ATTENTION BREWERS... Check your PRCS and HAZCOM practices!
Last year (2014) SAFTENG was asked to perform an assessment on several brewers to ensure compliance with OSHA standards, specifically in regards to Permit Required Confined Spaces. This review was brought on largely due to the 2013 confined space accident in Mexico which claimed the lives of seven (7) workers. We still do not know the details of that tragic accident, but it did spur quite a bit of discussion among brewers about the safety of their facilities. We were told before our arrival that the locations we would be visiting had worked closely with their insurer(s) to develop the safety program(s) in place. Still we were shocked at some of the "safety practices" we came across and the response was... this is "industry practice" and they had written documentation that this was an "accepted industry practice". Here are the two most serious compliance issues (e.g. "practices") we took issue with regarding HAZCOM and PRCS... |
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