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Safety Info Posts -
PSM and RMP Citations/Analysis
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Written by Bryan Haywood
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Tuesday, 21 May 2013 14:11 |
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Based on a compliance monitoring inspection conducted at the Respondent's facility on August 16, 2012, EPA alleges that the Respondent violated the Act's Chemical Accident Prevention Program, when at the time of inspection, the Respondent did not provide evidence that:
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Safety Info Posts -
Permit Required Confined Spaces
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Written by Bryan Haywood
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Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:35 |
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This month IN-OSHA has issued citations to a "service contractor" in the amount of $99,250 after one of their service technicians entered a roll-off type trash compactor to perform equipment repair, replacing a hydraulic pump and a directional valve on the Marathon Trash Compactor. The plant was NOT cited and the contractor company involved in the repairs received 10 citations, one (1) Serious) and nine (9) Willful/Knowing. Here is a breakdown of the citations:
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Safety Info Posts -
Incident Alerts
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Written by Bryan Haywood
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Sunday, 19 May 2013 21:39 |
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Safety Info Posts -
Emergency Response
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Written by Bryan Haywood
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Tuesday, 21 May 2013 14:29 |
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The National Academies Press has released the fourteenth volume ofAcute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals, a publication that covers the acute exposure guideline levels (AEGLs) for seven of the approximately 400 extremely hazardous substances that have been identified by EPA. AEGLs are exposure levels below which adverse health effects are not likely to occur. These threshold exposure limits are for the general public and are applicable to emergency exposures ranging from 10 minutes to eight hours. The chemicals covered in this volume of AEGLs for Selected Airborne Chemicals include:
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Safety Info Posts -
Chemical Process Safety (PSM/RMP)
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Written by Bryan Haywood
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Tuesday, 21 May 2013 14:38 |
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In September 2012, a worker at a "winery" in CA was killed when he opened a valve on a refrigeration chiller, releasing 284 pounds of anhydrous ammonia. Below is the NRC report from this fatality incident and I have submitted a FOIA to CA-OSHA so that I can obtain their citations and have a better understanding of what happened.
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