I saw this and thought, EVERY safety professional who investigates accidents/incidents needs to know these!  We MUST get facts and ALL the facts in our investigations; anything less is a DIS-SERVICE to those involved in the accident and those who will follow doing the job after the investigation.  Here are some tips on how to identify when somone is being less than honest with you during your investigation...

The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program statistics as of June 6, 2013...

• 44,000 preliminary assessments were reviewed by DHS from facilities with chemicals of interest 
• 4,331 facilities are currently covered by CFATS 
• Over 3,000 facilities voluntarily removed, reduced, or modified their holdings of chemicals of interest 
• 1253 visits to assist facilities with CFATS compliance
• 469 Security Plans authorized 
• 125 Security Plans approved following an onsite inspection

Spent the week with a power plant business doing a Combustible Dust assessment, so you can imagine where my mind is!!!

PHMSA has concluded that Shasta Fire Equipment, Inc. of Redding, CA, certified DOT-specification, exemption, and special permit cylinders with Requalification Identification Number (RIN) D183 between March 6, 2013 and May 6, 2013, WITHOUT performing proper requalification testing to verify the suitability of the cylinders for continued service, as required by the Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR, Parts 171-180)...

Does my facility need a first aid team?  Seems to be an easy question to answer, but there are a lot of "condition" that will affect the answer.  First thing we have to discuss is the multiple OSHA standards that may come into play, as there is more to this assessment than 1910.151.  Here is how I break it down....

A study of equipment failures in the process industries indicates human and organizational errors as the major cause.  One in five accidents caused by equipment failures in the chemical process industries are the result of human and organizational errors. Major factors in equipment failures included:

These "jersey barriers" are being used in all types of workplaces for all types of uses.  They have even found their way into PSM/RMP facilities and are being used as vehicle barriers around critical equipment and for CFATS complaince on the security side.  This weeks video shows what can go wrong when these 1 ton barriers are NOT handled properly!  MANY THANKS to WorkSafeBC.