial disaster, a new publication reveals. The report into the explosion and five-day fire at the Buncefield Oil Storage Depot in December 2005 tells for the first time the full story of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Environment Agency’s (EA) investigation.
Drawing on previously unpublished...
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Members of a key congressional panel have called for a long-term extension of the U.S. Homeland Security Department effort that sets regulations for facilities that manufacture, use, store or distribute substances that could be used to produce chemical warfare materials.
While lawmakers lauded the program, they expressed frustration with aspects of the effort that have yet to be completed, including...
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This instruction, Enforcement Guidance for Personal Protective Equipment in General Industry, establishes OSHA’s general enforcement and guidance policy for its standards addressing personal protective equipment (PPE).
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The Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) is a non-profit organization dedicated exclusively to promoting electrical safety at home and in the workplace. Founded in 1994 as a cooperative effort by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), Underwriters Laboratories (UL), and the U.S. Consumer...
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Should standards be free? What if they are incorporated by reference into federal legislation, rules, or regulations? Should people have to pay for “the law?”
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River Falls manager charged for negligently shooting employee after missing a bird at cookie-making factory
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The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a new safety video depicting two major accidents caused by the intentional release of flammable fuel gas near work areas, one year after the Kleen Energy explosion.
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Richard Graveling, Araceli Sánchez-Jiménez, Craig Lewis and Sheila Groat
If your facility uses respirators, this study is a MUST READ!!!
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I want to thank so many of you for your positive comments about last weeks newsletter. The traditional OSH news has been a bit slow in recent weeks, so I tried to offer some personal insights. One question that I got from several readers and we seem to get in most of our auditing work is…what is the difference between an Emergency Action Plan and an Emergency Response Plan and why...
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The Chlorine Institute’s Emergency Preparedness Issue Team has issued an updated CHLOREP Bulletin regarding application of the Emergency Kit C to Next Generation Tank Car fittings.
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Summary: a large box retailer has a trash compactor. Workers were found to enter the trash chute that feeds the compactor. The interlock on the compactor door was defeated, and thus, the compactor would run with the door open. Workers use a 2X4 to push down material inside the compactor. Employees did not lock out the compactor when they entered it or the chute.
OSHA cited the employer under 1910.212...
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PHMSA is amending the Hazardous Materials Regulations to maintain alignment with international standards by incorporating various amendments, including changes to proper shipping names, hazard classes, packing groups, special provisions, packaging authorizations, air transport limited quantities, and vessel stowage requirements. These revisions are necessary to harmonize the Hazardous Materials Regulations...
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