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The state of VA has fined a food processor $131,535 for a July 31, 2024 anhydrous ammonia leak that hospitalized 33 people. The leak triggered the evacuation of 287 employees working at the facility. Five of the 33 victims were hospitalized with serious conditions, 17 had serious but non-life-threatening conditions, and 11 had minor symptoms. Fire marshals determined that a “failed valve” caused the...
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Violations arise from motivational factors and fall into four types:routine (or corner-cutting) violations, thrill-seeking or optimizing violations, necessary violations and exceptional violations. Unsafe acts are of two distinct types: errors and violations. Errors arise from informational problems and fall into three categories:
skill-based slips and lapses,
rule-based mistakes, and
knowledge-based...
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You may remember the 2019 event where the worker left home for the facility to check on an alarm in a pump house. He did not return, so the wife put their children in their child seats and went to the facility to check on her husband. She arrived and found him unconscious inside a shack. She entered to check on him, and she too was overcome by Hydrogen Sulfide. The children were too young to get out...
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Respondent operated a facility (the “Facility”) to process, store, and distribute prepackaged salads, fresh-cut vegetables, and other food products. At all times relevant to this CAFO, Respondent produced, used or stored more than 10,000 pounds of ammonia (anhydrous) at the Facility and was subject to the requirements of CAA § 112(r)(7).
At all times relevant to this CAFO, Respondent was subject...
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For those new to working in Hazardous Locations (HAZLOCs), the very best resource for the “lay person” is from the US Coast Guard “Drill Down” series. They published eight (8) documents that explains:
Hazardous Location Electrical Markings – Applicable Standards
Hazardous Location Electrical Markings – Locations
Hazardous Location Electrical Markings –...
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The Illinois Department of Labor’s (IDOL) Division of Occupational Safety and Health (IL OSHA), in collaboration with the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM), Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI), Illinois Fire Chiefs Association (IFCA) and Mutual Aid Box Alarm System-Illinois (MABAS-Illinois) have developed a sample incident command, accountability, and mayday standard operating...
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A Jan. 7 fire flash that injured four (4) employees was caused by employees burning isopropyl alcohol, a Illinois State Fire Marshal report on the incident said.
The media previously reported that the incident was caused by a propane heater, which was not the case. The state fire marshal’s report said that three (3) of the injured employees initially fabricated that story.
At 3:52 a.m. on Jan....
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Respondent owns and operates a facility that wholesales animal feeds, fertilizers, agricultural chemicals, pesticides, seeds, and farm supplies, including agricultural anhydrous ammonia. On or about August 9, 2023, EPA inspected the Respondent’s Facility to determine compliance with Section 112(r) of the CAA and 40 C.F.R. Part 68. Information gathered during the EPA inspection revealed that Respondent...
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I have written many times about this “therapy” and the hazards I have seen in these spas related to the storage and handling of Liquid Nitrogen (LN2). This week, we saw another fatality and several people hospitalized from an overexposure to N2.
A customer was undergoing a session when a N2 leak killed a spa worker, in her 20’s, and hospitalized the customer, in her 30’s....
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1910.147 says the following regarding contractors performing LOTO inside our facilities:
1910.147(f)(2)(i)Whenever outside servicing personnel are to be engaged in activities covered by the scope and application of this standard, the on-site employer and the outside employer shall inform each other of their respective lockout or tagout procedures.1910.147(f)(2)(ii)The on-site employer shall ensure...
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This is worth five minutes of our time! Human Factors(s) can be a massive driver of safety performance. This five-minute video from the Energy Institute does a great job of explaining what HF is all about.
HF has been involved in just about every accident investigation I have been involved with. We must understand how to identify and analyze human factors’ role in accidents. For those who practice...
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RIP
On January 21, 2025, an explosion at the Port of Barcelona resulted in one death and several injuries. The explosion occurred in a methyl acetate tank during maintenance work.
WARNING! Video may be upsetting to some viewers.
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