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  • Chemical Process Safety (PSM/RMP)
    • TX Fertilizer Plant Explosion analysis (videos/photos)
    • Boiler & Pressure Vessel accidents by year (from NBIC)
    • What differentiates a GREAT PSM/RMP audit from a "so-so" audit?
    • What is LUP & PADHI and what does it have to do with West Fertilizer?
    • How many Program 2 RMPs like West Fertilizer are out here?
    • West, TX Fertilizer... a lesson in "process safety" and the "retail facility" exemption?
    • Animation of Fire at Chevron's Richmond Refinery, August 6, 2012
    • How could the TX fertilizer plant be a Program 2 RMP?
    • Hydrogen Fluoride Study, Report to Congress Section 112(n)(6) Clean Air Act As Amended
    • Nonsparking Tools (USFA)
    • Emergency Shutdown Systems and Hydrostatic Relief Valves
    • OSHA's "hydrocarbon fuel exemption” in PSM
    • Facility Siting 101 - Vehicle Barriers around critical equipment (NH3 Tank Damage from Semi - Photos/Layout/RMP)
    • What are the requirements when a component in my covered process was built to an OLD "out of circulation" RAGAGEP?
    • The CSB and API appear to be at odds on Recommended Practice ANSI/RPI 755, Fatigue Risk Management Systems for Personnel in the Refining and Petrochemical Industries, First Edition, April 2010
    • Splitting the hairs of Process Safety (Battery Limits and Changes)
    • Potential Issues When Wearing Non-Fire Resistant Base Layers with Outerwear Fire-Resistant Garments
    • Guidance on Handling Cases Developed Pursuant to the FRC Enforcement Policy Memorandum
    • Transport Company indicted in SC woman's ammonia death (Unloading NH3)
    • PSM/RMP Trick Question (Poll)
    • A "Manufacturer's Recommended Practice" is a RAGAGEP
    • HAZLOCs and Ventilation and Classification
    • A flaw with referencing info in PSM/RMP Operating Procedures
    • Understanding the requirements of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
    • OUTSTANDING Process Safety Information Worksheet
    • Evaluating your Mechanical Integrity Program effectiveness
    • Inside look at EPA's Ammonia Alarm Expectations
    • Pressure Vessel Update (NB-132, Revision 8)
    • OSHA's "Process Opening" Hazard Information Bulletin
    • Unloading HAZMATs and PSM/RMP
    • Catastrophic failure of RRCar while being steamed (Excess temp leads to exotherm runaway)
    • Cargo Hose Rupture and Release of Anhydrous Ammonia During Offloading of a Cargo Tank Motor Vehicle at a Plant (7/15/09)
    • Do NOT rely on Excess Flow Valves (EFV)
    • Can I count the activation of my safety system as an actual test of the system?
    • UPDATE: CCTV video of the Mexico Refinery Explosion on 9/19/12
    • Sulphur sticks and ammonia leaks... are you in compliance when using these leak detection devices?
    • Hotwork Safety (UPDATED w/ NEW Hotwork data 12/04/12)
    • ASME UG-140... Overpressure protection by System Design
    • Non-Routine process opening (e.g. "Line Break")
    • What does ASME Section VIII say about "torquing values"?
    • OSHA issues PSM citations after run-away reaction results in the hospitalization of 40 workers
    • OSHA issues PSM, HAZCOM, Asbestos, BBP, Fire Extinguishers, Walking/Working, Ladders, Guarding, Electrical, GDC, Hotwork,
    • Hydrostatic Relief Valves and Propane Systems
    • ASME "Lethal Service"
    • Third Public Review of Standard BSR/IIAR 7-201x, Developing Operating Procedures for Closed-Circuit Ammonia Mechanical Refrigerating Systems
    • Sixth Public Review of Standard BSR/IIAR 5-201x, Start-up and Commissioning of Closed-Circuit Ammonia Mechanical Refrigerating Systems
    • Internal Combustion Engines as Ignition Sources
    • Evaluation of Health Effects of a Chlorine Gas Release in a Poultry Processing Plant - Arkansas
    • RMP reporting requirements, when to update, and how to submit using the new web-based system
    • RMP's “Stationary Source” and "Incident to Transportation" exemption challenged
    • EPA to audit the CSB????
    • PSM Information Collection Requirements
    • The infamous "Process Safety Contractor Safety Study" by the John Gray Institute
    • Phillips 66 Explosion & Fire - Pasadena, TX 1989
    • EPA Region X's RMP "Managment Plan" Example
    • A review of OSHRC PSM Citations following a 32,000 pound release (NH3 Refrigeration)
    • Preliminary fire testing of composite offshore pedestrian gratings
    • Perfect example of using the "Elimination/Substitution" in the hierarchy of controls as well as IST
    • What is it? (Hint: Common PSM Safe Guard)
    • National Board RV Testing Data
    • Putting Seward, IL 38,000 NH3 release into some perspective
    • Can Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) occur in Ammonia Piping?
    • Flixborough... the beginning of the PSM movement
    • VIDEO UPDATE on Fatal HF Release - 5 Dead 18 Injured
    • Ohio Fire Code Requirements for Mechanical Refrigeration facilities using Ammonia
    • OSHA Enforcement Memo - Use of Flexible Hoses in Toxic Gas Service (10/2/2012)
    • Ohio's PSM/RMP General Duty Clause
    • Process Safety and Ohio State Fire & HAZMAT Codes
    • Applications and Limitations of Excess Flow Valves
    • Ammonia Releases in North Carolina (1993-1997 Data)
    • Loss of Containment (LOC) Data
    • Liquefied Gas Conversion Chart
    • When we claim alarms as "safe guards" in our PHA
    • TOSHA cites Refinery $63,000 for Fatal Flash Fire (PSM, LOTO, PPE)
    • EPA Region 10 RMP Newsletter- great resource!
    • Ammonia Fatality @ Winery
    • Amuay UCVE Event Aug 25, 2012
    • Process Safety and "Human Factors" (w/ video)
    • CCTV Video & photos from Chevron's Richmond, CA refinery fire
    • OSHA issues PSM citations to a TX Refinery
    • OSHA issues PSM, Explosives, PPE, Machine Guarding, LOTO, Electrical, and Flammable Liquid citations after explosion at a fireworks plant
    • When someone tells you Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) is not an issue with NH3...
    • Hydrostatic Relief Devices vs. Qualified Operator, which is required?
    • Auditing Process Safety Management Systems
    • OSHA issues $111K in PSM Citations following explosion that severely injured worker (PSM)
    • Flixborough Explosion (1974)
    • (8/25/12 UPDATE from DOT) IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING (NH3) AND (LPG) HOSES
    • Risks associated with Loading and Unloading HAZMAT
    • ANSI/ASME B31 - Standards of Pressure Piping
    • The 12 sections of the Boiler Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC)
    • EPA fines the US Olympic Park for RMP violations related to their Anhydrous Ammonia refrigeration process
    • EPA Region X RMP/EPCRA Actions April 1-June 30, 2012
    • Process Safety and “Critical Utilities”
    • Has EPA established a new selection criteria for RMP inspections?
    • MI Inspection of Anhydrous Ammonia Vessel (No PWHT)
    • Now this is Process Safety Information!!
    • August 2012 CCPS Process Beacon - HOTWORK HAZARDS
    • Flammable vapour cloud risks from tank overfilling incidents
    • Excellent depiction of PSM/RMP Process Arrangements
    • "It's just Ammonia" - yep it sure is!
    • Another "Culture" Failure leads to major pipeline incident
    • Inherently Safer Design (CSB Video)
    • Process Safety, Staffing, and responding to alarms
    • Can a spring-loaded Pressure Safety Valve be installed horitionally?
    • PSM Enforcement UPDATE from Region V
    • A NON-PSM chemical impacting a PSM covered process
    • WA-OSHA latest State Plan to implement PSM CHEM NEP
    • “LOPC” of an ammonia pipe in unoccupied refrigerated spaces
    • Culpeper, Va. settles alleged environmental violations at water treatment facility (RMP-Chlorine)
    • Flammable Liquid and Gas PSM Citations
    • What ISA-84 can do for process safety
    • Considering failure of engineering controls in a PHA
    • Process Safety and Hotwork requirements
    • Understanding ISA-84
    • EPA RMP Q&A on latitude and longitude coordinates (April 2011)
    • FREE CCPS Reactivity Management Tool (RMT)
    • June 2012 CCPS Process Beacon - Nitrogen – Hazard and Safeguard!
    • Ammonia Explosion News Accounts
    • EPA announces summary of enforcement actions for Winter 2012
    • Does your PSM/RMP included power systems?
    • DHS completes the 1000th Compliance Assistance Visit (CAV)
    • FREE COPY of Z49.1:2012 Safety in Welding, Cutting, and Allied Processes
    • Anhydrous Ammonia Tank Catastrophic Failure
    • Relief Valve sizing and combustible/flammable storage
    • Has PSM driven us to dillute some “engineering standards”?
    • Why NH3 Vessels MUST be rated for -20F
    • Implementation of New ASME Stamp for Pressure Relief Devices
    • Bypassing of storage tank safety features
    • Compliant with RAGAGEP?
    • May 2012 CCPS Process Beacon - Mechanical Integrity of Tubing
    • PSM/RMP Tip and the NEW GHS HazCom
    • Are we overdoing procedures?
    • Workplace Health and Safety Queensland - Ammonia National Audit Program results
    • 2012 April CCPS Process Beacon - Unloading to the wrong tank
    • Using the common practice of “Draining Oil Pots” on refrigeration systems to examine the differences between “controlled” and “uncontrolled” releases of ammonia
    • Ammonia Incidents in Oregon from 1993-2007
    • An interesting "Facility Change" that fell through the cracks
    • The finer points of OSHA’s and EPA’s Management of Change requirements
    • EPA cancels their July 2012 Public Access to RMPs
    • UK's HSE REVIEW OF AMMONIA INCIDENTS 1992 - 1998
    • UK's HSE REVIEW OF CHLORINE INCIDENTS 1992 - 1998
    • Stairs vs. Ladders and Emergency Egress
    • Taking credit for a building in a WCS under RMP
    • March 2012 Update on OSHA’s Refinery & Chemical National Emphasis Programs
    • Does your facility “Car Seal” or “Lock Open” Valves? Do NOT use your LOTO Locks!
    • A close look at Incident Investigation techniques A MUST READ for ALL Safety Pro's
    • Ammonia HAZARD ALERT issued by NC-OSHA in response to a fatal accident involving NH3
    • Annual SOP Certifications for PSM/RMP
    • VPP Application Supplement for the Sites Subject to the Process Safety Management (PSM) Standard
    • Temporary MOC’s and Temporary Electrical Power
    • Ammonia and HAZLOC's (join the debate)
    • DHS Jack Rabbit CL2 and NH3 Release Testing presentation video (NO video of releases)
    • Mechanical Ventilation - General Rules to live by
    • The IMPORTANCE of Hydrostatic relief valves in Ammonia Systems
    • 2012 March CCPS Process Beacon - Double Block & Bleed Explanation
    • Difference between OSHA’s PSM and EPA’s RMP requirements
    • Comparison of RMP and PSM Chemicals and Thresholds
    • State of Massachusetts Hazardous Materials Processing regulation (527 CMR 33)
    • Challenging the NH3 Refrigeration & Electrical Classification (UPDATED 3/3/12)
    • Is the act of loading/unloading a PSM/RMP chemical exempt from OSHA/EPA enforcement?
    • Can a PHA done for OSHA's PSM be used for EPA's RMP Compliance?
    • How many threads of a bolt must be showing outside a nut to meet RAGAGEP?
    • Hotwork - Learning from Losses
    • Change(s) that REQUIRE a PHA revalidation
    • Interesting RMP Statistics - Where does your process rank?
    • Summary of Ammonia Accidents In the United States To Which OSHA Responded
    • PSM Scenario Challenge - Response
    • Hotwork Safety
    • Ammonia Gas Explosion
    • Use of High Visibility Vest in Safety Programs
    • NFPA 30 offers some GREAT facility siting for NEW process vessels
    • Process Hazards Analysis and “Safeguards”
    • “Operator Rounds” in a PSM/RMP Covered Process
    • NH3 Unloading Incident (30 Tons Release)
    • AMMONIA SPILLS IN WISCONSIN 1993-2009
    • Establishing your safe upper and lower limits for FLOWS
    • Establishing Safe Upper and Lower Limits
    • Key provisions of the PSM Preamble
    • Tracking Corrective Actions to closure
    • PSM, Flammable Liquids, & Secondary Containment
    • Current EPA plans call for the re-establishment of internet access to the non Off-site Consequence Analysis (OCA) sections of the RMP database beginning in July of 2012
    • OSHA Launches their PSM Covered Chemical Facilities NEP
    • The Borden's Ammonia Explosion December 11, 1983
    • Flammable Liquids Tank Integrity Learnings
    • Importance of MAINTANING your Explosion Proof Equipment (Video)
    • PHA and Loss of Power
    • OSHA's Pressure Vessel "Cheat Sheet"
    • The Jack Rabbit Test Program Trial Summary - NH3 and CL2 Release Studies
    • PSM Battery Limits - it may not be as simple as "Interconnected"
    • More OSHA PSM Citations on a NH3 Refrigeration Process (includes NO MOC on personnel changes!)
    • Explosion of MDEA Storage Tank
    • How strong does my explosion have to be to do damage?
    • Another valve that needs to be Car-Sealed OPEN
    • Vulnerability of oil contaminated fire retardant coveralls
    • Contractors and chemical process safety?
    • Features of successful Safety Management System (SMS)
    • Electrical Classification for Hazardous Locations
    • How secure are your safety systems?
    • Management of Change (MOC) and Procedures
    • Is EPA setting a standard for PSM/RMP Staffing Levels?
    • Anhydrous Ammonia Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) Incident sends 5 to hospital
    • Animation of January 23, 2010 Phosgene Accident
    • CFATS Personnel Surety Privacy Impact Assessment is now available
    • Truck Drivers being your DOT HAZMAT Attendant and potential safety and health concerns
    • What does EPA's RMP "General Duty Clause" actually require?
    • Process Safety and Security Guards
    • HOTWORK Tank Explosion (Video)
    • PSM Chemical Plant NEP UPDATE March 2011
    • PSM/RMP "co-location" or "proximity" when determing PSM/RMP Applicability
    • Worst Case Release Scenario and Severe Weather
    • RMP*eSubmit Webinar Presentation
    • THE REAL COST of an accident!
    • A perfect storm in the making...have we learned our lesson?
    • RMP eSubmit Webinar Questions and Answers
    • RMP Worst Case Scenario considerations
    • Another Example of Torque Requirements - GASKETS
    • Torque Examples - Mechanical-Joint Assembly
    • Torque Requirements and Process Safety Management
    • Fire Watches and their Fire Extinguishers
    • PSM and Electronic Management Systems and Emergency Power Systems
    • Is Your Welding Hot Work Policy in Compliance (VIDEO - 5 minutes)
    • Dangers of Hot Work - VIDEO (14 Min)
    • Maintain Process Safety During the Recession (Video)
    • Is your Fire Extinguisher Conractor covered under PSM?
    • Changing your RMP Emergency Contact
    • Ammonia HAZARD ALERT issued by NC-OSHA in response to a fatal accident involving NH3
    • New Leading and Lagging Indicators of Process Safety Performance
    • When is Flame Retardant Clothing (FRC) Really required?
    • PSM Operating Procedures Survey Conducted
    • Is OSHA Targeting Ammonia Refrigeration & Chlorine water treatment processes in their new PSM NEP?
    • States with RMP accidents causing at least one off-site Death
    • EPA's General Duty Clause for RMP
    • More on EPA's General Duty Clause
    • Top 10 RMP Chemicals by On-Site Quantities
    • Refinery Heat Exchanger Failure Fatality
    • Concurrent Operating Procedures…Emergency Shutdown and Start-Up after ESD
    • Some GREAT PHA Observations from one of the best in the business
    • Some GREAT Process Safety Observations from one of the best in the business
    • How do you define a PSM/RMP contractor and what does your evaluation process look like?
    • NH3 Releases occuring in NY state from 1993-98
    • Difference in Emergency SOPs and Emergency Response Plan
    • Unloading Hoses and PSM/RMP
    • IMPORTANT NOTICE regarding NH3 and LPG hoses
    • Hot Work Requirements and Combustible Dusts
    • Hot Work Preparation and OSHA Requirements
    • Hot Work Safety and learning from others costly errors
    • Better be thinking MOC before you do RBI
    • Mechanical integrity management of bulk storage tanks
    • Trick Question or legit question for PSM Compliance? Contractor Evaluations and PRCS Rescue Evaluations
    • What are "Temporary Operations" in regards to PSM Operating Procedures 1910.119(f)(1)(i)(C)
    • The difference between a MOC and PSSR
    • Staffing and Management of Change
    • Buyer BEWARE regarding off-site Operator & Maintenance training courses
    • What is a RAGAGEP?...and what it is NOT
    • Ventilation...Can I use it to declassify a HAZLOC?
    • Missed Preventive Maintenance Inspections/Tests
    • Emergency Shutdown (when does it get activated)
    • Car Seal Program and Relief Valves
    • How to use your PHA to write your SOPs
    • Starting point for PSM Facility Siting when dealing with Flammables (updated with LPG on 8/12/12)
    • Is your Diking in your PSI and MI
    • Tips when performing PHA's and how Chemical Process Safety should be viewed
    • Buying a used PSM/RMP facility or used equipment for PSM/RMP
    • Report reveals fundamental management flaws lay behind Buncefield disaster
    • UPDATE on Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS)
    • CSB Releases Case Study on Fatal 2008 Accident at a Tire and Rubber Plant
    • Car-Seal Programs and how they operate
    • Flaw in NH3 Emergency Ventilation Design?
    • Managing your Relief Valves
    • "Lessons Learned" potentials from Japan's Nuclear Problems
    • Liquid Penetrant Examination
    • Guidance for Conducting Risk Management Program Inspections under Clean Air Act Section 112(r)
    • LOPA and SIS/SIL
    • Valves installed backwards?
    • 2010 SECTION VIII — DIVISION 1 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX M - INSTALLATION AND OPERATION
    • OR-OSHA changes their PSM applicability to NH3 Fertilizer and the impact it will have on RMP
    • Techniques for assigning a Target Safety Integrity Level (SIL)
    • Post Weld Heat Treating (PWHT) failure
    • Re-Submitting your RMP
    • RMP Facilities in the United States as of December 2009
    • A reverse look at Facility Siting and Change Management
    • MAJOR CHEMICAL DISASTERS IN INDIA
    • National Board Inspection Code vs. API 510
    • Relief Valve Maintenance & Testing
    • Replacement in Kind... is it really?
    • Refinery NEP UPDATE (12/5/07)
    • Comparison of Pressure Vessel Inspection Requirements in Refrigeration Industry
    • Comparison of Piping Inspection Requirements in Refrigeration Industry
    • Corrosion Rates and Remaining Life/Fitness for Service
    • Summary of the RMP Chemical Exemptions
    • How does OSHA and EPA define "retail establishment" in regards to their "exemptions" from PSM/RMP
    • Catastrophic Failure during pneumatic pressure test
    • The power of a vacuum (photo)
    • Stress Corrosion Cracking of Steel in Liquefied Ammonia Service - A Recapitulation
    • The advantage of utilizing a Contractor Work Permit
    • What does "relief system design basis" mean?
    • Cellular Phones and Other Risks in Classified Areas
    • The BASICS on PRESSURE VESSEL SAFETY
    • RMP Program Level Determination Flowchart
    • RMP and Transportation Containers
  • Flammable Liquids
    • Aerial video of Mobile, AL barge explosion damage
    • Fatal burns from Diesel Flash Fire (TN-OSHA #12-2009)
    • Forklift strikes overhead flammable liquid line causing flash fire fatality (TN-OSHA #21-2010)
    • Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tank Emergency Venting — Part 9: Vent Sizes
    • Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tank Emergency Venting — Part 8: Venting for Pressure Tanks
    • Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tank Emergency Venting – Part 7: Interpolated Value Tank Venting Requirements
    • Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tank Emergency Venting – Part 6: Wetted Area and Vent Capacit
    • Hazards of using torch to cut open drum (Video)
    • Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tank Emergency Venting – Part 5: Calculating Wetted Area
    • Things you may not know about flammable storage cabinets
    • Spark proof tools- OSHA or NFPA required?
    • Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tank Emergency Venting - Part 4: Wetted Area
    • Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tank Emergency Venting - Part 3: Venting Requirements
    • Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tank Emergency Venting — Part 2: Tank Shapes
    • Inspection Techniques: Pressure-Vacuum Vent Maintenance
    • Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tank Emergency Venting – Part 1: Tank Types
    • Security video of Methanol Railcar Unloading explosion
    • The importance of PROPER SECONDARY CONTAINMENT for Flammable Liquids (Videos)
    • Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel (ULSD) fuel and Static Electricty
    • Flammable Liquids Conductivity Update
    • Low pressure LNG leak in 3" line at 22 psi
    • Buncefield Incident (CCTV catches VC formation)
    • While we work to implement the new HAZCOM standard, changes to 1910.106 and 1910.119 may have went unoticed
    • Explosion Proof Digital Camera - Top of my 2012 Wish List!
    • Static Electric Discharge Hazard On Bulk Oil Tank Vessels
    • Tanker Ship Hold Explosions from Flammable Atmospheres
    • Flammable Liquid Tank Explosion & Hotwork
    • Flammable Liquids and Tote Accident
    • Understanding OSHA's Flammable Liquid Std Ventilation Requirements
    • UPDATE from NFPA 30 on # of storage cabinets allowed
    • What is the REAL PURPOSE of flammable storage cabinets?
    • Did you know... Oily Waste Cans?
    • Static controlling wrist bands are NOT for industrial settings
    • Guidelines for the CONTROL OF STATIC ELECTRICITY IN INDUSTRY
    • Controlling Static Part II
    • Flash Fire with Non-Conductive Flammable Liquid
    • Cold Weather = More Static Hazards
    • Just how risky is "static electricity"?
    • Static spark started fire that heavily damaged Cuyahoga Falls factory
    • A study of flammable liquid storage tank accidents
    • UPDATE on the Magna Blend flammable liquid fire
    • Plastics and Flammables - It's what can occur outside the container we tend to over look
    • Is a flame arrestor required in a "safety can"?
    • Flammable Liquids, Portable Tanks, and Polyethylene Containers
    • Frac Tank Explosion Presentation from XTO Energy
    • CAUTION! Frac Tanks are NOT designed for Flammable and Combustible Liquids
    • A breakdown of the NFPA 30-2012 changes
    • Flammable Liquid Storage Tanks and Venting
    • Flammable Storage Cabinets... Did you know?
    • Did you know the LEL of a vapor and the MEC for a combustible dust can be lower when mixed together?
    • GASOLINE SAFETY - Educator’s Guide
    • Why it is IMPORTANT to have your gas can ON THE GROUND when filling it
    • Class I Hazardous Locations, Static Electricity, and Flooring
    • Flammable Liquids... Static Generation and the floor we walk on!
    • Statistical analysis of fires and explosions attributed to static electricity over the last 50 years
    • "Switch Loading" Flammable and Combustible Liquids is a Serious Risk that is often unknown or misunderstood
    • How much flammable liquid can I have outside of the storage room or cabinet?
    • Dangers of Propane
    • Flammable Liquids 101 - Part A
    • Forklifts in HAZLOCs
    • Bulk Liquefied Petroleum Gas Container Separation Distances
    • PPE payment for static dissipative safety-toe footwear
    • Summary and Explanation of Revisions to the Acetylene Standard as it applies to cylinders
    • Plastics and Flammable Liquids...SAFE?
    • Cleaning Small Parts & Portable Equipment With Solvents
    • Methods to Control Static Electricity when processing non-Conductive Flammable Liquids
    • Toluene & Static...Dancing with the Devil!
    • Safe Handling of non-Conductive Flammable Liquids
    • Nitrogen an ignition source...yeah right Mr. Safety Man!
    • Making sense of non-conductive flammable liquids
    • Why bonding and grounding may not be enough
    • How easy is it to ignite Hydrogen gas?
    • Non-conductive Flammable Liquids & Filters
    • Sources of Static Generation in Flammable Liquid Processes
    • Flame Retardant Clothing use guidelines from NFPA 2113
    • Flammable Liquids - 102, Surface area and MIE's
    • Flammable Liquids 101 - Part B
    • Protecting Powered Industrial Equipment Operating in and Around Explosion Hazardous Areas And Explosive Atmospheres
    • To vent or Not to vent?
  • Permit Required Confined Spaces
    • Large rolloff type TRASH COMPACTORS are PRCS's
    • OSHA cites industrial cleaning contractor after worker dies while cleaning storage tank at a chemical manufacturer
    • OSHA issues PRCS citations to Brewery ($88,000)
    • Drowning in PRCS (TN-OSHA #24-2008)
    • PRCS Fatality - acute heptane and toluene toxicity (TN-OSHA Fatality II #4 2010)
    • Verifying rescue services are "available" BEFORE entry
    • MSHA HAZARD ALERT - Working in Confined Spaces
    • NIOSH investigation of Dairy Plant Inspectors and Permit Required Confined Space's
    • 11 Serious and 2 willful violations regarding confined spaces
    • The infamous Phoenix FD Toluene Tank PRCS Rescue Fatality
    • Oregon OSHA - Adopted Changes for the Confined Space Standard
    • Grain Bin Accidents Still a Major Problem, Says Safety Specialist
    • How fast does my PRCS Rescue Service have to respond?
    • Monitoring PRCS Atmospheres and Entrants Rights
    • Discussing the three (3) criteria that makes a space a Confined Space
    • PRCS Reclassification Flow Chart
    • CAUGHT IN THE GRAIN!
    • February 6th, 2012 PRCS Fatality in 30" Pipe
    • Is a Roll-Off Trash Compactor a PRCS?
    • Important Confined Space Atmospheric Hazards Study
    • Entering a Cone of Safety (PRCS Safety Tips)
    • CS Ventilation Straight Edge Tool
    • WorkSafeBC has ammended their PRCS Std... all agencies need to do this
    • CS Rescue... Tripods and Winches and a false sense of success
    • Creating a Permit-Required Confined Space
    • Would your rescue plans pass an OSHA Inspection?
    • PRCS Fatality News Account
    • PRCS Multiple Fatality Incident
    • PLEASE EVALUATE your CS Rescue Service!
    • CONFINED SPACE FATALITY - Corn Silo ENGULFMENT
    • Sweating the SMALL stuff in CS Entry can make a BIG difference
    • CONFINED SPACE FATALITY – Oxygen Deficiency from Nitrogen Purge
    • PRCS Multiple Fatality Incident - 1 entrant and 3 "would be rescuers"
    • Why does Confined Space and High Angle Rescue go hand in hand?
    • The MUST SEE confined space video - REAL LIFE TRAGEDY
    • Testing a PRCS atmosphere VIDEO
    • Confined Spaces: Test to Live
    • No Escape: Dangers of Confined Spaces
    • Retaining CS Entry Permits
    • One MAJOR flaw in the use of Combustible Gas meters that ALL users should know
    • Confined Space Non-Entry Rescue
    • OSHA cites 5 companies for PRCS violations that lead to a dust flash fire and H2S exposures
    • Using my local FD as my PRCS Rescue Team
    • Entry vs. Non-Entry Rescue
    • Important Confined Space Atmospheric Hazards - Study Do you think wood chips and logs in a ship container hold could produce an IDLH atmosphere?
    • Does exceeding the PEL make the atm a hazardous atm?
    • Reclassifying a permit required confined space
    • Evaluating a Confined Space
    • Confined Space Hazards that are to be considered
    • Isolation for Reclassification of PRCSs
    • Evaluating Confined Spaces
    • Making sense of entry options under OSHA's PRCS Entry Std. 1910.146
    • A Purdue University report showed 51 grain bin accidents last year
  • Emergency Response
    • Infamous video of FF blown off Ladder Truck in Pasadena, TX
    • Scene Management is a function of IC
    • FREE Emergency HAZMAT Planning Guide
    • The lost art of preplanning and the role of the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)
    • West, TX Explosion and Community Emergency Response Plan?
    • HIGH CHALLENGE Warehousing: Ammonium Nitrate as a typical case study (NFPA)
    • Sprinkler System's OS&Y Valves
    • Chlorine and Mouthpiece Emergency Escape Respirators
    • A new version of MARPLOT is available
    • Modified Emergency Kit “C” Application for Certain Dual Valve Systems
    • EPA publishes "Area Contingency Planning Handbook"
    • Ammonia behaving badly... it is suppose to rise! (Video)
    • The Role of Scene Assessment or Size-up (USFA)
    • CAMEO Chemicals 2.4 is now available
    • What training is REQUIRED for "Incident Commanders"?
    • FDA looking to REQUIRE AED approvals
    • WISER for iOS 3.1
    • “Getting Ready for the Unimagined:” Looking at the Emergency Operations Plan (USFA)
    • Emergency Egress and Fire Doors
    • Fire Extinguishers... Did you know they have to be identified?
    • A rescue caught on tape, FF's rescue 4-year old from 2nd floor
    • FREE "Incident Safety Officer (ISO)" Training videos (4 Parts)
    • FREE NFPA Guide to Understanding & Implementing NFPA 1500, 1720, and 1851
    • How long does a 4500 psi SCBA cylinder really last
    • Respirators and Emergency Working Conditions
    • Incident Commander Characteristics (USFA)
    • Key Changes to NFPA 1981/1982 SCBA Requirements
    • Emergency SCBAs and OSHA requirements
    • The Incident Commander (from USFA)
    • SCBA's and LOW TEMPERATURE use and storage
    • FREE Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) Training
    • Mandatory elements of a HAZWOPER baseline physical examination
    • CHLOREP Informational Bulletin: 2012 DOT/TC Emergency Response Guidebook
    • Ray O'Brocki, of the Baltimore Fire Department, explains how night clubs and other high-capacity facilities deal with fire safety
    • 2012 DOT ERG Training Video (21 Minutes)
    • What you need to know about nightclub safety (NFPA Video)
    • The FULL and UNEDITED Station Nightclub Fire Video (from within)
    • BLEVE in the back of pickup at drive thru (Video)
    • A VERY POWERFUL FIRE SAFETY message (Station Nightclub Survivor)
    • Vent and Burn Training Video from Transport Canada
    • Inspection Techniques: Egress Door Hardware Considerations
    • Chlorine Leak video footage (17K pound 2002 Festus, MO)
    • CI C-Kit Training Video
    • On "oldie" but a goodie... Original CI C-Kit Video
    • New versions of CAMEO 2.4 and Tier2 Submit
    • Pipeline Safety: Communication During Emergency Situations
    • Just The Facts...About The C-Kit (From CI)
    • Shelter-in-Place Suggestions
    • Cracking and Ruptures of SCBA Aluminum Cylinders Made from 6351 Alloy
    • Safety Advisory; High Pressure Aluminum Seamless and Aluminum Composite Hoop-Wrapped Cylinders
    • USFA Special Report: Prevention of Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus Failures
    • 2012 DOT ERG by the numbers
    • SCBA Cylinder Catastrophic Failure from Stress Corrosion Cracking
    • Hydro-Testing of SCBA Cylinders
    • CAMEO Chemicals mobile site now available
    • The new "Table 3" in the 2012 DOT ERG
    • Chemical facility faces ammonia leak penalty
    • CHLOREP Informational Bulletin: 2012 DOT/TC Emergency Response Guidebook
    • UL warns of counterfeit UL Mark on single-jacketed fire hose
    • A "vent and burn" operation on I-10 in LA
    • NEW version of CAMEO Chemicals is now available
    • Emergency Response Equipment Maintenance
    • Mandatory elements of a HAZWOPER baseline physical examination (OSHA LOI issued 7/2012)
    • Columbus, OH Derailment Fire
    • WISER for iOS 3.0 - Now Available in the Apple App Store
    • Open-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus Remaining Service-Life Indicator Performance Requirements
    • Threshold Planning Quantities for EHS revised
    • Introduction to the 2012 DOT Emergency Response Guide Book from PHMSA (Video)
    • 2012 DOT Emergency Response Guidebook available for download
    • Emergency Response Guidebook 2012 Summary of Changes (April 2012)
    • The future of fixed fire protection????
    • What's wrong with this scene?
    • Who falls into OSHA’s HAZWOPER “Awareness” group?
    • Volunteer Emergency Responders - who enforces their safety?
    • Emergency Response Resources Side-by-Side Comparison
    • PHOSGENE Emergency Response Data (insert for ERP)
    • METHANOL Emergency Response Data (insert for ERP)
    • HYDROFLUORIC ACID (HF) Emergency Response Data (insert for ERP)
    • CHLORINE Emergency Response Data (insert for ERP)
    • Ammonia Emergency Response Data (insert for ERP)
    • My podcast with Garden City Ammonia Program on ER
    • Analysis of an ammonia spill and response
    • Medical Fact Sheet for Ammonia
    • How to use the DOT Emergency Response Guide Book (video)
    • "Shelter-in-Place" may not be as EASY as it sounds
    • HAZMAT Team members MUST have an EXIT PHYSICAL
    • New versions of ALOHA and CAMEO Chemicals are now available (3/22/12)
    • The OLD and NEW IDLH and a little history about the MOST important term for any HAZMAT Technician
    • Next Generation Breathing Apparatus A MUST SEE if you use SCBA's
    • NUCOS: Unit Converter for Spill Responders
    • FREE Training Resources for Responding to Ethanol Incidents
    • Emergency Planning and Preparedness (CSB Video)
    • Emergency Responders and Fit Testing
    • Wind Socks… a critical piece of Equipment?
    • Another how NOT TO RESPOND video (Ammonia Tanker)
    • 1984 Mexico City BLEVE (1984)
    • Crude Tank "Boilover" Explanation (2 Videos)
    • Properties of Anhydrous Ammonia
    • 911 Call - 28-year old killed by forklift
    • How NOT to respond to an Ammonia Leak!
    • Anhydrous Ammonia Pipeline Rupture
    • SCBA Cylinder Failure Incident
    • Oxygen Depletion in Level A Hazmat Suits
    • Ammonia Gas can deliver you shrink wrapped!
    • New versions of ALOHA and CAMEO Chemicals are now available
    • NIST Study Finds Failure Points in Firefighter Protective Equipment
    • Comparing Results of Two Chlorine Release Field Experiments—Wild Stallion and Jack Rabbit
    • Application of source term and dispersion models in developing Protective Action Distances in the Emergency Response Guidebook
    • Siting of emergency response equipment & personnel?
    • Does your ERP contain SPECIFICS?
    • How do all the different levels of HAZWOPER training fit together and what level do I need to respond?
    • PERFECT Example of a "Pre-Planning" lapse!
    • Can your local Fire Department meet your needs?
    • Who calls 911?
    • Hands-On Railcars - Anhydrous Ammonia (Video)
    • TRANSCAER® LAUNCHES ONLINE SAFETY TRAINING
    • Off-Site Emergency Response Training Limitations
    • Fire Door Basics
    • Are all EXIT signs created equal?
    • FIRE EXTINGUISHER FATALITY and inspections
    • SIMPLE and CHEAP methods for on-scene medical monitoring
    • What makes a "response" an "emergency response" under 1910.120
    • Medical Monitoring of a HAZMAT Team
    • Understanding 1910.120 as it applies to a HAZMAT team
    • Liquid Nitrogen BLEVE Demo Vid #1
    • BLEVE Training Video Part 1 - EXCELLENT Info
    • BLEVE Training Video Part 2 - EXCELLENT info
    • Bleve Test - LPG Railcar (Video)
    • 1983 Murdoch, IL LPG Railcar BLEVE (Video)
    • BLEVE - Explanation from NFPA (Video)
    • BLEVE Training Video
    • States of Matter (Video)
    • Standpipe Systems...What is required?
    • Fire Hoses on Standpipe Systems...To connect or not to connect!
    • The OLD and NEW IDLH and a little history about the MOST important term for any HAZMAT Technician
    • Dangerous misunderstanding around a B.L.E.V.E.
    • NUCOS: Unit Converter for Spill Responders
    • Ethanol Safety Organization for safety professionals and emergency response
    • MSDS and Emergency Response Alert from EPA
    • TRANSCAER schedules emergency response training tour for anhydrous ammonia
    • Does my plant/site manager have to be trained in HAZWOPER?
    • Chlorine Institute C-Kit Briefing Paper
    • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(xii) Use of the Local Emergency Response Plan (LERP) or the State Emergency Response Plan (SERP)
    • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(xi) PPE and Emergency Equipment
    • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(x) Critiques of Response and Follow-up
    • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(ix) Emergency Alerting and Response Procedures
    • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(viii) Emergency Medical Treatment Procedures
    • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(vii) Decontamination
    • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(vi) Evacuation Routes and Procedures
    • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(v) Site Security and Control
    • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(iv) Safe Distances and Places of Refuge
    • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(iii) Emergency Recognition and Prevention
    • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(ii) Personnel Roles, Lines of Authority, Training, and Communication
    • Your Emergency Response Plan Section (q)(2)(i) - Pre-emergency Planning and Coordination
    • Emergency Response & PSM Tip
    • What must be in my EAP?
    • Do I Need an Emergency Action Plan?
    • Fight or Flight
    • From an EAP to an ERP???
    • CHLOREP NextGen Bulletin
    • How strong is your headcount procedure?
    • WISER 4.4 is now available!
    • Safety and Health Tip HAZMAT Evacuation iPhone App
    • Thoughts of an Emergency Responder
    • Understanding OSHA's HAZWOPER standard for Emergency Response
    • Breaking down 1910.120(q)(2) Written ERP requirements
    • What are Emergency Response Planning Guidelines (ERPGs)?
    • What are Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGLs)?
    • What are Temporary Emergency Exposure Limits (TEELs)?
    • What are Protective Action Criteria for Chemicals (PACs)?
    • What are Public Exposure Guidelines?
    • UPDATE - Calling the National Response Center
    • Sample Protocol for a Response Plan (General Outline)
    • Ammonia Exposure – Pre-hospital Medical Management
  • Safety Alerts
    • Safety Alert - Care and Use of Ammonia Gas Cylinders
    • MSHA Safety Alert - Electrical Solenoid Safety
    • PHMSA ALERT: Recycling and Disposal of Compressed Gas Cylinders
    • Counterfeit Portable Fire Extinguishers
    • Safety Advisory: Unauthorized Marking of Compressed Gas Cylinders
    • Product Inspection Advisory Notice – Immediate Action Required; FallTech Lanyards, Rebar Chain Assemblies , Harness/Lanyard Combos, and Roofer’s Kits
    • FATAL KEG accident photos released by OSHA
    • Fluke is voluntarily recalling certain 373, 374, 375 and 376 Digital Clamp Meters
    • Genie Safety Notice (Secondary Lift Cylinder Replacement)
    • Safety Notice 120002 Supplement (Genie Motor Controller Failure)
    • A Flammable Liquid - Line Break Nearmiss LESSON
    • CAUTION - DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE CLEANING WITH (MSHA Hotwork Alert)
    • Safety Alert Notice - grinder accident w/ modified grinder
    • Pinch Point and the Wrong Tool
    • Reading Water Meters (Snake Hazards)
    • Roof Workers Fall Successfully Arrested!!!
    • It pays to be 100% tied off
    • Safety Alert: Unauthorized Compressed Gas Cylinders
    • Safety Alert - Electrician received an electric shock when working on junction box
    • Safety Alert – Multiple fatalities/Inert Gas Hazards/Line Break
    • STOP USE NOTICE - Moldex 7000 Series Gas/Vapor Cartridges
    • Risk of carbon monoxide release during the storage of wood pellets
    • Storm Water Drain EXPLOSION
    • Genie Lift Safety Notice (11/5/12)
    • Hotwork & Tank Truck Explosion II
    • HAZARD ALERT - AMMONIA SAFETY IN WINERIES
    • MSHA Safety Alert - Winter Ventilation and Barometric Pressure
    • PHMSA Safety Advisory: Unauthorized Marking of Compressed Gas Cylinders
    • Safety Alert - Shocked by working table (missing ground)
    • Fatality Alert - Failed Handrail
    • FATALITY DUE TO ELECTRICAL SHOCK
    • Fatality Related To IBC Falling From Forklift
    • INDUSTRY ALERT: CHEVRON RICHMOND REFINERY PIPING FAILURE
    • Miller Harness Safety Alert "Miller/Honeywell Official Response"
    • Extension Ladder Catastrophic Failure
    • Elevating Work Platform Failure
    • Oregon OSHA urges caution following three workplace carbon monoxide incidents
    • Compressed Gas Cylinders Incident (Acetylene & Oxygen)
    • UL and Loss Prevention Certification Board (LPCB) warn of counterfeit fire sprinkler (Release 12PN-32)
    • Weed Trimmer Incident
    • SWIVEL SNAPHOOK INSPECTION NOTIFICATION
    • NIOSH Respirator User Notice - Care and Maintenance of Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Units
    • Genie Lift Safety Notice (7/3/12)
    • NFPA issues safety alert on SCBA facepiece lenses - SCBA facepiece lenses may undergo thermal degradation when exposed to intense heat
    • PRODUCT RECALL / STOP USE NOTICE 3M™ Series Self Retracting Lanyards
    • Crane Fatality Video (New Source Video)
    • Crane Accident kills two people in works of São Paulo Subway
    • Hotwork Drum Explosion - using drum as work bench
    • Loss of Start-Up Oxygen in CSE SR-100 Self-Contained Self-Rescuers
    • Highwall Fatality, Chile (Mining)
    • Gems Sensors Recalls Pressure Transducers Used in Fire Pump Controllers Due to Risk of Failure in a Fire
    • Fluke 190 ScopeMeter® Recall
    • FP Stryder® Beam Anchor Inspection Reminder
    • Hydroblast Hose Failure
    • MSHA Safety Alert on Dozers
    • Thunderstorms & Telephones
    • Gas Cylinders Recalled by Worthington Cylinders Wisconsin Due to Fire Hazard
    • Fatal Grinder Accident at Quarry
    • Impact Gun Accident
    • Genie Lift Safety Notice
    • Grinder Accident Safety Alert
    • HSE issues gas detector safety alert
    • [NPPTL] ALL: CSE SR 100 User Notice
    • Crane Operator Fataly Injured - Alert
    • Arc Flash Incident (February 2012)
    • Fall Protection STOP USE NOTICE
    • Compressed Gas Safety Alert
    • FOOT INJURY FROM OUTRIGGER
    • SAFETY ALERT! Abrasive wheel on grinder breaks, killing worker
    • Loader Blind Spot Fatality
    • Flashlights Improperly Marked with MSHA Emblem (THEY ARE intrinsically safe - just mislabeled)
    • Industrial Scientific Announces Product Recall of GasBadge® Plus Single-Gas Monitors
    • FRC Alert (Cotton Treated Reaction)
    • Truck-Mounted Hydraulic Crane
    • MUSTANG SURVIVAL PFD RECALL NOTICE
    • Bathtub Refinishing Hazard Alert - Methylene Chloride Fatalities
    • Use of Mobile Phone "Expert XP-Ex-1" in potentially explosive atmospheres
    • Safety Alert - DeWALT Large Grinder Defective Handles
    • RECALL NOTICE - PROTECTA SHOCK ABSORBING LANYARDS
    • PHMSA-2011-0241 (Notice No. 11-10): Safety Advisory: Unauthorized Marking of Compressed Gas Cylinders
    • Safety Alert - UNEXPECTED TELESCOPIC FORKLIFT DROPPED LOAD DUE TO CHAIN FAILURE
    • PRODUCT RECALL / STOP USE NOTICE - 3M™ G-Series Retractable Lanyards Models
    • Safety Alert - Unauthorized Marking of Compressed Gas Cylinders
    • Safety Recall of certain Sporlan/Refrigeration Specialties MA17 solenoid valves
    • Fire Extinguisher Explosion on DZ 28
    • Pressure Testing Natrual Gas Plant gone BAD!
    • Another pressure test GONE BAD!
    • Railcar Collapse when steam condensed
    • Hydro-test of a new vertical vessel
    • 24" Fitting Catastrophic Failure during Integrity Pressure Testing
    • Poorly-constructed air tank explodes
    • Air tank corrodes, explodes in home garage
    • INJECTION OF HYDRAULIC FLUID
    • Hazardous 3rd Party Modified Circuit Breakers
    • Unguarded Shaft Incident
    • BLENDED BREATHING AIR FATALITIES
    • HOAX - Crosby Counterfeit Shackle Alert
    • MSHA Compressed Gas Cylinder ALERT
    • Model: JLG LIFT 600AJ - INTERNAL RUST IN BOOM SECTION
    • Overturns of JLG 500RTS scissor lifts
    • Release of Stored Pressure Incident
    • MSA Stop Use & Inspect Notices
    • Pressure Vessel Failure during Hydrotest - Nov. 2007, China
  • General Safety Topics
    • WARNING Signs of Electrical Dangers (from NFPA)
    • Effect of Chemical Substances on Hearing - Interactions with Noise
    • ACGIH® BOARD RATIFIES 2013 TLVs® AND BEIs®
    • New Volume of Flammability and Sensitivity of Materials in Oxygen-Enriched Atmospheres Available from ASTM International
    • Pipeline Safety: Accident and Incident Notification Time Limit
    • Wind Chill Training
    • Safety Glasses - Run over
    • Doing it Right! - Stencil Knife Improvement
    • Vehicle Safety Policy
    • DOing it Right Photos
    • PA DEP requiring AEDs at Mine sites
    • FREE access to 2007 Oregon Fire Code
    • FREE access to 2010 Oregon Mechanical Specialty Code
    • November is a month to think fire safety
    • New Welding Safety Interactive Guide from Lincoln Electric
    • Change the clocks - Change the batteries
    • Chemicals and Hearing Loss
    • Mists created by the use of compressed airlines for the removal of metalworking fluids - Assessment of the possible exposure health risks
    • NATIONAL CENSUS OF FATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES IN 2011 (PRELIMINARY RESULTS)
    • Report of Boiler Violation Findings for Second Quarter of 2012
    • WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT!!! Four workers electrocuted moving scaffolding (video)
    • Components for Evaluation of Direct-Reading Monitors for Gases and Vapors
    • Atlanta workers banned from driving and using phones
    • Fatal Paper Mill Explosion was a catastrophic failure of an air receiver
    • Back to school safety tips from the National Safety Council
    • Scalping accident
    • ACGIH high heat work/rest regimen XLS worksheet
    • ANSI Approves AIHA® Revised Z10 Standard
    • Hooped ladders and the use of personal fall-arrest systems (Health and Safety Executive - Safety Notice)
    • Jordan Barab discussing VPP
    • Who is a 'competent person'?
    • AIHA® Releases White Paper on the Role of OSHA
    • CAL-OSHA's Heat Poster
    • Workers' Compensation Benefits and Shifting Costs for Occupational Injury and Illness
    • Spray on Sunscreen is HIGHLY FLAMMABLE!
    • Sun Screen Poll
    • Safety Culture Videos - A MUST WATCH series for safety professionals
    • Audio/visual demonstration of noise induced hearing loss
    • Don't get burned
    • Summer Safety Presentation
    • How to Put on a Harness: Six Easy Steps that Could Save Your Life
    • It happens in a split second
    • Linking HSE activities to health and safety outcomes: A feasibility study
    • Safety Glasses Special
    • Test your risk assessment skills
    • A grim Top Ten list: COSH names 2011's notable workplace fatalities
    • Boiler Safety
    • Be sure to ask what refrigerant your refrigerator uses when you buy a new one!!!
    • Safety Pays!!!!
    • I have often thought about starting a Safe Driving Blog. I would call it "From the left hand Lane"
    • NEW Resource for FREE Shockers
    • Just an FYI for any business considering Solar or Wind power generation on site
    • Changing your clocks... CHANGE the batteries in your SMOKE and CO Detectors
    • "Hot Tap" demo videos
    • Deer are SERIOUS DRIVING hazards
    • OSHA SHARP Program - Is it effective? Data suggest VERY MUCH SO!
    • HMIS® and HMIS® III Downloads
    • FR Plastic Sheeting vs. Regular Plastic
    • "Hats off Test"... the life of a hard hat thru its testing
    • Torch Safety
    • “NEAR MISS” concepts and ideas
    • WEED WHACKER SAFETY
    • Does management know the facility's Risk Profile?
    • Tornado Hits Rig Near El Reno, Oklahoma May 24, 2011
    • Bridge crane accident at Jalan Setulang Darat,Johor Bahru
    • Respirators...the early days
    • Flying safer than driving?
    • Electrician gets ZAPPED!
    • Cell Phone Elbow?
    • A close look at Incident Investigation techniques
    • The Most Disabling Workplace Injuries Cost Industry an Estimated $48.6 Billion
    • Install. Inspect. Protect. Campaign
    • WHY WEAR PPE?
    • Cooling Tower Fires - BURNING DOWN while in service
    • NEVER saddle a dead horse!!! HUH?
    • ESFI White Paper - Occupational Electrical Accidents in the U.S., 2003-2009
    • ANSI White Paper Examines Copyright Implications of Voluntary Consensus Standards in Regulation
    • When someone tells you safety is Common Sense...
    • Does Scientific and Medical Literature Support Concerns That Some Have Expressed About Exposure to Manganese in Welding Fume?
    • 2010 Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index
    • A quick look into a Risk Assessment for a Nuclear Power Plant
    • States Must Decide if Workers’ Comp Benefits Extend to Illegal Workers
    • Experimental Analysis of Tools Used for Estimating Risk Associated with Industrial Machines
    • 2011 TLVs® and BEIs® Book and Guide to Occupational Exposure Values Now Available!
    • Workers’ Perception of Chemical Risks: A Focus Group Study
    • A FREE smart phone "app" that may just save a life!
    • Guidelines for Industrial Steel Storage Racks
    • Pallet Racking Safety Sheet
    • Alternative to Couch Potatoes - WorkPace USA
    • Eye Protection
    • Gas Pump Safety
  • Lockout Tagout
    • From a recent OSHA citation for LOTO, yes we still have problems!
    • LOTO Fatality - Caught in conveyor system (TN-OSHA II #28 - 2010)
    • A traditional LOTO fatality - worker started equipment on another worker (TN-OSHA #23)
    • Clearing up a couple of LOTO myths
    • Palletizer kills temporary worker, 21, on his FIRST DAY of work (LOTO)
    • OSHA takes issue with EVERY Authorized Employee having a key to the lockbox
    • Have you ever seen/heard of this LOTO practice before?
    • LOTO Periodic Inspections and their significance
    • LOTO Program Suggestions from a reliable source!
    • OSHA cites manufacturing plant for exposing workers to hazardous energy sources during machine servicing
    • LOCK IT OUT!!! WARNING - Image may be upsetting to some
    • Is tagging a blind flange or slip blind "tagout"?
    • Verifying the content of lockout programs
    • Supervision in Manufacturing - Guards & Lockout (Video)
    • OSHA, LOTO and the unexpected movement of trucks
    • Proper LOTO or a serious problem? (POLL)
    • Verifying ZES is DIFFERENT for electrical workers!
    • My TOP 12 Life Saving LOTO Principles
    • Group LOTO Verification of ZES Requirements
    • Periodic Inspections
    • LOTO Training Requirements
    • Shift or Personnel Changes
    • Verification of ZERO ENERGY STATE (ZES)
    • Tagout and Full Employee Protection (e.g. Tag Plus)
    • Can ALL your LOTO Training needs be met by On-Line Training?
    • LOTO on Chemical Process and Piping Systems
    • Does your LOTO program contain "enforcement" procedures?
    • GREAT LOTO Cartoon (VIDEO)
    • Lock out. It takes just seconds to lose a limb (VIDEO)
    • One of my favorite LOTO videos (VIDEO)
    • FALSE Sense of Safety...using interlocks in Lieu of LOTO!!!
    • We have THREE Choices to Identify our Lockout Locks
    • Tagout vs. Lockout
    • Company argues before the OSHRC that LOTO does not apply to their die changing activities - an analysis of a OSHRC 2009 decision
    • Cord and Plug Equipment and "Line of Sight"
    • Tagout vs. Lockout #2
    • 911 Call - What REAL TRAGEDY sounds like (911 audio)
    • Grouping equipment for purposes of conducting periodic LOTO inspections
    • LOTO Machine Specific Procedures
    • Defining Exclusive Control under LOTO activities
    • Minor Servicing Alternative Safety Measures
    • De-enerizing Stored Energies
  • Combustible Dusts
    • COMBUSTIBLE DUST Producing Processes (Ontario Fire Code Illustrated Commentary)
    • ‘‘Worker Protection against Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires Act of 2013’’ (H.R. 691)
    • Dust explosions in the food industry
    • CSB - Iron in the Fire (Com Dust Fatality Investigation)
    • Difference of Airborne dusts vs. pile of dusts
    • Combustible metal dust testing (Video)
    • 60 Minutes Special on Combustible Dusts Issues
    • Dust Collector / Bag House Dust Explosion (VIDEO)
    • CSB Imperial Sugar Accident Animation Video
    • Inferno: Dust Explosion at Imperial Sugar
    • Combustible Dust: An Insidious Hazard
    • Mythbusters - Creamer Cannon (Video_
    • Saw Dust Explosion (Video)
    • Dust Explosion created from 12lbs of material
    • MSHA coal dust explosion demonstration
    • Dust explosion in closed vessel (Video)
    • Grain Dust Explosion threw Kevin Saunders 300 feet killed 10 (Video)
    • Grain Dust Explosion Simulator (Video)
    • How Dust Explodes (Video)
    • How Much dust is too much?
    • Hazardous Materials: Dust Collection Explosion Vents
    • Interesting EU Dust Explosion Stats
  • Hazardous Materials
    • House Dems Ask GAO to Examine Oversight Gaps at West, TX & Similar Facilities Nationwide
    • Has your state adopted the International Fire Code (IFC)?
    • Storing Ammonium Nitrate in Ohio
    • Ammonium Nitrate Sensitization (explaining one West, TX scenario)
    • Increased Civil Penalties Take Effect for Those Who Knowingly Violate Federal Hazmat Laws and Regulations
    • 2012 HAZMAT Loading/Unloading Incidents
    • UNLOADING HAZMAT to the wrong tank (CL2 Incident)
    • Pipeline Safety: Reporting of Exceedances of Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure
    • NEW DOT Shipping Papers REQUIREMENT EFFECTIVE 1/1/13
    • The DOT 25' Attendant Rule
    • Update on CL2 release @ Poultry Plant
    • Rollover Tank Car Test
    • New Reports Recommend Improvements for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels Documentation
    • NH3 Fertilizer Compliance info from State of MI
    • Revisions to the Tier I and II Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms
    • Compressed Gas Cylinder Color Coding
    • Odorant Fade in Railroad Tank Cars (Safety Advisory 2012–01)
    • Ammonia kills woman driving thru cloud (Video - News Account)
    • MAJOR Bromine Rail Car Release (Video)
    • ANOTHER Acetylene cylinder stored in a car
    • Cylinder Transport
    • PROPANE (SUNG TO THE TUNE OF “COCAINE” AND TO THE ACCOMPANIMENT OF AIR GUITAR)
    • Morris missile: Anhydrous ammonia nurse tank explosion
    • FREE Training Resources for Responding to Ethanol Incidents
    • Chlorine Institute offers FIVE more FREE Technical Publications
    • FREE Chemical Reactivity Worksheet
    • DOT Revises the Requirements for Emergency Response Telephone Numbers
    • DOT final rule sets design standards for PIH-carrying tank cars
    • DOT issues a Nurse Tank Safety and Compliance Advisory letter
    • Chemical Plant Security
    • House subcommittee sends chemical security bill, H.R.2868, to full committee
    • PHMSA is amending the HAZMAT Regulations to maintain alignment with international standards
    • DOT to Improve Safety Around Hazardous Material Loading and Unloading Operations
    • Does the fuel inside generators being transported from one site to the next have to meet DOT HAZMAT requirements?
    • DOT CHANGES the Security Plan Requirements (Revised List of Materials)
    • HAZMAT UPDATE on Railroad Tankcar Designs
    • Propane Cylinders - Important Pressure Relief Valve Information
    • Storing forklift propane cylinders PROPERLY
    • Acetylene Cylinder Safety
    • FRA Safety Advisory - 2003-02 (Excess Flow Valves)
  • Incident Alerts
    • 29 incidents & 1 update (5/12/13)
    • 29 incidents & 2 updates (5/5/13)
    • 40 incidents & 1 update (4/28/13)
    • 31 incidents & 2 updates (4/21/13)
    • 28 incidents & 2 update3 (4/14/13)
    • 26 incidents & 1 update (4/7/13)
    • 29 incidents & 1 update (4/1/13)
    • 30 incidents & 2 updates (3/24/13)
    • 36 incidents & 1 update (3/17/13)
    • 30 incidents & 2 updates (3/10/13)
    • 29 incidents & 1 update (3/3/13)
    • 25 incidents & 1 update (2/24/13)
    • 14 incidents & 0 updates (2/18/13)
    • 45 incidents & 0 updates (2/14/13)
    • 30 incidents & 3 updates (2/4/13)
    • 19 incidents & 0 updates (1/28/13)
    • 22 incidents & 1 update (1/24/13)
    • 37 incidents & 1 update (1/21/13)
    • 24 incidents & 0 updates (1/14/13)
    • 27 incidents & 3 updates (1/09/13)
    • 20 incidents & 3 updates (1/06/13)
    • 28 Incidents & 2 Updates (1/02/13)
  • Flammable Liquids Videos
    • Hotwork causes Flammable Liquid Storage Tanks Fire (Video)
    • Static Electricity Fire at Gas Pump
    • Fueling Fire caused by Static Electricity
    • Fire hazard from static electricity during fueling operations 1948
    • CSB Safety Video: Static Sparks Explosion in Kansas
    • How to Extinguish Fires and the Fire Triangle 1948
    • Gasoline Refueling / Gas Pump - Safety Video
    • STATIC ELECTRICITY causes gas station fueling fires - NOT Cellphones
    • Fuel Tanker Explodes - Lighter, flashlight, or cellphone?
    • Bed Liner, Plastic Gas Can, Static = FIRE
    • How a Fire Starts and Spreads 1948
    • Oxygen Mixing with Fuel 1947
    • Role of O2 in Fires
    • Vapor Density 1947
    • Fuel Vaporization 1947
    • What is a "Safety Can"
    • Safety Cans for Flammable and Combustible Liquids 1965
    • Fire Needs Oxygen 1965
    • Flammable Vapor Density 1965
    • Flammable Vapors of Gasoline 1965
    • Flammable Limits 1965
    • Fire Triangle 1948
    • Fire and Liquid Fuel Surface Area 1948
    • Ignition Temperature and the Spread of Fire 1948
    • Flash Point & Fire Point Demonstration 1948
    • Oxygen Needed for combustion1947 Chemistry of Fire US War Department
    • Fire Hazard in a Fuel Tank 1947 Chemistry of Fire US War Department
    • Only Vapors Burn 1947 Chemistry of Fire US War Department
    • Flammable Range Demonstration 1947 Chemistry of Fire US War Department
    • Flammable Liquids Flash Point Demo
  • LPG / Propane Safety Videos
    • Pressure Vessels Can Be Deadly
    • Liquid Petroleum LP Gas 1960
  • Seatbelts and Child Passenger Safety
    • Child seats ONLY WORK when used!
    • 12 reasons to BUCKLE UP
    • Teen Driver Risk in Relation to Age and Number of Passengers
    • Buckling up right is a snap!
    • EVERYONE in a vehicle needs to be BUCKLED UP!
    • Think BUCKLING UP is a waste of time?
    • Have air bags? Buckle up anyway!
    • Seatbelts... Is this how you want your child to go out?
    • The physics of a vehicle accident
    • Seatbelts... Not convinced by State law?
    • BUCKLE UP... EVERY TRIP. EVERY TIME!
    • Alcohol-Impaired Driving
    • Traffic Safety Facts - Protecting our children!
    • Seat Belts - Real life crash scene (Video)
    • Game of Your Life Buckle Up Seat Belt Safety (PSA )
    • The Price - Seat Belts Save Lives
    • Embrace Life always wear your seat belt (Video)
    • ALLWAYS BUCKLE UP! (Video)
    • Head Trauma and NO seatbelt
  • Safety Talks
    • “PPE”
    • “Our Eyes”
    • ALL TASKS HAVE RISKS - DO YOU KNOW THEM??
    • LEARNING FROM NEAR MISS INCIDENTS
    • Managing Falls From Heights
    • Hazards Of Rushing
    • Rolling the Dice - Gambling with Safety
    • PRE-Job Planning - AND - SAFETY
    • “COMPLACENCY”
    • SAFE Driving
    • “Fatal Distraction”
    • “Attributes of Injury Free Workers”
    • Unexpected Situations- Cause Some Of The Worst Accidents
    • DROPPED HAMMER HEAD
    • Line of Fire
    • A Few Causes of Accidents
    • OVEREXCERTION INJURIES
    • Ladder Safety and Gravity
    • Housekeeping/Safety, Struck by 2X6
    • SAFETY IS YOUR RESPONSIBILTY
    • FIRE PREVENTION
    • Decision Making
    • HAND SAFETY
    • Hazard Recognition, Learning to recognize hazards
    • Tools Explained IV
    • Electric Shock Facts
    • An Eye Safety Lesson
    • A Lesson from an American Hero
    • Tools Explained
    • Rushing, THE DANGERS OF RUSHING
    • Character Traits For a safe work place
    • Safety Talk - “Little Things Still Matter”
    • Safety Talk - “The Ten Commands Of Safety”
    • Safety Talk - Preventing Hand Injuries 2
    • Safety Talk - Applying the 7 habits of effective people to SAFETY
    • Safety Talk - Employee Responsibility
    • Are you a "Defensive Driver"? - Safety Talk
    • Working with Hand Held Hammers - Safety Talk
    • PREVENTING Hand Injuries - Safety Talk
    • Lifting Safely - Safety Talk
    • "Rushing"
    • I Love You, Dad
    • Weekly Safety Talks
  • Holiday Safety
    • Change your clocks - Change your batteries
    • Ohio State Trooper's Christmas
    • 2012 Photo of the Week #49 (Too many Christmas lights)
    • 2012 Video of the Week #49 (Christmas Tree Fire Video)
    • Dangers of Deep Frying your Turkey
    • Don't Frankenstein Your Lights (Halloween Safety Tips from UL)
    • Halloween Safety Tips
    • Christmas Safety Poem
    • A Christmas Story: For the Man Who Hated Christmas
    • Grease Fire Safety Measures
    • Thanksgiving is peak day for home cooking fires
    • Photo of the Week (Gift of Safety!)
    • Santa's Sleigh Safety
    • Twas the Night Before Christmas (Safety Professionals Version)
    • 'Twas the night before Christmas - insurance adjustors version
    • Proven Need for Holiday Safety Awareness
    • Holiday Video of the Week - Tree Safety with the Muppets
    • The History of Electric Christmas Tree Lights
    • The 12 Days of Holiday Safety
    • Thanksgiving Cooking Tips: Serving Up a Side of Safety
    • Holiday Accidents and Injuries By the Numbers
    • Be On The Safe Side This Season: Top 10 Tips for Safer Holidays
    • Holiday decorating safety
    • Video of the Week - DANGERS of deep frying turkey
    • CHRISTMAS TREE SAFETY - Fire proofing a live Christmas tree
    • This holiday season, remember what Christmas is all about
    • Christmas Tree Fire Hazards - Water That Tree!
    • Halloween Costume Dangers
    • Safety Santas
    • 2011 Christmas Card
    • A Holiday Safety Poem (Driving Tips)
    • St. Patty's Day Safety
    • Don’t Let Safety Take a Holiday! (Poem)
    • OSHA and Santa
    • Twas the night before Christmas (Fire Protection Engineer version)
  • Photo of the Week
    • 2013 Photo of the Week #20 (Another bit of Safety irony)
    • 2013 Photo of the Week #19 (Forklift Human Counterweight)
    • 2013 Photo of the Week #18 (ANOTHER Safety Banner Installation)
    • 2013 Photo of the Week #17 (Ladder)
    • 2013 Photo of the Week #16 (Ladder/Scaffolding)
    • 2013 Photo of the Week #15 (Ladder)
    • 2013 Photo of the Week #14 (Scaffolding)
  • Video of the Week
    • 2013 Video of the Week #20 (Bridge... we don't need no stinking bridge!)
    • 2013 Video of the Week #19 (Crane Transport Ooopps!)
    • 2013 Video of the Week #18 (Forklift Accident)
    • 2013 Video of the Week #17 (Wind can create hazards)
    • 2013 Video of the Week #16 (Backhoe Loading)
    • 2013 Video of the Week #15 (Derrickman Nearmiss - Fall)
    • 2013 Video of the Week #14 (The making of a Pressure Vessel)
  • Motivational Safety Materials
    • Safety Slogans
    • AVOID THESE PITFALLS
    • “Safety”- Be The Leader
    • “Attributes of Injury Free Workers”
    • Safety from the perspective of EVERYBODY, SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, AND NOBODY
    • On your child's Life (A Parents Safety Pledge)
    • Health & Safety Test
    • Who Packs Your Parachute
    • SAFETY ATTITUDE
    • TODAY'S CHOICE
    • THE POWER OF RESPONSIBILITY
    • How To Lead By Example
    • Getting to our Goals - “Lesson from a Custodian"
    • POWERFUL Safety Lesson (True Story)
    • Attitude to Safety
    • Make SAFETY a VALUE
    • What does safety mean?
    • FIVE HABITS OF VERY SAFE PEOPLE
    • Five Distractions from Work
    • Three Myths About Injuries
    • Your personal accident-prevention plan
    • Safety Quotes
    • Silence Is Not Golden
    • RESPONSIBILITY SAFETY
    • ALWAYS BE SAFE
    • CLOSE CALLS AND NEAR MISSES
    • WE KNOW BETTER!!!!
    • Employee Engagement
    • Safety Bullet, Excuses
    • PARAPROSDOKIANS
    • Line Of Fire Hazards (Part 2)
    • ZERO WORK HOURS WITHOUT TAKING A CHANCE
    • Safety Appeal
    • ITS UP TO YOU
    • Accident Reporting and Prevention Awareness
    • Can Do Attitude-Can Get You Killed
    • SAFE WORK PRACTICE
    • EYE PROTECTION AND FLYING OBJECTS
    • Safety and Apathy
    • PINCH POINTS AND YOUR HANDS
    • Eyes, protecting your EYES
    • “COMMITMENT TO SAFETY”
    • RECOGNIZING AND CONTROLLING SLIP AND TRIP HAZARDS
    • Caught in Hazards - Quiz
    • SAFETY ATTITUDE
    • “CORE VALUES AND SAFETY”
    • EXPLODING TYRES ON MOBILE EQUIPMENT
    • “SAFE WORK ZONES”
    • “ATTITUDE/ BEVAHIOUR AND SAFETY”
    • Setting The Example!!
    • Traits of a Good Leader
    • “Hazardous Behavior In The Workshop”
    • DO YOU FOLLOW THE RULES
    • “DON’T” TAKE YOUR EYES FOR GRANTED
    • “Housekeeping”
    • “Personal Responsibility“
    • “Conscience Driven Safety”
    • "BASICS”
    • “Different Controls on Similar Equipment”
    • “Avoiding Electrical Shock”
    • “CRANE SAFETY”
    • ADOPTING A “VIRAL” APPROACH TO SAFETY
    • LINE OF FIRE HAZARDS PART 1
    • “Personal Accident Prevention Plan”
    • SILENCE AND UNSAFE PRACTICES
    • “ALCOHOL AND THE JOB”
    • “Depression And Personal Safety”
    • “Hazardous Haste”
    • CAR SAFETY: DISTRACTIONS FACED
    • “Sharpening Our Axe”
    • The video EVERY WORKER should see - "The Costs of Accidents" (Harsco Video)
    • A Simple Safety Lesson
    • I never kid about safety!
    • “I believe in Safety!”
    • Sheldon Cooper the Safety Professional
    • The Accident Insurance Policy
    • Engineering Study, Toothpaste
    • PRINCIPLES ABOUT THE LAW OF THE PICTURE (JOHN C. MAXWELL 21 LAWS OF LEADERSHIP)
    • JUST FOR TODAY…
    • The Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, Nobody Safety Committee
    • “DOING THE RIGHT THING”
    • Safety Attitude Survey
    • Decisions, ITS YOUR DECISION
    • I Resolve...
    • EVERYONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFETY
    • And That's How It Happens... Some Safety Policies are born!
    • AFTERTHOUGHTS AND REGRETS….
    • A SINGLE SECOND
    • The Front Fell OFF! (PR effort after catastrophic accident)
    • Ausgrid Stayin' Alive safety video
    • "Chance"
    • I AM - a Safety Radical
    • Incentive programs WORK… when designed, implemented, and MANAGED properly.
    • If You Want Happiness - A Chinese Proverb
    • Are accidents the evil poison we make them out to be?
    • Psychology of Safety ----- Who are you kidding
    • Coal Miner’s Family Prayer
    • Where would we be without Safety Professionals?
    • Why Safety is important to me (Video)
    • Safety Poem
    • Start Each Day with Safety
    • What's easier... getting someone to AVOID an UNSAFE ACT or to get them to COMMIT a SAFE ACT
    • Safety Creed
    • SAFETY- SPEAKING IN QUOTES
    • From the eyes of a Safety Professional
    • Let your team members know you care! SendOutCards
    • Ready To Respond To An Electrical Emergency
    • MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL! A SAFETY LEADERS CALL
    • Maintaining Focus During The Working Day
    • PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFETY
    • Safety is ALL ABOUT YOU!
    • I’m Going Home… And so are You!
    • Safety Culture
    • Personal Accountability
    • Definition of a Safety Professional
    • WHY SAFETY PEOPLE ARE IMPORTANT
    • Where does safety stop for a safety professional?
    • 911 Call - 28 year old crushed by forklift
    • Safety Rap!
    • For The Life of a Friend
    • Workers Memorial Day 2011 Video
    • Supervisor handling a workplace inspection (Video)
    • Another GREAT video for safety professionals to laugh with
    • Safety Supervisor Song
    • TXTNG & Driving...It CAN WAIT!
    • The More Routine The Task.. The Bigger The Safety Risk?
    • Safety Communications...When is it too much?
    • I Chose to Look The Other Way
    • It's Up To Me
    • Definition of a Safety Pro!
    • Special Safety Message
    • TOO EXPERIENCED
    • Saturday with a Great Start - But Poor Finish
    • The Funeral
  • OSHA Compliance Posts
    • Compliance Tip: HAZCOM Labeling (Photo)
    • 1910.144 Safety color code for marking physical hazards
    • Compliance Tip: Industrial Stairs Angle (Smart Phone App)
    • OSHA issues REPEAT for cleaning air greater than 30psi ($22K)
    • OSHA Update - Most Frequently cited SERIOUS Citations
    • Compliance Tip: Electrical Safety Related Work Practices
    • Compliance Tip: Bloodborne Pathogen Training
    • OSHA issues WILLFUL and EGREGIOUS citations for machine guarding
    • Compliance Tip: Next time your using a handrail...
    • OSHA issues LOI on the NEW HAZCOM Std and Combustible Dust
    • DWS (WY-OSHA) Warns of Telephone Scam Targeting Businesses
    • Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH) issues SCAM ALERT
    • A OSHRC decision that will make you scratch your head
    • 9,400 High Rate Workplaces Receiving OSHA Letters (March 2013)
    • OSHA's 1st LOI of 2013 is a perfect example of how a how a group of workers may fall under both GI and Construction standards
    • A sign Spring is coming... Cal/OSHA Issues High Heat Advisory as Temperatures Rise Across the State
    • OSHA revises the Out Reach Program requirements again (2/2013)
    • December 1st, 2013 Training Requirements for the Revised Hazard Communication Standard
    • Severe Violator Enforcement Program (2013 White Paper)
    • H.R. 632: Voluntary Protection Program Act
    • "Mirror Check Day" Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - Region One OSHA Cooperative State Programs
    • NIOSH recommends exposure limits FAR below OSHA's current PEL for Cr(VI)
    • Individual Pleads Guilty to Id Fraud and Impersonating an OSHA Official in Wake of Gulf Oil Spill
    • The "numbers game" and auditing
    • Revised Electrical Std "Grandfathering" and applicable dates
    • On-Line FIRST AID training is NOT enough (OSHA 2012 LOI)
    • Qualifications for Forklift Operators (Opinions?)
    • SCBA Remaining Service-Life Indicator Performance Requirements
    • SCALPING ACCIDENT (WARNING! Graphic Photo)
    • Clarification of OSHA's HAZWOPER Standard (1910.120) as it applies to clearing and re-railing train cars after derailments
    • OSHA cites chemical manufacturer following nitrogen fatality (5(a)(1), PSM, WWS)
    • GHS Training Materials
    • 1910 vs. 1926 - which applies to my "work"
    • OSHA's Accreditation Process Needs Reexamination (GAO-13-88, Dec 11, 2012)
    • The “Father of OSHA” passes away
    • OSHA extends temporary enforcement measures in residential construction through March 15, 2013
    • Electrical Panel Clearance and NEW NEC requirements
    • Jordan Barab of OSHA speaks at the COSH conference ("cutting corners on on safety and health will not be tolerated"
    • Queens Man Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Two Years In Prison For Role In Scheme To Issue Fraudulent Safety Training Certifications To Construction Workers And Companies
    • Knowing your propane cylinders (Part II)
    • Federal Jury Convicts Former Shaw Group Safety Manager Of Major Fraud Against The United States
    • What is Fee for Intervention (FFI) and who is doing it?
    • OSHA updates 1910.35 Head Protection
    • OSHA issues Willfuls & Repeats for PRCS, PPE, Respirators w/ some HAZCOM, Fire Extinguisher, and Electrical citations for good measure
    • NIOSH noise database for power tools
    • OSHA Compliance Assistance Facts: FY 2012
    • OSHA Top 10 Cited Standards and standards for which OSHA assessed the highest penalties in 2012
    • Who is the OSHRC and what does the commission do?
    • Recordkeeping...who is the "highest ranking company official working at the establishment"?
    • FREE On-Line OSHA Compliance Tools from OSHA & MSHA
    • DOI SWEEP OF 16 CONSTRUCTION SITES IN FOUR BOROUGHS NETS 30 ARRESTS FOR BOGUS SCAFFOLD CERTIFICATION AND OSHA SAFETY CARDS
    • Inspection and Citation Guidance for Roadway and Highway Construction Work Zones
    • Respirator Q&A about "program administrator"
    • Hotwork, the 35' Rule, UPDATED loss data, and changes in NFPA 51B and at CAL-OSHA
    • OIG: OSHA'S Site Specific Taregting Program has Limitations on Targeting and Inspecting HIGH RISK Worksite
    • Alarming Number of Workers Fail to Wear Required Protective Equipment
    • Man accused of posing as OSHA inspector arrested
    • Load Center Capacity Calculator
    • Hazardous Locations (Examples from OSHA)
    • Mapping a regulation from concept to publication
    • Changes in OSHA's HAZCOM may impact EPA Compliance!?!?! (Huh?)
    • OSHA publishes removal criteria for employers from the Severe Violator Enforcement Program
    • "Hazardous Locations" and complying with the "new" 1910.307
    • QNFT or QLFT, which is acceptable for an emergency responder entering IDLH atm’s?
    • OSHA Boot Camp
    • Is air monitoring required to establish respiratory protection levels?
    • OSHA updating Head Protection Standard in both GI and Const
    • Respirator Facial Hair Diagrams
    • The Use of Contact Lenses in an Industrial Environment (ACOEM Guidelines)
    • What ANSI Z87.1-2003 changes in Safety Glasses Requirements
    • Machine Guarding Applications and Attributes
    • General Industry Standards with Training Requirements
    • General Industry Standards Written Program Requirements
    • OSHA General Industry Requirements for Labels, Signs, Postings, etc.
    • ASTM Developing Standard to Test Resistance to Fogging of Eye Protection Devices
    • ACGIH® Presents Hearing Conservation Program Management Webinar – September 12, 2012
    • Complying with OSHA's PPE Standards
    • OSHA FACOSH Recommends Updating PELs by Executive Order for Feds
    • Hotwork tank explosions - OSHA is not the problem!
    • MSHA Machine Guarding ppt
    • Did you know… Emergency Egress and Alarm Systems
    • 2012 HAZCOM GHS ppt from OSHA
    • Hearing Protection Attenuation Evaluation, has it been done?
    • Electrical Safety Videos from ESFi
    • OSHA amends 1910.1030 (BBP)
    • OSHA TRAINING REQUIREMENTS (presentation from OSHA)
    • Work-Related Burns in Michigan: First Annual Report (January 2009 – December 2009)
    • Annual Review and Scheduled Modification to OSHA's Administrative Penalty Policy
    • Disconnect for Electrical-Discharge Lighting Existing Fluorescent Luminaire
    • Employer Safety Incentive and Disincentive Policies and Practices
    • March 2012 Update on OSHA’s Refinery & Chemical National Emphasis Programs
    • Need some Procedures for your Emergency Response Program?
    • OSHA Clarifies the Requirements for annual refresher training under OSHA's HAZWOPER standard
    • Ever wondered how many OSHA standards require an actual written program, Qualified person, Competent person, etc.?
    • Hearing Protectors, Safety Glasses, and Respiratory Protective Equipment in Combination: Effect on Sound Attenuation
    • HAZWOPER Training MUST consist of MORE THAN video training
    • CAUTION: Your Safety Warnings May Not Be Working
    • A VERY interesting look at Safety Regulations from ABC's John Stossel's Blog and was on 20/20 a while back
    • WA-OSHA enacts NEW Safety Standards for Electrical Workers
    • A Guide to The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS)
    • Company argues before the OSHRC that LOTO does not apply to their die changing activities - an analysis of a OSHRC 2009 decision
    • PPE payment for static dissipative safety-toe footwear
    • Real world use and performance of hearing protection
    • Summary and Explanation of Revisions to the Acetylene Standard as it applies to cylinders
    • Computer based tools for workplace heat stress
    • What is the difference between "street glasses" and ANSI High Impact Safety Glasses
    • Virginia State OSHA has passed a "Reverse Signal Operation" standard for BOTH General Industry and Construction Industries
    • OSHA 10-Hour Construction Safety Course Now MANDATORY in Seven States
    • TRENCHING AND EXCAVATION “BY THE NUMBERS”
    • Recordkeeping and Fatality Reporting Quiz
    • Looking for help with decisions on Eyewashes and Safety Showers?
    • Ever heard of "Access to employee exposure and medical records" (e.g. 1910.1020)
    • OSHA's new APF guidance document focuses on mandatory respirator selection provisions added to existing Respiratory Protection standard
    • OSHA's new guidance document focuses on mandatory respirator selection provisions added to existing Respiratory Protection standard
    • 1910.212(a)(1) applies to unguarded rotating chucks on lathes
    • Hearing Protectors Attenuation Analysis
    • Last Chance Agreements – Company properly fired maintenance employee for not wearing side shields on safety glasses – violated the LCA
    • Compressed Gas Cylinder Seperation
    • How to Read the OSHA Standards 29 CFR 1910 – General Industry
    • OSHA Compliance and perceived "paperwork deficiencies"
    • FY 2011 End of Year Federal OSHA Inspection Data
    • Roof work and proper Fall Protection
    • What type of respirator do I need?
    • New Recordkeeping interpretation. Question 10-4
    • Cost of Falls and Workers Comp
    • The new GHS HazCom Std review by the OMB has been "extended"
    • OSHA claims "cost savings" with the new GHS Hazcom Std
    • REMINDER: Post your OSHA Log Annual Summary by February 1st
    • 2011 Top 10 Federal Standards with the Most “Other-Than-Serious Violations” Cited
    • 2011 Top 10 Federal Standards with the Most “Repeat Violations” Cited
    • 2011 Top 10 Federal Standards with the Most “Serious Violations” Cited
    • 2011 Top 10 Federal Standards with the Most “Willful Violations” Cited
    • 2011 Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Federal Standards w/Sections Cited
    • FYI... OSHA Outreach Monitoring Report
    • Top 10 MSHA Citations for 2010
    • OSHA Activity Update
    • OSHA's SVEP Decision Matrix
    • OSHA Region V Fatality Stats as of 10/1/11
    • UPDATE on 2011 OSHA Activities and what to expect in 2012
    • ANSI-ISEA 207-2011 - Revision to High Visibilty Vests
    • OSHA Training - Flat Roofing Safety 2011
    • UPDATED: OSHA's 2011 Top 10 OSHA Violations
    • UPDATED - Training Requirements in OSHA Standards and Training Guidelines
    • Compressed Air Hazards and Acceptable Methods for Complying with 1910.242(b)
    • Alternating Tread Type Stair
    • States that require a 10/30 hour OSHA card
    • Machine Guarding ppt from OSHA Region V
    • GREAT Forklift Training PPT from OSHA Region V
    • Top Ten things to do OR NOT to do during OSHA Inspections
    • Ladder Safety - Too many falls!
    • VPP Policy Memorandum #5: VPP and Safety Incentive Programs
    • Pedestal Grinder Safety
    • UPDATE - Did you know there is a Right & Wrong way to mount a forklift cylinder?
    • Reading fire extinguisher labels
    • Understanding UL "Listing" and "Approved" - there is a BIG Difference
    • Respiratory Protection Program Administrator
    • Air Pressure Receiver CATASTROPHIC FAILURE
    • OSHA revisions strengthen Outreach Training Program
    • OSHA restates that if employees do not understand English, their training MUST be in a language and vocabulary they understand
    • OSHA answers questions regarding Eyewash and Safety Showers
    • FREE Respirator Software from NIOSH
    • NIOSH Hearing Loss Simulator Instruction and Training Guide
    • 1910.212(a)(1) applies to unguarded rotating chucks on lathes
    • Compactor or Baler safety protocols
    • SAFETY REMINDER - if you have a "compactor" or "baler" and you want a GREAT resource on how to manage and operate them safely...look no further!
    • What is the difference between "street glasses" and ANSI High Impact Safety Glasses
    • Ever heard of "Access to employee exposure and medical records"
    • Fire Extinguishers & HAZCOM Labeling
    • OSHA & Eyewashes
    • Clearance in front of electrical panels - why does OSHA require it?
    • Facial Hair, Respirators, and Fit Testing
    • Is your Respirator Cleaning methods compliant?
    • Consumer Products & HAZCOM requirements
    • Can your HAZCOM program stand-up to a OSHA inspection?
    • National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors release Violation Findings Fourth Quarter Report
    • OSHA's Issues Compliance Directive on Personal Protective Equipment
    • Are some of OSHA's proposed standards hindering job creation?
    • Drinking Chrome – New Studies Expose Threats to Tap Water
    • CSB Releases New Safety Video on One Year Anniversary of Kleen Energy to Show Hazards of Gas Releases
    • Protecting Respiratory Health: What Should be the Constituents of an Effective RPE Programme?
    • If you have a trash compactor in your workplace, you will want to read this OSHRC decision
    • West Virginia Enacts CSB Plan for Licensed Propane Techs
    • OSHA will continue requiring independent safety testing for electrical devices
    • St. Louis employers ordered incarcerated for failing to comply with OSHA citations and court sanctions
    • OSHA withdraws proposed interpretation on noise
    • OSHA temporarily withdraws proposed column for work-related musculoskeletal disorders, reaches out to small businesses
    • OSHA is planning for the I2P2 rule
    • OSHA Training Institute Centers to begin charging a card processing fee for 10 and 30 hour cards
    • Regional VPP Recommendations from OSHA Assessments
    • Facial Survey Results Region VI
  • UPDATES
    • HUGE Memorial Day UPDATE
  • PSM and RMP Citations/Analysis
    • EPA RMP citations @ Ethanol Plant - Startup w/o RMP in place ($30K)
    • EPA RMP citations @ Food Warehouse ($1,800)
    • OSHA issues PSM citations to propane facility after fire ($105,000)
    • EPA RMP citations @ Food Distribution (NH3 Refrigeration $5,100)
    • OSHA cites Dairy facility for 14 violations of workplace standards ($74,610)
    • EPA RMP citations @ Wheat Milling operation ($4K)
    • EPA cites Ammonia Distributor $5,000
    • EPA cites Ammonia Ag Distributor $2,800
    • EPA RMP citations @ (Ethanol Plant w/Ammonia & $46K)
    • EPA RMP citations @ Natural Gas Processing Plant (Flammables & $42K)
    • Major RMP Settlement agreement (NH3 refrigeration; $3.9M & $300K to FDs)
    • EPA RMP citations @ Motor Vehicle Parts and Accessories Plant ($119K toluene 2,4 diisocyanate and toluene 2,6 diisocyanate)
    • EPA RMP citations @ Food Plant (NH3 & $4K)
    • EPA RMP citations @ Ethanol Plant (NH3 and $4K)
    • OSHA has cited a refinery with repeat, serious and o-t-s violations (PSM $281K)
    • EPA RMP Program 2 Citations $5,400 (NH3 Plant)
    • EPA RMP General Duty Clause citations $35,000 (release of H2 from a improperly installed gasket by the manufacturer of vessel - NOT the facility)
    • OSHA has cited a chemical facility with 14 safety violations (PSM NEP $63K)
    • Anyone who thinks EPA will not issue citations (NOVs) for not documenting WCS and ARS is WRONG... here is proof
    • EPA RMP citations @ meat plant (NH3 refrigeration)
    • EPA RMP citations @ a refinery
    • EPA RMP citations @ paint plant ($62K)
    • EPA RMP citations @ Ethanol Plant ($30K)
    • OSHA cites foods plant for PSM, LOTO, PRCS, ER (NH3 refrigeration)
    • Ethanol Plant receives RMP citations (NH3)
    • EPA RMP Citations at food distribution business (NH3 Refrigeration)
    • OSHA cites manufacturer for 23 serious safety violations, proposes $123,000 in fines (PSM, ER, LOTO, PRCS)
    • EPA RMP General Duty Clause citations $75,000 (LOPC @ Refinery)
    • CAL-OSHA cites refinery $963,200 (PSM)
    • OSHA cites pasta manufacturing plant with 12 safety & PSM violations (NH3 Refrigeration)
    • EPA RMP General Duty Clause citations (Storage of acids and International Fire Code)
    • EPA RMP citations @ WWTP (Chlorine; $4,129)
    • EPA's RMP* Comp and Ammonia's ERPG-2
    • RMP citations @ WWTP
    • EPA issues RMP citations (NH3 Refrigeration)
    • EPA issues RMP citations to two (2) Program Level 2 WWTPs (Chlorine)
    • EPA issues RMP citations to a Program Level 2 Ammonia Plant
    • EPA cites for failing to submit a RMP (NH3 Refrigeration)
    • EPA RMP General Duty Clause citations (NH3 Refrigeration)
    • Refinery to pay $115K penalty and improve Risk Management Plan (PHA, SOP, MI)
    • OSHA cites a chicken processing and wholesale distribution company with REPEAT and SERIOUS PSM violations (NH3 Refrigeration)
    • EPA Settles with Fruit Company for RMP Violations (NH3 Refrigeration)
    • OSHA issues WILLFULS in PSM and Serious in LOTO, PPE, Electrical, PIT
    • Unsafe line break into a NH3 line results in three workers hospitalized and more than $55K in fines
    • OSHA cites 50 safety violations, proposes $917,000 in fines after flammable liquid explosion
    • EPA's RMP General Duty Clause and a challenge to the definition of an EHS
    • OSHA settles PSM citations with refinery ($400,000)
    • OSHA cites retail business distribution center with multiple serious PSM violations (NH3 refrigeration)
    • OSHA PSM Citations @ pharmaceutical manufacturing facility for $51K
    • Refinery to pay $378,000 penalty, address accident prevention and preparedness
    • OSHA cites paint business $138K for PSM deficiencies (Flammable Liquids)
    • A rare RMP General Duty Clause citation (NH3 refrigeration)
    • EPA Region 10 RMP Citations @ two (2) fruit companies (NH3 Refrigeration)
    • PSM NEP inspection results in 10 Serious and 1 other-than-serious citations totaling $67,000
    • (UPDATED 12/26/12) EPA fines two natural gas plants $316,000 for RMP violations
    • $117K in PSM Citations (PSI, PHA, SOP/SWP, MI, Audits)
    • Ohio EPA Issues RMP NOV's
    • OSHA cites Food Plant $157,000 for 27 serious safety and health violations (PSM)
    • EPA cites three (3) NH3 refrigeration processes in May 2012
  • Safety Info Posts
    • Chemical Process Safety (PSM/RMP)
      • TX Fertilizer Plant Explosion analysis (videos/photos)
      • Boiler & Pressure Vessel accidents by year (from NBIC)
      • What differentiates a GREAT PSM/RMP audit from a "so-so" audit?
      • What is LUP & PADHI and what does it have to do with West Fertilizer?
      • How many Program 2 RMPs like West Fertilizer are out here?
      • West, TX Fertilizer... a lesson in "process safety" and the "retail facility" exemption?
      • Animation of Fire at Chevron's Richmond Refinery, August 6, 2012
      • How could the TX fertilizer plant be a Program 2 RMP?
      • Hydrogen Fluoride Study, Report to Congress Section 112(n)(6) Clean Air Act As Amended
      • Nonsparking Tools (USFA)
      • Emergency Shutdown Systems and Hydrostatic Relief Valves
      • OSHA's "hydrocarbon fuel exemption” in PSM
      • Facility Siting 101 - Vehicle Barriers around critical equipment (NH3 Tank Damage from Semi - Photos/Layout/RMP)
      • What are the requirements when a component in my covered process was built to an OLD "out of circulation" RAGAGEP?
      • The CSB and API appear to be at odds on Recommended Practice ANSI/RPI 755, Fatigue Risk Management Systems for Personnel in the Refining and Petrochemical Industries, First Edition, April 2010
      • Splitting the hairs of Process Safety (Battery Limits and Changes)
      • Potential Issues When Wearing Non-Fire Resistant Base Layers with Outerwear Fire-Resistant Garments
      • Guidance on Handling Cases Developed Pursuant to the FRC Enforcement Policy Memorandum
      • Transport Company indicted in SC woman's ammonia death (Unloading NH3)
      • PSM/RMP Trick Question (Poll)
      • A "Manufacturer's Recommended Practice" is a RAGAGEP
      • HAZLOCs and Ventilation and Classification
      • A flaw with referencing info in PSM/RMP Operating Procedures
      • Understanding the requirements of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
      • OUTSTANDING Process Safety Information Worksheet
      • Evaluating your Mechanical Integrity Program effectiveness
      • Inside look at EPA's Ammonia Alarm Expectations
      • Pressure Vessel Update (NB-132, Revision 8)
      • OSHA's "Process Opening" Hazard Information Bulletin
      • Unloading HAZMATs and PSM/RMP
      • Catastrophic failure of RRCar while being steamed (Excess temp leads to exotherm runaway)
      • Cargo Hose Rupture and Release of Anhydrous Ammonia During Offloading of a Cargo Tank Motor Vehicle at a Plant (7/15/09)
      • Do NOT rely on Excess Flow Valves (EFV)
      • Can I count the activation of my safety system as an actual test of the system?
      • UPDATE: CCTV video of the Mexico Refinery Explosion on 9/19/12
      • Sulphur sticks and ammonia leaks... are you in compliance when using these leak detection devices?
      • Hotwork Safety (UPDATED w/ NEW Hotwork data 12/04/12)
      • ASME UG-140... Overpressure protection by System Design
      • Non-Routine process opening (e.g. "Line Break")
      • What does ASME Section VIII say about "torquing values"?
      • OSHA issues PSM citations after run-away reaction results in the hospitalization of 40 workers
      • OSHA issues PSM, HAZCOM, Asbestos, BBP, Fire Extinguishers, Walking/Working, Ladders, Guarding, Electrical, GDC, Hotwork,
      • Hydrostatic Relief Valves and Propane Systems
      • ASME "Lethal Service"
      • Third Public Review of Standard BSR/IIAR 7-201x, Developing Operating Procedures for Closed-Circuit Ammonia Mechanical Refrigerating Systems
      • Sixth Public Review of Standard BSR/IIAR 5-201x, Start-up and Commissioning of Closed-Circuit Ammonia Mechanical Refrigerating Systems
      • Internal Combustion Engines as Ignition Sources
      • Evaluation of Health Effects of a Chlorine Gas Release in a Poultry Processing Plant - Arkansas
      • RMP reporting requirements, when to update, and how to submit using the new web-based system
      • RMP's “Stationary Source” and "Incident to Transportation" exemption challenged
      • EPA to audit the CSB????
      • PSM Information Collection Requirements
      • The infamous "Process Safety Contractor Safety Study" by the John Gray Institute
      • Phillips 66 Explosion & Fire - Pasadena, TX 1989
      • EPA Region X's RMP "Managment Plan" Example
      • A review of OSHRC PSM Citations following a 32,000 pound release (NH3 Refrigeration)
      • Preliminary fire testing of composite offshore pedestrian gratings
      • Perfect example of using the "Elimination/Substitution" in the hierarchy of controls as well as IST
      • What is it? (Hint: Common PSM Safe Guard)
      • National Board RV Testing Data
      • Putting Seward, IL 38,000 NH3 release into some perspective
      • Can Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) occur in Ammonia Piping?
      • Flixborough... the beginning of the PSM movement
      • VIDEO UPDATE on Fatal HF Release - 5 Dead 18 Injured
      • Ohio Fire Code Requirements for Mechanical Refrigeration facilities using Ammonia
      • OSHA Enforcement Memo - Use of Flexible Hoses in Toxic Gas Service (10/2/2012)
      • Ohio's PSM/RMP General Duty Clause
      • Process Safety and Ohio State Fire & HAZMAT Codes
      • Applications and Limitations of Excess Flow Valves
      • Ammonia Releases in North Carolina (1993-1997 Data)
      • Loss of Containment (LOC) Data
      • Liquefied Gas Conversion Chart
      • When we claim alarms as "safe guards" in our PHA
      • TOSHA cites Refinery $63,000 for Fatal Flash Fire (PSM, LOTO, PPE)
      • EPA Region 10 RMP Newsletter- great resource!
      • Ammonia Fatality @ Winery
      • Amuay UCVE Event Aug 25, 2012
      • Process Safety and "Human Factors" (w/ video)
      • CCTV Video & photos from Chevron's Richmond, CA refinery fire
      • OSHA issues PSM citations to a TX Refinery
      • OSHA issues PSM, Explosives, PPE, Machine Guarding, LOTO, Electrical, and Flammable Liquid citations after explosion at a fireworks plant
      • When someone tells you Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) is not an issue with NH3...
      • Hydrostatic Relief Devices vs. Qualified Operator, which is required?
      • Auditing Process Safety Management Systems
      • OSHA issues $111K in PSM Citations following explosion that severely injured worker (PSM)
      • Flixborough Explosion (1974)
      • (8/25/12 UPDATE from DOT) IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING (NH3) AND (LPG) HOSES
      • Risks associated with Loading and Unloading HAZMAT
      • ANSI/ASME B31 - Standards of Pressure Piping
      • The 12 sections of the Boiler Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC)
      • EPA fines the US Olympic Park for RMP violations related to their Anhydrous Ammonia refrigeration process
      • EPA Region X RMP/EPCRA Actions April 1-June 30, 2012
      • Process Safety and “Critical Utilities”
      • Has EPA established a new selection criteria for RMP inspections?
      • MI Inspection of Anhydrous Ammonia Vessel (No PWHT)
      • Now this is Process Safety Information!!
      • August 2012 CCPS Process Beacon - HOTWORK HAZARDS
      • Flammable vapour cloud risks from tank overfilling incidents
      • Excellent depiction of PSM/RMP Process Arrangements
      • "It's just Ammonia" - yep it sure is!
      • Another "Culture" Failure leads to major pipeline incident
      • Inherently Safer Design (CSB Video)
      • Process Safety, Staffing, and responding to alarms
      • Can a spring-loaded Pressure Safety Valve be installed horitionally?
      • PSM Enforcement UPDATE from Region V
      • A NON-PSM chemical impacting a PSM covered process
      • WA-OSHA latest State Plan to implement PSM CHEM NEP
      • “LOPC” of an ammonia pipe in unoccupied refrigerated spaces
      • Culpeper, Va. settles alleged environmental violations at water treatment facility (RMP-Chlorine)
      • Flammable Liquid and Gas PSM Citations
      • What ISA-84 can do for process safety
      • Considering failure of engineering controls in a PHA
      • Process Safety and Hotwork requirements
      • Understanding ISA-84
      • EPA RMP Q&A on latitude and longitude coordinates (April 2011)
      • FREE CCPS Reactivity Management Tool (RMT)
      • June 2012 CCPS Process Beacon - Nitrogen – Hazard and Safeguard!
      • Ammonia Explosion News Accounts
      • EPA announces summary of enforcement actions for Winter 2012
      • Does your PSM/RMP included power systems?
      • DHS completes the 1000th Compliance Assistance Visit (CAV)
      • FREE COPY of Z49.1:2012 Safety in Welding, Cutting, and Allied Processes
      • Anhydrous Ammonia Tank Catastrophic Failure
      • Relief Valve sizing and combustible/flammable storage
      • Has PSM driven us to dillute some “engineering standards”?
      • Why NH3 Vessels MUST be rated for -20F
      • Implementation of New ASME Stamp for Pressure Relief Devices
      • Bypassing of storage tank safety features
      • Compliant with RAGAGEP?
      • May 2012 CCPS Process Beacon - Mechanical Integrity of Tubing
      • PSM/RMP Tip and the NEW GHS HazCom
      • Are we overdoing procedures?
      • Workplace Health and Safety Queensland - Ammonia National Audit Program results
      • 2012 April CCPS Process Beacon - Unloading to the wrong tank
      • Using the common practice of “Draining Oil Pots” on refrigeration systems to examine the differences between “controlled” and “uncontrolled” releases of ammonia
      • Ammonia Incidents in Oregon from 1993-2007
      • An interesting "Facility Change" that fell through the cracks
      • The finer points of OSHA’s and EPA’s Management of Change requirements
      • EPA cancels their July 2012 Public Access to RMPs
      • UK's HSE REVIEW OF AMMONIA INCIDENTS 1992 - 1998
      • UK's HSE REVIEW OF CHLORINE INCIDENTS 1992 - 1998
      • Stairs vs. Ladders and Emergency Egress
      • Taking credit for a building in a WCS under RMP
      • March 2012 Update on OSHA’s Refinery & Chemical National Emphasis Programs
      • Does your facility “Car Seal” or “Lock Open” Valves? Do NOT use your LOTO Locks!
      • A close look at Incident Investigation techniques A MUST READ for ALL Safety Pro's
      • Ammonia HAZARD ALERT issued by NC-OSHA in response to a fatal accident involving NH3
      • Annual SOP Certifications for PSM/RMP
      • VPP Application Supplement for the Sites Subject to the Process Safety Management (PSM) Standard
      • Temporary MOC’s and Temporary Electrical Power
      • Ammonia and HAZLOC's (join the debate)
      • DHS Jack Rabbit CL2 and NH3 Release Testing presentation video (NO video of releases)
      • Mechanical Ventilation - General Rules to live by
      • The IMPORTANCE of Hydrostatic relief valves in Ammonia Systems
      • 2012 March CCPS Process Beacon - Double Block & Bleed Explanation
      • Difference between OSHA’s PSM and EPA’s RMP requirements
      • Comparison of RMP and PSM Chemicals and Thresholds
      • State of Massachusetts Hazardous Materials Processing regulation (527 CMR 33)
      • Challenging the NH3 Refrigeration & Electrical Classification (UPDATED 3/3/12)
      • Is the act of loading/unloading a PSM/RMP chemical exempt from OSHA/EPA enforcement?
      • Can a PHA done for OSHA's PSM be used for EPA's RMP Compliance?
      • How many threads of a bolt must be showing outside a nut to meet RAGAGEP?
      • Hotwork - Learning from Losses
      • Change(s) that REQUIRE a PHA revalidation
      • Interesting RMP Statistics - Where does your process rank?
      • Summary of Ammonia Accidents In the United States To Which OSHA Responded
      • PSM Scenario Challenge - Response
      • Hotwork Safety
      • Ammonia Gas Explosion
      • Use of High Visibility Vest in Safety Programs
      • NFPA 30 offers some GREAT facility siting for NEW process vessels
      • Process Hazards Analysis and “Safeguards”
      • “Operator Rounds” in a PSM/RMP Covered Process
      • NH3 Unloading Incident (30 Tons Release)
      • AMMONIA SPILLS IN WISCONSIN 1993-2009
      • Establishing your safe upper and lower limits for FLOWS
      • Establishing Safe Upper and Lower Limits
      • Key provisions of the PSM Preamble
      • Tracking Corrective Actions to closure
      • PSM, Flammable Liquids, & Secondary Containment
      • Current EPA plans call for the re-establishment of internet access to the non Off-site Consequence Analysis (OCA) sections of the RMP database beginning in July of 2012
      • OSHA Launches their PSM Covered Chemical Facilities NEP
      • The Borden's Ammonia Explosion December 11, 1983
      • Flammable Liquids Tank Integrity Learnings
      • Importance of MAINTANING your Explosion Proof Equipment (Video)
      • PHA and Loss of Power
      • OSHA's Pressure Vessel "Cheat Sheet"
      • The Jack Rabbit Test Program Trial Summary - NH3 and CL2 Release Studies
      • PSM Battery Limits - it may not be as simple as "Interconnected"
      • More OSHA PSM Citations on a NH3 Refrigeration Process (includes NO MOC on personnel changes!)
      • Explosion of MDEA Storage Tank
      • How strong does my explosion have to be to do damage?
      • Another valve that needs to be Car-Sealed OPEN
      • Vulnerability of oil contaminated fire retardant coveralls
      • Contractors and chemical process safety?
      • Features of successful Safety Management System (SMS)
      • Electrical Classification for Hazardous Locations
      • How secure are your safety systems?
      • Management of Change (MOC) and Procedures
      • Is EPA setting a standard for PSM/RMP Staffing Levels?
      • Anhydrous Ammonia Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) Incident sends 5 to hospital
      • Animation of January 23, 2010 Phosgene Accident
      • CFATS Personnel Surety Privacy Impact Assessment is now available
      • Truck Drivers being your DOT HAZMAT Attendant and potential safety and health concerns
      • What does EPA's RMP "General Duty Clause" actually require?
      • Process Safety and Security Guards
      • HOTWORK Tank Explosion (Video)
      • PSM Chemical Plant NEP UPDATE March 2011
      • PSM/RMP "co-location" or "proximity" when determing PSM/RMP Applicability
      • Worst Case Release Scenario and Severe Weather
      • RMP*eSubmit Webinar Presentation
      • THE REAL COST of an accident!
      • A perfect storm in the making...have we learned our lesson?
      • RMP eSubmit Webinar Questions and Answers
      • RMP Worst Case Scenario considerations
      • Another Example of Torque Requirements - GASKETS
      • Torque Examples - Mechanical-Joint Assembly
      • Torque Requirements and Process Safety Management
      • Fire Watches and their Fire Extinguishers
      • PSM and Electronic Management Systems and Emergency Power Systems
      • Is Your Welding Hot Work Policy in Compliance (VIDEO - 5 minutes)
      • Dangers of Hot Work - VIDEO (14 Min)
      • Maintain Process Safety During the Recession (Video)
      • Is your Fire Extinguisher Conractor covered under PSM?
      • Changing your RMP Emergency Contact
      • Ammonia HAZARD ALERT issued by NC-OSHA in response to a fatal accident involving NH3
      • New Leading and Lagging Indicators of Process Safety Performance
      • When is Flame Retardant Clothing (FRC) Really required?
      • PSM Operating Procedures Survey Conducted
      • Is OSHA Targeting Ammonia Refrigeration & Chlorine water treatment processes in their new PSM NEP?
      • States with RMP accidents causing at least one off-site Death
      • EPA's General Duty Clause for RMP
      • More on EPA's General Duty Clause
      • Top 10 RMP Chemicals by On-Site Quantities
      • Refinery Heat Exchanger Failure Fatality
      • Concurrent Operating Procedures…Emergency Shutdown and Start-Up after ESD
      • Some GREAT PHA Observations from one of the best in the business
      • Some GREAT Process Safety Observations from one of the best in the business
      • How do you define a PSM/RMP contractor and what does your evaluation process look like?
      • NH3 Releases occuring in NY state from 1993-98
      • Difference in Emergency SOPs and Emergency Response Plan
      • Unloading Hoses and PSM/RMP
      • IMPORTANT NOTICE regarding NH3 and LPG hoses
      • Hot Work Requirements and Combustible Dusts
      • Hot Work Preparation and OSHA Requirements
      • Hot Work Safety and learning from others costly errors
      • Better be thinking MOC before you do RBI
      • Mechanical integrity management of bulk storage tanks
      • Trick Question or legit question for PSM Compliance? Contractor Evaluations and PRCS Rescue Evaluations
      • What are "Temporary Operations" in regards to PSM Operating Procedures 1910.119(f)(1)(i)(C)
      • The difference between a MOC and PSSR
      • Staffing and Management of Change
      • Buyer BEWARE regarding off-site Operator & Maintenance training courses
      • What is a RAGAGEP?...and what it is NOT
      • Ventilation...Can I use it to declassify a HAZLOC?
      • Missed Preventive Maintenance Inspections/Tests
      • Emergency Shutdown (when does it get activated)
      • Car Seal Program and Relief Valves
      • How to use your PHA to write your SOPs
      • Starting point for PSM Facility Siting when dealing with Flammables (updated with LPG on 8/12/12)
      • Is your Diking in your PSI and MI
      • Tips when performing PHA's and how Chemical Process Safety should be viewed
      • Buying a used PSM/RMP facility or used equipment for PSM/RMP
      • Report reveals fundamental management flaws lay behind Buncefield disaster
      • UPDATE on Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS)
      • CSB Releases Case Study on Fatal 2008 Accident at a Tire and Rubber Plant
      • Car-Seal Programs and how they operate
      • Flaw in NH3 Emergency Ventilation Design?
      • Managing your Relief Valves
      • "Lessons Learned" potentials from Japan's Nuclear Problems
      • Liquid Penetrant Examination
      • Guidance for Conducting Risk Management Program Inspections under Clean Air Act Section 112(r)
      • LOPA and SIS/SIL
      • Valves installed backwards?
      • 2010 SECTION VIII — DIVISION 1 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX M - INSTALLATION AND OPERATION
      • OR-OSHA changes their PSM applicability to NH3 Fertilizer and the impact it will have on RMP
      • Techniques for assigning a Target Safety Integrity Level (SIL)
      • Post Weld Heat Treating (PWHT) failure
      • Re-Submitting your RMP
      • RMP Facilities in the United States as of December 2009
      • A reverse look at Facility Siting and Change Management
      • MAJOR CHEMICAL DISASTERS IN INDIA
      • National Board Inspection Code vs. API 510
      • Relief Valve Maintenance & Testing
      • Replacement in Kind... is it really?
      • Refinery NEP UPDATE (12/5/07)
      • Comparison of Pressure Vessel Inspection Requirements in Refrigeration Industry
      • Comparison of Piping Inspection Requirements in Refrigeration Industry
      • Corrosion Rates and Remaining Life/Fitness for Service
      • Summary of the RMP Chemical Exemptions
      • How does OSHA and EPA define "retail establishment" in regards to their "exemptions" from PSM/RMP
      • Catastrophic Failure during pneumatic pressure test
      • The power of a vacuum (photo)
      • Stress Corrosion Cracking of Steel in Liquefied Ammonia Service - A Recapitulation
      • The advantage of utilizing a Contractor Work Permit
      • What does "relief system design basis" mean?
      • Cellular Phones and Other Risks in Classified Areas
      • The BASICS on PRESSURE VESSEL SAFETY
      • RMP Program Level Determination Flowchart
      • RMP and Transportation Containers
    • Flammable Liquids
      • Aerial video of Mobile, AL barge explosion damage
      • Fatal burns from Diesel Flash Fire (TN-OSHA #12-2009)
      • Forklift strikes overhead flammable liquid line causing flash fire fatality (TN-OSHA #21-2010)
      • Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tank Emergency Venting — Part 9: Vent Sizes
      • Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tank Emergency Venting — Part 8: Venting for Pressure Tanks
      • Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tank Emergency Venting – Part 7: Interpolated Value Tank Venting Requirements
      • Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tank Emergency Venting – Part 6: Wetted Area and Vent Capacit
      • Hazards of using torch to cut open drum (Video)
      • Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tank Emergency Venting – Part 5: Calculating Wetted Area
      • Things you may not know about flammable storage cabinets
      • Spark proof tools- OSHA or NFPA required?
      • Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tank Emergency Venting - Part 4: Wetted Area
      • Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tank Emergency Venting - Part 3: Venting Requirements
      • Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tank Emergency Venting — Part 2: Tank Shapes
      • Inspection Techniques: Pressure-Vacuum Vent Maintenance
      • Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tank Emergency Venting – Part 1: Tank Types
      • Security video of Methanol Railcar Unloading explosion
      • The importance of PROPER SECONDARY CONTAINMENT for Flammable Liquids (Videos)
      • Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel (ULSD) fuel and Static Electricty
      • Flammable Liquids Conductivity Update
      • Low pressure LNG leak in 3" line at 22 psi
      • Buncefield Incident (CCTV catches VC formation)
      • While we work to implement the new HAZCOM standard, changes to 1910.106 and 1910.119 may have went unoticed
      • Explosion Proof Digital Camera - Top of my 2012 Wish List!
      • Static Electric Discharge Hazard On Bulk Oil Tank Vessels
      • Tanker Ship Hold Explosions from Flammable Atmospheres
      • Flammable Liquid Tank Explosion & Hotwork
      • Flammable Liquids and Tote Accident
      • Understanding OSHA's Flammable Liquid Std Ventilation Requirements
      • UPDATE from NFPA 30 on # of storage cabinets allowed
      • What is the REAL PURPOSE of flammable storage cabinets?
      • Did you know... Oily Waste Cans?
      • Static controlling wrist bands are NOT for industrial settings
      • Guidelines for the CONTROL OF STATIC ELECTRICITY IN INDUSTRY
      • Controlling Static Part II
      • Flash Fire with Non-Conductive Flammable Liquid
      • Cold Weather = More Static Hazards
      • Just how risky is "static electricity"?
      • Static spark started fire that heavily damaged Cuyahoga Falls factory
      • A study of flammable liquid storage tank accidents
      • UPDATE on the Magna Blend flammable liquid fire
      • Plastics and Flammables - It's what can occur outside the container we tend to over look
      • Is a flame arrestor required in a "safety can"?
      • Flammable Liquids, Portable Tanks, and Polyethylene Containers
      • Frac Tank Explosion Presentation from XTO Energy
      • CAUTION! Frac Tanks are NOT designed for Flammable and Combustible Liquids
      • A breakdown of the NFPA 30-2012 changes
      • Flammable Liquid Storage Tanks and Venting
      • Flammable Storage Cabinets... Did you know?
      • Did you know the LEL of a vapor and the MEC for a combustible dust can be lower when mixed together?
      • GASOLINE SAFETY - Educator’s Guide
      • Why it is IMPORTANT to have your gas can ON THE GROUND when filling it
      • Class I Hazardous Locations, Static Electricity, and Flooring
      • Flammable Liquids... Static Generation and the floor we walk on!
      • Statistical analysis of fires and explosions attributed to static electricity over the last 50 years
      • "Switch Loading" Flammable and Combustible Liquids is a Serious Risk that is often unknown or misunderstood
      • How much flammable liquid can I have outside of the storage room or cabinet?
      • Dangers of Propane
      • Flammable Liquids 101 - Part A
      • Forklifts in HAZLOCs
      • Bulk Liquefied Petroleum Gas Container Separation Distances
      • PPE payment for static dissipative safety-toe footwear
      • Summary and Explanation of Revisions to the Acetylene Standard as it applies to cylinders
      • Plastics and Flammable Liquids...SAFE?
      • Cleaning Small Parts & Portable Equipment With Solvents
      • Methods to Control Static Electricity when processing non-Conductive Flammable Liquids
      • Toluene & Static...Dancing with the Devil!
      • Safe Handling of non-Conductive Flammable Liquids
      • Nitrogen an ignition source...yeah right Mr. Safety Man!
      • Making sense of non-conductive flammable liquids
      • Why bonding and grounding may not be enough
      • How easy is it to ignite Hydrogen gas?
      • Non-conductive Flammable Liquids & Filters
      • Sources of Static Generation in Flammable Liquid Processes
      • Flame Retardant Clothing use guidelines from NFPA 2113
      • Flammable Liquids - 102, Surface area and MIE's
      • Flammable Liquids 101 - Part B
      • Protecting Powered Industrial Equipment Operating in and Around Explosion Hazardous Areas And Explosive Atmospheres
      • To vent or Not to vent?
    • Permit Required Confined Spaces
      • Large rolloff type TRASH COMPACTORS are PRCS's
      • OSHA cites industrial cleaning contractor after worker dies while cleaning storage tank at a chemical manufacturer
      • OSHA issues PRCS citations to Brewery ($88,000)
      • Drowning in PRCS (TN-OSHA #24-2008)
      • PRCS Fatality - acute heptane and toluene toxicity (TN-OSHA Fatality II #4 2010)
      • Verifying rescue services are "available" BEFORE entry
      • MSHA HAZARD ALERT - Working in Confined Spaces
      • NIOSH investigation of Dairy Plant Inspectors and Permit Required Confined Space's
      • 11 Serious and 2 willful violations regarding confined spaces
      • The infamous Phoenix FD Toluene Tank PRCS Rescue Fatality
      • Oregon OSHA - Adopted Changes for the Confined Space Standard
      • Grain Bin Accidents Still a Major Problem, Says Safety Specialist
      • How fast does my PRCS Rescue Service have to respond?
      • Monitoring PRCS Atmospheres and Entrants Rights
      • Discussing the three (3) criteria that makes a space a Confined Space
      • PRCS Reclassification Flow Chart
      • CAUGHT IN THE GRAIN!
      • February 6th, 2012 PRCS Fatality in 30" Pipe
      • Is a Roll-Off Trash Compactor a PRCS?
      • Important Confined Space Atmospheric Hazards Study
      • Entering a Cone of Safety (PRCS Safety Tips)
      • CS Ventilation Straight Edge Tool
      • WorkSafeBC has ammended their PRCS Std... all agencies need to do this
      • CS Rescue... Tripods and Winches and a false sense of success
      • Creating a Permit-Required Confined Space
      • Would your rescue plans pass an OSHA Inspection?
      • PRCS Fatality News Account
      • PRCS Multiple Fatality Incident
      • PLEASE EVALUATE your CS Rescue Service!
      • CONFINED SPACE FATALITY - Corn Silo ENGULFMENT
      • Sweating the SMALL stuff in CS Entry can make a BIG difference
      • CONFINED SPACE FATALITY – Oxygen Deficiency from Nitrogen Purge
      • PRCS Multiple Fatality Incident - 1 entrant and 3 "would be rescuers"
      • Why does Confined Space and High Angle Rescue go hand in hand?
      • The MUST SEE confined space video - REAL LIFE TRAGEDY
      • Testing a PRCS atmosphere VIDEO
      • Confined Spaces: Test to Live
      • No Escape: Dangers of Confined Spaces
      • Retaining CS Entry Permits
      • One MAJOR flaw in the use of Combustible Gas meters that ALL users should know
      • Confined Space Non-Entry Rescue
      • OSHA cites 5 companies for PRCS violations that lead to a dust flash fire and H2S exposures
      • Using my local FD as my PRCS Rescue Team
      • Entry vs. Non-Entry Rescue
      • Important Confined Space Atmospheric Hazards - Study Do you think wood chips and logs in a ship container hold could produce an IDLH atmosphere?
      • Does exceeding the PEL make the atm a hazardous atm?
      • Reclassifying a permit required confined space
      • Evaluating a Confined Space
      • Confined Space Hazards that are to be considered
      • Isolation for Reclassification of PRCSs
      • Evaluating Confined Spaces
      • Making sense of entry options under OSHA's PRCS Entry Std. 1910.146
      • A Purdue University report showed 51 grain bin accidents last year
    • Emergency Response
      • Infamous video of FF blown off Ladder Truck in Pasadena, TX
      • Scene Management is a function of IC
      • FREE Emergency HAZMAT Planning Guide
      • The lost art of preplanning and the role of the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)
      • West, TX Explosion and Community Emergency Response Plan?
      • HIGH CHALLENGE Warehousing: Ammonium Nitrate as a typical case study (NFPA)
      • Sprinkler System's OS&Y Valves
      • Chlorine and Mouthpiece Emergency Escape Respirators
      • A new version of MARPLOT is available
      • Modified Emergency Kit “C” Application for Certain Dual Valve Systems
      • EPA publishes "Area Contingency Planning Handbook"
      • Ammonia behaving badly... it is suppose to rise! (Video)
      • The Role of Scene Assessment or Size-up (USFA)
      • CAMEO Chemicals 2.4 is now available
      • What training is REQUIRED for "Incident Commanders"?
      • FDA looking to REQUIRE AED approvals
      • WISER for iOS 3.1
      • “Getting Ready for the Unimagined:” Looking at the Emergency Operations Plan (USFA)
      • Emergency Egress and Fire Doors
      • Fire Extinguishers... Did you know they have to be identified?
      • A rescue caught on tape, FF's rescue 4-year old from 2nd floor
      • FREE "Incident Safety Officer (ISO)" Training videos (4 Parts)
      • FREE NFPA Guide to Understanding & Implementing NFPA 1500, 1720, and 1851
      • How long does a 4500 psi SCBA cylinder really last
      • Respirators and Emergency Working Conditions
      • Incident Commander Characteristics (USFA)
      • Key Changes to NFPA 1981/1982 SCBA Requirements
      • Emergency SCBAs and OSHA requirements
      • The Incident Commander (from USFA)
      • SCBA's and LOW TEMPERATURE use and storage
      • FREE Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) Training
      • Mandatory elements of a HAZWOPER baseline physical examination
      • CHLOREP Informational Bulletin: 2012 DOT/TC Emergency Response Guidebook
      • Ray O'Brocki, of the Baltimore Fire Department, explains how night clubs and other high-capacity facilities deal with fire safety
      • 2012 DOT ERG Training Video (21 Minutes)
      • What you need to know about nightclub safety (NFPA Video)
      • The FULL and UNEDITED Station Nightclub Fire Video (from within)
      • BLEVE in the back of pickup at drive thru (Video)
      • A VERY POWERFUL FIRE SAFETY message (Station Nightclub Survivor)
      • Vent and Burn Training Video from Transport Canada
      • Inspection Techniques: Egress Door Hardware Considerations
      • Chlorine Leak video footage (17K pound 2002 Festus, MO)
      • CI C-Kit Training Video
      • On "oldie" but a goodie... Original CI C-Kit Video
      • New versions of CAMEO 2.4 and Tier2 Submit
      • Pipeline Safety: Communication During Emergency Situations
      • Just The Facts...About The C-Kit (From CI)
      • Shelter-in-Place Suggestions
      • Cracking and Ruptures of SCBA Aluminum Cylinders Made from 6351 Alloy
      • Safety Advisory; High Pressure Aluminum Seamless and Aluminum Composite Hoop-Wrapped Cylinders
      • USFA Special Report: Prevention of Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus Failures
      • 2012 DOT ERG by the numbers
      • SCBA Cylinder Catastrophic Failure from Stress Corrosion Cracking
      • Hydro-Testing of SCBA Cylinders
      • CAMEO Chemicals mobile site now available
      • The new "Table 3" in the 2012 DOT ERG
      • Chemical facility faces ammonia leak penalty
      • CHLOREP Informational Bulletin: 2012 DOT/TC Emergency Response Guidebook
      • UL warns of counterfeit UL Mark on single-jacketed fire hose
      • A "vent and burn" operation on I-10 in LA
      • NEW version of CAMEO Chemicals is now available
      • Emergency Response Equipment Maintenance
      • Mandatory elements of a HAZWOPER baseline physical examination (OSHA LOI issued 7/2012)
      • Columbus, OH Derailment Fire
      • WISER for iOS 3.0 - Now Available in the Apple App Store
      • Open-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus Remaining Service-Life Indicator Performance Requirements
      • Threshold Planning Quantities for EHS revised
      • Introduction to the 2012 DOT Emergency Response Guide Book from PHMSA (Video)
      • 2012 DOT Emergency Response Guidebook available for download
      • Emergency Response Guidebook 2012 Summary of Changes (April 2012)
      • The future of fixed fire protection????
      • What's wrong with this scene?
      • Who falls into OSHA’s HAZWOPER “Awareness” group?
      • Volunteer Emergency Responders - who enforces their safety?
      • Emergency Response Resources Side-by-Side Comparison
      • PHOSGENE Emergency Response Data (insert for ERP)
      • METHANOL Emergency Response Data (insert for ERP)
      • HYDROFLUORIC ACID (HF) Emergency Response Data (insert for ERP)
      • CHLORINE Emergency Response Data (insert for ERP)
      • Ammonia Emergency Response Data (insert for ERP)
      • My podcast with Garden City Ammonia Program on ER
      • Analysis of an ammonia spill and response
      • Medical Fact Sheet for Ammonia
      • How to use the DOT Emergency Response Guide Book (video)
      • "Shelter-in-Place" may not be as EASY as it sounds
      • HAZMAT Team members MUST have an EXIT PHYSICAL
      • New versions of ALOHA and CAMEO Chemicals are now available (3/22/12)
      • The OLD and NEW IDLH and a little history about the MOST important term for any HAZMAT Technician
      • Next Generation Breathing Apparatus A MUST SEE if you use SCBA's
      • NUCOS: Unit Converter for Spill Responders
      • FREE Training Resources for Responding to Ethanol Incidents
      • Emergency Planning and Preparedness (CSB Video)
      • Emergency Responders and Fit Testing
      • Wind Socks… a critical piece of Equipment?
      • Another how NOT TO RESPOND video (Ammonia Tanker)
      • 1984 Mexico City BLEVE (1984)
      • Crude Tank "Boilover" Explanation (2 Videos)
      • Properties of Anhydrous Ammonia
      • 911 Call - 28-year old killed by forklift
      • How NOT to respond to an Ammonia Leak!
      • Anhydrous Ammonia Pipeline Rupture
      • SCBA Cylinder Failure Incident
      • Oxygen Depletion in Level A Hazmat Suits
      • Ammonia Gas can deliver you shrink wrapped!
      • New versions of ALOHA and CAMEO Chemicals are now available
      • NIST Study Finds Failure Points in Firefighter Protective Equipment
      • Comparing Results of Two Chlorine Release Field Experiments—Wild Stallion and Jack Rabbit
      • Application of source term and dispersion models in developing Protective Action Distances in the Emergency Response Guidebook
      • Siting of emergency response equipment & personnel?
      • Does your ERP contain SPECIFICS?
      • How do all the different levels of HAZWOPER training fit together and what level do I need to respond?
      • PERFECT Example of a "Pre-Planning" lapse!
      • Can your local Fire Department meet your needs?
      • Who calls 911?
      • Hands-On Railcars - Anhydrous Ammonia (Video)
      • TRANSCAER® LAUNCHES ONLINE SAFETY TRAINING
      • Off-Site Emergency Response Training Limitations
      • Fire Door Basics
      • Are all EXIT signs created equal?
      • FIRE EXTINGUISHER FATALITY and inspections
      • SIMPLE and CHEAP methods for on-scene medical monitoring
      • What makes a "response" an "emergency response" under 1910.120
      • Medical Monitoring of a HAZMAT Team
      • Understanding 1910.120 as it applies to a HAZMAT team
      • Liquid Nitrogen BLEVE Demo Vid #1
      • BLEVE Training Video Part 1 - EXCELLENT Info
      • BLEVE Training Video Part 2 - EXCELLENT info
      • Bleve Test - LPG Railcar (Video)
      • 1983 Murdoch, IL LPG Railcar BLEVE (Video)
      • BLEVE - Explanation from NFPA (Video)
      • BLEVE Training Video
      • States of Matter (Video)
      • Standpipe Systems...What is required?
      • Fire Hoses on Standpipe Systems...To connect or not to connect!
      • The OLD and NEW IDLH and a little history about the MOST important term for any HAZMAT Technician
      • Dangerous misunderstanding around a B.L.E.V.E.
      • NUCOS: Unit Converter for Spill Responders
      • Ethanol Safety Organization for safety professionals and emergency response
      • MSDS and Emergency Response Alert from EPA
      • TRANSCAER schedules emergency response training tour for anhydrous ammonia
      • Does my plant/site manager have to be trained in HAZWOPER?
      • Chlorine Institute C-Kit Briefing Paper
      • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(xii) Use of the Local Emergency Response Plan (LERP) or the State Emergency Response Plan (SERP)
      • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(xi) PPE and Emergency Equipment
      • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(x) Critiques of Response and Follow-up
      • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(ix) Emergency Alerting and Response Procedures
      • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(viii) Emergency Medical Treatment Procedures
      • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(vii) Decontamination
      • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(vi) Evacuation Routes and Procedures
      • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(v) Site Security and Control
      • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(iv) Safe Distances and Places of Refuge
      • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(iii) Emergency Recognition and Prevention
      • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(ii) Personnel Roles, Lines of Authority, Training, and Communication
      • Your Emergency Response Plan Section (q)(2)(i) - Pre-emergency Planning and Coordination
      • Emergency Response & PSM Tip
      • What must be in my EAP?
      • Do I Need an Emergency Action Plan?
      • Fight or Flight
      • From an EAP to an ERP???
      • CHLOREP NextGen Bulletin
      • How strong is your headcount procedure?
      • WISER 4.4 is now available!
      • Safety and Health Tip HAZMAT Evacuation iPhone App
      • Thoughts of an Emergency Responder
      • Understanding OSHA's HAZWOPER standard for Emergency Response
      • Breaking down 1910.120(q)(2) Written ERP requirements
      • What are Emergency Response Planning Guidelines (ERPGs)?
      • What are Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGLs)?
      • What are Temporary Emergency Exposure Limits (TEELs)?
      • What are Protective Action Criteria for Chemicals (PACs)?
      • What are Public Exposure Guidelines?
      • UPDATE - Calling the National Response Center
      • Sample Protocol for a Response Plan (General Outline)
      • Ammonia Exposure – Pre-hospital Medical Management
    • Safety Alerts
      • Safety Alert - Care and Use of Ammonia Gas Cylinders
      • MSHA Safety Alert - Electrical Solenoid Safety
      • PHMSA ALERT: Recycling and Disposal of Compressed Gas Cylinders
      • Counterfeit Portable Fire Extinguishers
      • Safety Advisory: Unauthorized Marking of Compressed Gas Cylinders
      • Product Inspection Advisory Notice – Immediate Action Required; FallTech Lanyards, Rebar Chain Assemblies , Harness/Lanyard Combos, and Roofer’s Kits
      • FATAL KEG accident photos released by OSHA
      • Fluke is voluntarily recalling certain 373, 374, 375 and 376 Digital Clamp Meters
      • Genie Safety Notice (Secondary Lift Cylinder Replacement)
      • Safety Notice 120002 Supplement (Genie Motor Controller Failure)
      • A Flammable Liquid - Line Break Nearmiss LESSON
      • CAUTION - DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE CLEANING WITH (MSHA Hotwork Alert)
      • Safety Alert Notice - grinder accident w/ modified grinder
      • Pinch Point and the Wrong Tool
      • Reading Water Meters (Snake Hazards)
      • Roof Workers Fall Successfully Arrested!!!
      • It pays to be 100% tied off
      • Safety Alert: Unauthorized Compressed Gas Cylinders
      • Safety Alert - Electrician received an electric shock when working on junction box
      • Safety Alert – Multiple fatalities/Inert Gas Hazards/Line Break
      • STOP USE NOTICE - Moldex 7000 Series Gas/Vapor Cartridges
      • Risk of carbon monoxide release during the storage of wood pellets
      • Storm Water Drain EXPLOSION
      • Genie Lift Safety Notice (11/5/12)
      • Hotwork & Tank Truck Explosion II
      • HAZARD ALERT - AMMONIA SAFETY IN WINERIES
      • MSHA Safety Alert - Winter Ventilation and Barometric Pressure
      • PHMSA Safety Advisory: Unauthorized Marking of Compressed Gas Cylinders
      • Safety Alert - Shocked by working table (missing ground)
      • Fatality Alert - Failed Handrail
      • FATALITY DUE TO ELECTRICAL SHOCK
      • Fatality Related To IBC Falling From Forklift
      • INDUSTRY ALERT: CHEVRON RICHMOND REFINERY PIPING FAILURE
      • Miller Harness Safety Alert "Miller/Honeywell Official Response"
      • Extension Ladder Catastrophic Failure
      • Elevating Work Platform Failure
      • Oregon OSHA urges caution following three workplace carbon monoxide incidents
      • Compressed Gas Cylinders Incident (Acetylene & Oxygen)
      • UL and Loss Prevention Certification Board (LPCB) warn of counterfeit fire sprinkler (Release 12PN-32)
      • Weed Trimmer Incident
      • SWIVEL SNAPHOOK INSPECTION NOTIFICATION
      • NIOSH Respirator User Notice - Care and Maintenance of Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Units
      • Genie Lift Safety Notice (7/3/12)
      • NFPA issues safety alert on SCBA facepiece lenses - SCBA facepiece lenses may undergo thermal degradation when exposed to intense heat
      • PRODUCT RECALL / STOP USE NOTICE 3M™ Series Self Retracting Lanyards
      • Crane Fatality Video (New Source Video)
      • Crane Accident kills two people in works of São Paulo Subway
      • Hotwork Drum Explosion - using drum as work bench
      • Loss of Start-Up Oxygen in CSE SR-100 Self-Contained Self-Rescuers
      • Highwall Fatality, Chile (Mining)
      • Gems Sensors Recalls Pressure Transducers Used in Fire Pump Controllers Due to Risk of Failure in a Fire
      • Fluke 190 ScopeMeter® Recall
      • FP Stryder® Beam Anchor Inspection Reminder
      • Hydroblast Hose Failure
      • MSHA Safety Alert on Dozers
      • Thunderstorms & Telephones
      • Gas Cylinders Recalled by Worthington Cylinders Wisconsin Due to Fire Hazard
      • Fatal Grinder Accident at Quarry
      • Impact Gun Accident
      • Genie Lift Safety Notice
      • Grinder Accident Safety Alert
      • HSE issues gas detector safety alert
      • [NPPTL] ALL: CSE SR 100 User Notice
      • Crane Operator Fataly Injured - Alert
      • Arc Flash Incident (February 2012)
      • Fall Protection STOP USE NOTICE
      • Compressed Gas Safety Alert
      • FOOT INJURY FROM OUTRIGGER
      • SAFETY ALERT! Abrasive wheel on grinder breaks, killing worker
      • Loader Blind Spot Fatality
      • Flashlights Improperly Marked with MSHA Emblem (THEY ARE intrinsically safe - just mislabeled)
      • Industrial Scientific Announces Product Recall of GasBadge® Plus Single-Gas Monitors
      • FRC Alert (Cotton Treated Reaction)
      • Truck-Mounted Hydraulic Crane
      • MUSTANG SURVIVAL PFD RECALL NOTICE
      • Bathtub Refinishing Hazard Alert - Methylene Chloride Fatalities
      • Use of Mobile Phone "Expert XP-Ex-1" in potentially explosive atmospheres
      • Safety Alert - DeWALT Large Grinder Defective Handles
      • RECALL NOTICE - PROTECTA SHOCK ABSORBING LANYARDS
      • PHMSA-2011-0241 (Notice No. 11-10): Safety Advisory: Unauthorized Marking of Compressed Gas Cylinders
      • Safety Alert - UNEXPECTED TELESCOPIC FORKLIFT DROPPED LOAD DUE TO CHAIN FAILURE
      • PRODUCT RECALL / STOP USE NOTICE - 3M™ G-Series Retractable Lanyards Models
      • Safety Alert - Unauthorized Marking of Compressed Gas Cylinders
      • Safety Recall of certain Sporlan/Refrigeration Specialties MA17 solenoid valves
      • Fire Extinguisher Explosion on DZ 28
      • Pressure Testing Natrual Gas Plant gone BAD!
      • Another pressure test GONE BAD!
      • Railcar Collapse when steam condensed
      • Hydro-test of a new vertical vessel
      • 24" Fitting Catastrophic Failure during Integrity Pressure Testing
      • Poorly-constructed air tank explodes
      • Air tank corrodes, explodes in home garage
      • INJECTION OF HYDRAULIC FLUID
      • Hazardous 3rd Party Modified Circuit Breakers
      • Unguarded Shaft Incident
      • BLENDED BREATHING AIR FATALITIES
      • HOAX - Crosby Counterfeit Shackle Alert
      • MSHA Compressed Gas Cylinder ALERT
      • Model: JLG LIFT 600AJ - INTERNAL RUST IN BOOM SECTION
      • Overturns of JLG 500RTS scissor lifts
      • Release of Stored Pressure Incident
      • MSA Stop Use & Inspect Notices
      • Pressure Vessel Failure during Hydrotest - Nov. 2007, China
    • General Safety Topics
      • WARNING Signs of Electrical Dangers (from NFPA)
      • Effect of Chemical Substances on Hearing - Interactions with Noise
      • ACGIH® BOARD RATIFIES 2013 TLVs® AND BEIs®
      • New Volume of Flammability and Sensitivity of Materials in Oxygen-Enriched Atmospheres Available from ASTM International
      • Pipeline Safety: Accident and Incident Notification Time Limit
      • Wind Chill Training
      • Safety Glasses - Run over
      • Doing it Right! - Stencil Knife Improvement
      • Vehicle Safety Policy
      • DOing it Right Photos
      • PA DEP requiring AEDs at Mine sites
      • FREE access to 2007 Oregon Fire Code
      • FREE access to 2010 Oregon Mechanical Specialty Code
      • November is a month to think fire safety
      • New Welding Safety Interactive Guide from Lincoln Electric
      • Change the clocks - Change the batteries
      • Chemicals and Hearing Loss
      • Mists created by the use of compressed airlines for the removal of metalworking fluids - Assessment of the possible exposure health risks
      • NATIONAL CENSUS OF FATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES IN 2011 (PRELIMINARY RESULTS)
      • Report of Boiler Violation Findings for Second Quarter of 2012
      • WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT!!! Four workers electrocuted moving scaffolding (video)
      • Components for Evaluation of Direct-Reading Monitors for Gases and Vapors
      • Atlanta workers banned from driving and using phones
      • Fatal Paper Mill Explosion was a catastrophic failure of an air receiver
      • Back to school safety tips from the National Safety Council
      • Scalping accident
      • ACGIH high heat work/rest regimen XLS worksheet
      • ANSI Approves AIHA® Revised Z10 Standard
      • Hooped ladders and the use of personal fall-arrest systems (Health and Safety Executive - Safety Notice)
      • Jordan Barab discussing VPP
      • Who is a 'competent person'?
      • AIHA® Releases White Paper on the Role of OSHA
      • CAL-OSHA's Heat Poster
      • Workers' Compensation Benefits and Shifting Costs for Occupational Injury and Illness
      • Spray on Sunscreen is HIGHLY FLAMMABLE!
      • Sun Screen Poll
      • Safety Culture Videos - A MUST WATCH series for safety professionals
      • Audio/visual demonstration of noise induced hearing loss
      • Don't get burned
      • Summer Safety Presentation
      • How to Put on a Harness: Six Easy Steps that Could Save Your Life
      • It happens in a split second
      • Linking HSE activities to health and safety outcomes: A feasibility study
      • Safety Glasses Special
      • Test your risk assessment skills
      • A grim Top Ten list: COSH names 2011's notable workplace fatalities
      • Boiler Safety
      • Be sure to ask what refrigerant your refrigerator uses when you buy a new one!!!
      • Safety Pays!!!!
      • I have often thought about starting a Safe Driving Blog. I would call it "From the left hand Lane"
      • NEW Resource for FREE Shockers
      • Just an FYI for any business considering Solar or Wind power generation on site
      • Changing your clocks... CHANGE the batteries in your SMOKE and CO Detectors
      • "Hot Tap" demo videos
      • Deer are SERIOUS DRIVING hazards
      • OSHA SHARP Program - Is it effective? Data suggest VERY MUCH SO!
      • HMIS® and HMIS® III Downloads
      • FR Plastic Sheeting vs. Regular Plastic
      • "Hats off Test"... the life of a hard hat thru its testing
      • Torch Safety
      • “NEAR MISS” concepts and ideas
      • WEED WHACKER SAFETY
      • Does management know the facility's Risk Profile?
      • Tornado Hits Rig Near El Reno, Oklahoma May 24, 2011
      • Bridge crane accident at Jalan Setulang Darat,Johor Bahru
      • Respirators...the early days
      • Flying safer than driving?
      • Electrician gets ZAPPED!
      • Cell Phone Elbow?
      • A close look at Incident Investigation techniques
      • The Most Disabling Workplace Injuries Cost Industry an Estimated $48.6 Billion
      • Install. Inspect. Protect. Campaign
      • WHY WEAR PPE?
      • Cooling Tower Fires - BURNING DOWN while in service
      • NEVER saddle a dead horse!!! HUH?
      • ESFI White Paper - Occupational Electrical Accidents in the U.S., 2003-2009
      • ANSI White Paper Examines Copyright Implications of Voluntary Consensus Standards in Regulation
      • When someone tells you safety is Common Sense...
      • Does Scientific and Medical Literature Support Concerns That Some Have Expressed About Exposure to Manganese in Welding Fume?
      • 2010 Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index
      • A quick look into a Risk Assessment for a Nuclear Power Plant
      • States Must Decide if Workers’ Comp Benefits Extend to Illegal Workers
      • Experimental Analysis of Tools Used for Estimating Risk Associated with Industrial Machines
      • 2011 TLVs® and BEIs® Book and Guide to Occupational Exposure Values Now Available!
      • Workers’ Perception of Chemical Risks: A Focus Group Study
      • A FREE smart phone "app" that may just save a life!
      • Guidelines for Industrial Steel Storage Racks
      • Pallet Racking Safety Sheet
      • Alternative to Couch Potatoes - WorkPace USA
      • Eye Protection
      • Gas Pump Safety
    • Lockout Tagout
      • From a recent OSHA citation for LOTO, yes we still have problems!
      • LOTO Fatality - Caught in conveyor system (TN-OSHA II #28 - 2010)
      • A traditional LOTO fatality - worker started equipment on another worker (TN-OSHA #23)
      • Clearing up a couple of LOTO myths
      • Palletizer kills temporary worker, 21, on his FIRST DAY of work (LOTO)
      • OSHA takes issue with EVERY Authorized Employee having a key to the lockbox
      • Have you ever seen/heard of this LOTO practice before?
      • LOTO Periodic Inspections and their significance
      • LOTO Program Suggestions from a reliable source!
      • OSHA cites manufacturing plant for exposing workers to hazardous energy sources during machine servicing
      • LOCK IT OUT!!! WARNING - Image may be upsetting to some
      • Is tagging a blind flange or slip blind "tagout"?
      • Verifying the content of lockout programs
      • Supervision in Manufacturing - Guards & Lockout (Video)
      • OSHA, LOTO and the unexpected movement of trucks
      • Proper LOTO or a serious problem? (POLL)
      • Verifying ZES is DIFFERENT for electrical workers!
      • My TOP 12 Life Saving LOTO Principles
      • Group LOTO Verification of ZES Requirements
      • Periodic Inspections
      • LOTO Training Requirements
      • Shift or Personnel Changes
      • Verification of ZERO ENERGY STATE (ZES)
      • Tagout and Full Employee Protection (e.g. Tag Plus)
      • Can ALL your LOTO Training needs be met by On-Line Training?
      • LOTO on Chemical Process and Piping Systems
      • Does your LOTO program contain "enforcement" procedures?
      • GREAT LOTO Cartoon (VIDEO)
      • Lock out. It takes just seconds to lose a limb (VIDEO)
      • One of my favorite LOTO videos (VIDEO)
      • FALSE Sense of Safety...using interlocks in Lieu of LOTO!!!
      • We have THREE Choices to Identify our Lockout Locks
      • Tagout vs. Lockout
      • Company argues before the OSHRC that LOTO does not apply to their die changing activities - an analysis of a OSHRC 2009 decision
      • Cord and Plug Equipment and "Line of Sight"
      • Tagout vs. Lockout #2
      • 911 Call - What REAL TRAGEDY sounds like (911 audio)
      • Grouping equipment for purposes of conducting periodic LOTO inspections
      • LOTO Machine Specific Procedures
      • Defining Exclusive Control under LOTO activities
      • Minor Servicing Alternative Safety Measures
      • De-enerizing Stored Energies
    • Combustible Dusts
      • COMBUSTIBLE DUST Producing Processes (Ontario Fire Code Illustrated Commentary)
      • ‘‘Worker Protection against Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires Act of 2013’’ (H.R. 691)
      • Dust explosions in the food industry
      • CSB - Iron in the Fire (Com Dust Fatality Investigation)
      • Difference of Airborne dusts vs. pile of dusts
      • Combustible metal dust testing (Video)
      • 60 Minutes Special on Combustible Dusts Issues
      • Dust Collector / Bag House Dust Explosion (VIDEO)
      • CSB Imperial Sugar Accident Animation Video
      • Inferno: Dust Explosion at Imperial Sugar
      • Combustible Dust: An Insidious Hazard
      • Mythbusters - Creamer Cannon (Video_
      • Saw Dust Explosion (Video)
      • Dust Explosion created from 12lbs of material
      • MSHA coal dust explosion demonstration
      • Dust explosion in closed vessel (Video)
      • Grain Dust Explosion threw Kevin Saunders 300 feet killed 10 (Video)
      • Grain Dust Explosion Simulator (Video)
      • How Dust Explodes (Video)
      • How Much dust is too much?
      • Hazardous Materials: Dust Collection Explosion Vents
      • Interesting EU Dust Explosion Stats
    • Hazardous Materials
      • House Dems Ask GAO to Examine Oversight Gaps at West, TX & Similar Facilities Nationwide
      • Has your state adopted the International Fire Code (IFC)?
      • Storing Ammonium Nitrate in Ohio
      • Ammonium Nitrate Sensitization (explaining one West, TX scenario)
      • Increased Civil Penalties Take Effect for Those Who Knowingly Violate Federal Hazmat Laws and Regulations
      • 2012 HAZMAT Loading/Unloading Incidents
      • UNLOADING HAZMAT to the wrong tank (CL2 Incident)
      • Pipeline Safety: Reporting of Exceedances of Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure
      • NEW DOT Shipping Papers REQUIREMENT EFFECTIVE 1/1/13
      • The DOT 25' Attendant Rule
      • Update on CL2 release @ Poultry Plant
      • Rollover Tank Car Test
      • New Reports Recommend Improvements for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels Documentation
      • NH3 Fertilizer Compliance info from State of MI
      • Revisions to the Tier I and II Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms
      • Compressed Gas Cylinder Color Coding
      • Odorant Fade in Railroad Tank Cars (Safety Advisory 2012–01)
      • Ammonia kills woman driving thru cloud (Video - News Account)
      • MAJOR Bromine Rail Car Release (Video)
      • ANOTHER Acetylene cylinder stored in a car
      • Cylinder Transport
      • PROPANE (SUNG TO THE TUNE OF “COCAINE” AND TO THE ACCOMPANIMENT OF AIR GUITAR)
      • Morris missile: Anhydrous ammonia nurse tank explosion
      • FREE Training Resources for Responding to Ethanol Incidents
      • Chlorine Institute offers FIVE more FREE Technical Publications
      • FREE Chemical Reactivity Worksheet
      • DOT Revises the Requirements for Emergency Response Telephone Numbers
      • DOT final rule sets design standards for PIH-carrying tank cars
      • DOT issues a Nurse Tank Safety and Compliance Advisory letter
      • Chemical Plant Security
      • House subcommittee sends chemical security bill, H.R.2868, to full committee
      • PHMSA is amending the HAZMAT Regulations to maintain alignment with international standards
      • DOT to Improve Safety Around Hazardous Material Loading and Unloading Operations
      • Does the fuel inside generators being transported from one site to the next have to meet DOT HAZMAT requirements?
      • DOT CHANGES the Security Plan Requirements (Revised List of Materials)
      • HAZMAT UPDATE on Railroad Tankcar Designs
      • Propane Cylinders - Important Pressure Relief Valve Information
      • Storing forklift propane cylinders PROPERLY
      • Acetylene Cylinder Safety
      • FRA Safety Advisory - 2003-02 (Excess Flow Valves)
    • Incident Alerts
      • 29 incidents & 1 update (5/12/13)
      • 29 incidents & 2 updates (5/5/13)
      • 40 incidents & 1 update (4/28/13)
      • 31 incidents & 2 updates (4/21/13)
      • 28 incidents & 2 update3 (4/14/13)
      • 26 incidents & 1 update (4/7/13)
      • 29 incidents & 1 update (4/1/13)
      • 30 incidents & 2 updates (3/24/13)
      • 36 incidents & 1 update (3/17/13)
      • 30 incidents & 2 updates (3/10/13)
      • 29 incidents & 1 update (3/3/13)
      • 25 incidents & 1 update (2/24/13)
      • 14 incidents & 0 updates (2/18/13)
      • 45 incidents & 0 updates (2/14/13)
      • 30 incidents & 3 updates (2/4/13)
      • 19 incidents & 0 updates (1/28/13)
      • 22 incidents & 1 update (1/24/13)
      • 37 incidents & 1 update (1/21/13)
      • 24 incidents & 0 updates (1/14/13)
      • 27 incidents & 3 updates (1/09/13)
      • 20 incidents & 3 updates (1/06/13)
      • 28 Incidents & 2 Updates (1/02/13)
    • Flammable Liquids Videos
      • Hotwork causes Flammable Liquid Storage Tanks Fire (Video)
      • Static Electricity Fire at Gas Pump
      • Fueling Fire caused by Static Electricity
      • Fire hazard from static electricity during fueling operations 1948
      • CSB Safety Video: Static Sparks Explosion in Kansas
      • How to Extinguish Fires and the Fire Triangle 1948
      • Gasoline Refueling / Gas Pump - Safety Video
      • STATIC ELECTRICITY causes gas station fueling fires - NOT Cellphones
      • Fuel Tanker Explodes - Lighter, flashlight, or cellphone?
      • Bed Liner, Plastic Gas Can, Static = FIRE
      • How a Fire Starts and Spreads 1948
      • Oxygen Mixing with Fuel 1947
      • Role of O2 in Fires
      • Vapor Density 1947
      • Fuel Vaporization 1947
      • What is a "Safety Can"
      • Safety Cans for Flammable and Combustible Liquids 1965
      • Fire Needs Oxygen 1965
      • Flammable Vapor Density 1965
      • Flammable Vapors of Gasoline 1965
      • Flammable Limits 1965
      • Fire Triangle 1948
      • Fire and Liquid Fuel Surface Area 1948
      • Ignition Temperature and the Spread of Fire 1948
      • Flash Point & Fire Point Demonstration 1948
      • Oxygen Needed for combustion1947 Chemistry of Fire US War Department
      • Fire Hazard in a Fuel Tank 1947 Chemistry of Fire US War Department
      • Only Vapors Burn 1947 Chemistry of Fire US War Department
      • Flammable Range Demonstration 1947 Chemistry of Fire US War Department
      • Flammable Liquids Flash Point Demo
    • LPG / Propane Safety Videos
      • Pressure Vessels Can Be Deadly
      • Liquid Petroleum LP Gas 1960
    • Seatbelts and Child Passenger Safety
      • Child seats ONLY WORK when used!
      • 12 reasons to BUCKLE UP
      • Teen Driver Risk in Relation to Age and Number of Passengers
      • Buckling up right is a snap!
      • EVERYONE in a vehicle needs to be BUCKLED UP!
      • Think BUCKLING UP is a waste of time?
      • Have air bags? Buckle up anyway!
      • Seatbelts... Is this how you want your child to go out?
      • The physics of a vehicle accident
      • Seatbelts... Not convinced by State law?
      • BUCKLE UP... EVERY TRIP. EVERY TIME!
      • Alcohol-Impaired Driving
      • Traffic Safety Facts - Protecting our children!
      • Seat Belts - Real life crash scene (Video)
      • Game of Your Life Buckle Up Seat Belt Safety (PSA )
      • The Price - Seat Belts Save Lives
      • Embrace Life always wear your seat belt (Video)
      • ALLWAYS BUCKLE UP! (Video)
      • Head Trauma and NO seatbelt
    • Safety Talks
      • “PPE”
      • “Our Eyes”
      • ALL TASKS HAVE RISKS - DO YOU KNOW THEM??
      • LEARNING FROM NEAR MISS INCIDENTS
      • Managing Falls From Heights
      • Hazards Of Rushing
      • Rolling the Dice - Gambling with Safety
      • PRE-Job Planning - AND - SAFETY
      • “COMPLACENCY”
      • SAFE Driving
      • “Fatal Distraction”
      • “Attributes of Injury Free Workers”
      • Unexpected Situations- Cause Some Of The Worst Accidents
      • DROPPED HAMMER HEAD
      • Line of Fire
      • A Few Causes of Accidents
      • OVEREXCERTION INJURIES
      • Ladder Safety and Gravity
      • Housekeeping/Safety, Struck by 2X6
      • SAFETY IS YOUR RESPONSIBILTY
      • FIRE PREVENTION
      • Decision Making
      • HAND SAFETY
      • Hazard Recognition, Learning to recognize hazards
      • Tools Explained IV
      • Electric Shock Facts
      • An Eye Safety Lesson
      • A Lesson from an American Hero
      • Tools Explained
      • Rushing, THE DANGERS OF RUSHING
      • Character Traits For a safe work place
      • Safety Talk - “Little Things Still Matter”
      • Safety Talk - “The Ten Commands Of Safety”
      • Safety Talk - Preventing Hand Injuries 2
      • Safety Talk - Applying the 7 habits of effective people to SAFETY
      • Safety Talk - Employee Responsibility
      • Are you a "Defensive Driver"? - Safety Talk
      • Working with Hand Held Hammers - Safety Talk
      • PREVENTING Hand Injuries - Safety Talk
      • Lifting Safely - Safety Talk
      • "Rushing"
      • I Love You, Dad
      • Weekly Safety Talks
    • Holiday Safety
      • Change your clocks - Change your batteries
      • Ohio State Trooper's Christmas
      • 2012 Photo of the Week #49 (Too many Christmas lights)
      • 2012 Video of the Week #49 (Christmas Tree Fire Video)
      • Dangers of Deep Frying your Turkey
      • Don't Frankenstein Your Lights (Halloween Safety Tips from UL)
      • Halloween Safety Tips
      • Christmas Safety Poem
      • A Christmas Story: For the Man Who Hated Christmas
      • Grease Fire Safety Measures
      • Thanksgiving is peak day for home cooking fires
      • Photo of the Week (Gift of Safety!)
      • Santa's Sleigh Safety
      • Twas the Night Before Christmas (Safety Professionals Version)
      • 'Twas the night before Christmas - insurance adjustors version
      • Proven Need for Holiday Safety Awareness
      • Holiday Video of the Week - Tree Safety with the Muppets
      • The History of Electric Christmas Tree Lights
      • The 12 Days of Holiday Safety
      • Thanksgiving Cooking Tips: Serving Up a Side of Safety
      • Holiday Accidents and Injuries By the Numbers
      • Be On The Safe Side This Season: Top 10 Tips for Safer Holidays
      • Holiday decorating safety
      • Video of the Week - DANGERS of deep frying turkey
      • CHRISTMAS TREE SAFETY - Fire proofing a live Christmas tree
      • This holiday season, remember what Christmas is all about
      • Christmas Tree Fire Hazards - Water That Tree!
      • Halloween Costume Dangers
      • Safety Santas
      • 2011 Christmas Card
      • A Holiday Safety Poem (Driving Tips)
      • St. Patty's Day Safety
      • Don’t Let Safety Take a Holiday! (Poem)
      • OSHA and Santa
      • Twas the night before Christmas (Fire Protection Engineer version)
    • Photo of the Week
      • 2013 Photo of the Week #20 (Another bit of Safety irony)
      • 2013 Photo of the Week #19 (Forklift Human Counterweight)
      • 2013 Photo of the Week #18 (ANOTHER Safety Banner Installation)
      • 2013 Photo of the Week #17 (Ladder)
      • 2013 Photo of the Week #16 (Ladder/Scaffolding)
      • 2013 Photo of the Week #15 (Ladder)
      • 2013 Photo of the Week #14 (Scaffolding)
    • Video of the Week
      • 2013 Video of the Week #20 (Bridge... we don't need no stinking bridge!)
      • 2013 Video of the Week #19 (Crane Transport Ooopps!)
      • 2013 Video of the Week #18 (Forklift Accident)
      • 2013 Video of the Week #17 (Wind can create hazards)
      • 2013 Video of the Week #16 (Backhoe Loading)
      • 2013 Video of the Week #15 (Derrickman Nearmiss - Fall)
      • 2013 Video of the Week #14 (The making of a Pressure Vessel)
    • Motivational Safety Materials
      • Safety Slogans
      • AVOID THESE PITFALLS
      • “Safety”- Be The Leader
      • “Attributes of Injury Free Workers”
      • Safety from the perspective of EVERYBODY, SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, AND NOBODY
      • On your child's Life (A Parents Safety Pledge)
      • Health & Safety Test
      • Who Packs Your Parachute
      • SAFETY ATTITUDE
      • TODAY'S CHOICE
      • THE POWER OF RESPONSIBILITY
      • How To Lead By Example
      • Getting to our Goals - “Lesson from a Custodian"
      • POWERFUL Safety Lesson (True Story)
      • Attitude to Safety
      • Make SAFETY a VALUE
      • What does safety mean?
      • FIVE HABITS OF VERY SAFE PEOPLE
      • Five Distractions from Work
      • Three Myths About Injuries
      • Your personal accident-prevention plan
      • Safety Quotes
      • Silence Is Not Golden
      • RESPONSIBILITY SAFETY
      • ALWAYS BE SAFE
      • CLOSE CALLS AND NEAR MISSES
      • WE KNOW BETTER!!!!
      • Employee Engagement
      • Safety Bullet, Excuses
      • PARAPROSDOKIANS
      • Line Of Fire Hazards (Part 2)
      • ZERO WORK HOURS WITHOUT TAKING A CHANCE
      • Safety Appeal
      • ITS UP TO YOU
      • Accident Reporting and Prevention Awareness
      • Can Do Attitude-Can Get You Killed
      • SAFE WORK PRACTICE
      • EYE PROTECTION AND FLYING OBJECTS
      • Safety and Apathy
      • PINCH POINTS AND YOUR HANDS
      • Eyes, protecting your EYES
      • “COMMITMENT TO SAFETY”
      • RECOGNIZING AND CONTROLLING SLIP AND TRIP HAZARDS
      • Caught in Hazards - Quiz
      • SAFETY ATTITUDE
      • “CORE VALUES AND SAFETY”
      • EXPLODING TYRES ON MOBILE EQUIPMENT
      • “SAFE WORK ZONES”
      • “ATTITUDE/ BEVAHIOUR AND SAFETY”
      • Setting The Example!!
      • Traits of a Good Leader
      • “Hazardous Behavior In The Workshop”
      • DO YOU FOLLOW THE RULES
      • “DON’T” TAKE YOUR EYES FOR GRANTED
      • “Housekeeping”
      • “Personal Responsibility“
      • “Conscience Driven Safety”
      • "BASICS”
      • “Different Controls on Similar Equipment”
      • “Avoiding Electrical Shock”
      • “CRANE SAFETY”
      • ADOPTING A “VIRAL” APPROACH TO SAFETY
      • LINE OF FIRE HAZARDS PART 1
      • “Personal Accident Prevention Plan”
      • SILENCE AND UNSAFE PRACTICES
      • “ALCOHOL AND THE JOB”
      • “Depression And Personal Safety”
      • “Hazardous Haste”
      • CAR SAFETY: DISTRACTIONS FACED
      • “Sharpening Our Axe”
      • The video EVERY WORKER should see - "The Costs of Accidents" (Harsco Video)
      • A Simple Safety Lesson
      • I never kid about safety!
      • “I believe in Safety!”
      • Sheldon Cooper the Safety Professional
      • The Accident Insurance Policy
      • Engineering Study, Toothpaste
      • PRINCIPLES ABOUT THE LAW OF THE PICTURE (JOHN C. MAXWELL 21 LAWS OF LEADERSHIP)
      • JUST FOR TODAY…
      • The Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, Nobody Safety Committee
      • “DOING THE RIGHT THING”
      • Safety Attitude Survey
      • Decisions, ITS YOUR DECISION
      • I Resolve...
      • EVERYONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFETY
      • And That's How It Happens... Some Safety Policies are born!
      • AFTERTHOUGHTS AND REGRETS….
      • A SINGLE SECOND
      • The Front Fell OFF! (PR effort after catastrophic accident)
      • Ausgrid Stayin' Alive safety video
      • "Chance"
      • I AM - a Safety Radical
      • Incentive programs WORK… when designed, implemented, and MANAGED properly.
      • If You Want Happiness - A Chinese Proverb
      • Are accidents the evil poison we make them out to be?
      • Psychology of Safety ----- Who are you kidding
      • Coal Miner’s Family Prayer
      • Where would we be without Safety Professionals?
      • Why Safety is important to me (Video)
      • Safety Poem
      • Start Each Day with Safety
      • What's easier... getting someone to AVOID an UNSAFE ACT or to get them to COMMIT a SAFE ACT
      • Safety Creed
      • SAFETY- SPEAKING IN QUOTES
      • From the eyes of a Safety Professional
      • Let your team members know you care! SendOutCards
      • Ready To Respond To An Electrical Emergency
      • MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL! A SAFETY LEADERS CALL
      • Maintaining Focus During The Working Day
      • PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFETY
      • Safety is ALL ABOUT YOU!
      • I’m Going Home… And so are You!
      • Safety Culture
      • Personal Accountability
      • Definition of a Safety Professional
      • WHY SAFETY PEOPLE ARE IMPORTANT
      • Where does safety stop for a safety professional?
      • 911 Call - 28 year old crushed by forklift
      • Safety Rap!
      • For The Life of a Friend
      • Workers Memorial Day 2011 Video
      • Supervisor handling a workplace inspection (Video)
      • Another GREAT video for safety professionals to laugh with
      • Safety Supervisor Song
      • TXTNG & Driving...It CAN WAIT!
      • The More Routine The Task.. The Bigger The Safety Risk?
      • Safety Communications...When is it too much?
      • I Chose to Look The Other Way
      • It's Up To Me
      • Definition of a Safety Pro!
      • Special Safety Message
      • TOO EXPERIENCED
      • Saturday with a Great Start - But Poor Finish
      • The Funeral
    • OSHA Compliance Posts
      • Compliance Tip: HAZCOM Labeling (Photo)
      • 1910.144 Safety color code for marking physical hazards
      • Compliance Tip: Industrial Stairs Angle (Smart Phone App)
      • OSHA issues REPEAT for cleaning air greater than 30psi ($22K)
      • OSHA Update - Most Frequently cited SERIOUS Citations
      • Compliance Tip: Electrical Safety Related Work Practices
      • Compliance Tip: Bloodborne Pathogen Training
      • OSHA issues WILLFUL and EGREGIOUS citations for machine guarding
      • Compliance Tip: Next time your using a handrail...
      • OSHA issues LOI on the NEW HAZCOM Std and Combustible Dust
      • DWS (WY-OSHA) Warns of Telephone Scam Targeting Businesses
      • Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH) issues SCAM ALERT
      • A OSHRC decision that will make you scratch your head
      • 9,400 High Rate Workplaces Receiving OSHA Letters (March 2013)
      • OSHA's 1st LOI of 2013 is a perfect example of how a how a group of workers may fall under both GI and Construction standards
      • A sign Spring is coming... Cal/OSHA Issues High Heat Advisory as Temperatures Rise Across the State
      • OSHA revises the Out Reach Program requirements again (2/2013)
      • December 1st, 2013 Training Requirements for the Revised Hazard Communication Standard
      • Severe Violator Enforcement Program (2013 White Paper)
      • H.R. 632: Voluntary Protection Program Act
      • "Mirror Check Day" Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - Region One OSHA Cooperative State Programs
      • NIOSH recommends exposure limits FAR below OSHA's current PEL for Cr(VI)
      • Individual Pleads Guilty to Id Fraud and Impersonating an OSHA Official in Wake of Gulf Oil Spill
      • The "numbers game" and auditing
      • Revised Electrical Std "Grandfathering" and applicable dates
      • On-Line FIRST AID training is NOT enough (OSHA 2012 LOI)
      • Qualifications for Forklift Operators (Opinions?)
      • SCBA Remaining Service-Life Indicator Performance Requirements
      • SCALPING ACCIDENT (WARNING! Graphic Photo)
      • Clarification of OSHA's HAZWOPER Standard (1910.120) as it applies to clearing and re-railing train cars after derailments
      • OSHA cites chemical manufacturer following nitrogen fatality (5(a)(1), PSM, WWS)
      • GHS Training Materials
      • 1910 vs. 1926 - which applies to my "work"
      • OSHA's Accreditation Process Needs Reexamination (GAO-13-88, Dec 11, 2012)
      • The “Father of OSHA” passes away
      • OSHA extends temporary enforcement measures in residential construction through March 15, 2013
      • Electrical Panel Clearance and NEW NEC requirements
      • Jordan Barab of OSHA speaks at the COSH conference ("cutting corners on on safety and health will not be tolerated"
      • Queens Man Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Two Years In Prison For Role In Scheme To Issue Fraudulent Safety Training Certifications To Construction Workers And Companies
      • Knowing your propane cylinders (Part II)
      • Federal Jury Convicts Former Shaw Group Safety Manager Of Major Fraud Against The United States
      • What is Fee for Intervention (FFI) and who is doing it?
      • OSHA updates 1910.35 Head Protection
      • OSHA issues Willfuls & Repeats for PRCS, PPE, Respirators w/ some HAZCOM, Fire Extinguisher, and Electrical citations for good measure
      • NIOSH noise database for power tools
      • OSHA Compliance Assistance Facts: FY 2012
      • OSHA Top 10 Cited Standards and standards for which OSHA assessed the highest penalties in 2012
      • Who is the OSHRC and what does the commission do?
      • Recordkeeping...who is the "highest ranking company official working at the establishment"?
      • FREE On-Line OSHA Compliance Tools from OSHA & MSHA
      • DOI SWEEP OF 16 CONSTRUCTION SITES IN FOUR BOROUGHS NETS 30 ARRESTS FOR BOGUS SCAFFOLD CERTIFICATION AND OSHA SAFETY CARDS
      • Inspection and Citation Guidance for Roadway and Highway Construction Work Zones
      • Respirator Q&A about "program administrator"
      • Hotwork, the 35' Rule, UPDATED loss data, and changes in NFPA 51B and at CAL-OSHA
      • OIG: OSHA'S Site Specific Taregting Program has Limitations on Targeting and Inspecting HIGH RISK Worksite
      • Alarming Number of Workers Fail to Wear Required Protective Equipment
      • Man accused of posing as OSHA inspector arrested
      • Load Center Capacity Calculator
      • Hazardous Locations (Examples from OSHA)
      • Mapping a regulation from concept to publication
      • Changes in OSHA's HAZCOM may impact EPA Compliance!?!?! (Huh?)
      • OSHA publishes removal criteria for employers from the Severe Violator Enforcement Program
      • "Hazardous Locations" and complying with the "new" 1910.307
      • QNFT or QLFT, which is acceptable for an emergency responder entering IDLH atm’s?
      • OSHA Boot Camp
      • Is air monitoring required to establish respiratory protection levels?
      • OSHA updating Head Protection Standard in both GI and Const
      • Respirator Facial Hair Diagrams
      • The Use of Contact Lenses in an Industrial Environment (ACOEM Guidelines)
      • What ANSI Z87.1-2003 changes in Safety Glasses Requirements
      • Machine Guarding Applications and Attributes
      • General Industry Standards with Training Requirements
      • General Industry Standards Written Program Requirements
      • OSHA General Industry Requirements for Labels, Signs, Postings, etc.
      • ASTM Developing Standard to Test Resistance to Fogging of Eye Protection Devices
      • ACGIH® Presents Hearing Conservation Program Management Webinar – September 12, 2012
      • Complying with OSHA's PPE Standards
      • OSHA FACOSH Recommends Updating PELs by Executive Order for Feds
      • Hotwork tank explosions - OSHA is not the problem!
      • MSHA Machine Guarding ppt
      • Did you know… Emergency Egress and Alarm Systems
      • 2012 HAZCOM GHS ppt from OSHA
      • Hearing Protection Attenuation Evaluation, has it been done?
      • Electrical Safety Videos from ESFi
      • OSHA amends 1910.1030 (BBP)
      • OSHA TRAINING REQUIREMENTS (presentation from OSHA)
      • Work-Related Burns in Michigan: First Annual Report (January 2009 – December 2009)
      • Annual Review and Scheduled Modification to OSHA's Administrative Penalty Policy
      • Disconnect for Electrical-Discharge Lighting Existing Fluorescent Luminaire
      • Employer Safety Incentive and Disincentive Policies and Practices
      • March 2012 Update on OSHA’s Refinery & Chemical National Emphasis Programs
      • Need some Procedures for your Emergency Response Program?
      • OSHA Clarifies the Requirements for annual refresher training under OSHA's HAZWOPER standard
      • Ever wondered how many OSHA standards require an actual written program, Qualified person, Competent person, etc.?
      • Hearing Protectors, Safety Glasses, and Respiratory Protective Equipment in Combination: Effect on Sound Attenuation
      • HAZWOPER Training MUST consist of MORE THAN video training
      • CAUTION: Your Safety Warnings May Not Be Working
      • A VERY interesting look at Safety Regulations from ABC's John Stossel's Blog and was on 20/20 a while back
      • WA-OSHA enacts NEW Safety Standards for Electrical Workers
      • A Guide to The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS)
      • Company argues before the OSHRC that LOTO does not apply to their die changing activities - an analysis of a OSHRC 2009 decision
      • PPE payment for static dissipative safety-toe footwear
      • Real world use and performance of hearing protection
      • Summary and Explanation of Revisions to the Acetylene Standard as it applies to cylinders
      • Computer based tools for workplace heat stress
      • What is the difference between "street glasses" and ANSI High Impact Safety Glasses
      • Virginia State OSHA has passed a "Reverse Signal Operation" standard for BOTH General Industry and Construction Industries
      • OSHA 10-Hour Construction Safety Course Now MANDATORY in Seven States
      • TRENCHING AND EXCAVATION “BY THE NUMBERS”
      • Recordkeeping and Fatality Reporting Quiz
      • Looking for help with decisions on Eyewashes and Safety Showers?
      • Ever heard of "Access to employee exposure and medical records" (e.g. 1910.1020)
      • OSHA's new APF guidance document focuses on mandatory respirator selection provisions added to existing Respiratory Protection standard
      • OSHA's new guidance document focuses on mandatory respirator selection provisions added to existing Respiratory Protection standard
      • 1910.212(a)(1) applies to unguarded rotating chucks on lathes
      • Hearing Protectors Attenuation Analysis
      • Last Chance Agreements – Company properly fired maintenance employee for not wearing side shields on safety glasses – violated the LCA
      • Compressed Gas Cylinder Seperation
      • How to Read the OSHA Standards 29 CFR 1910 – General Industry
      • OSHA Compliance and perceived "paperwork deficiencies"
      • FY 2011 End of Year Federal OSHA Inspection Data
      • Roof work and proper Fall Protection
      • What type of respirator do I need?
      • New Recordkeeping interpretation. Question 10-4
      • Cost of Falls and Workers Comp
      • The new GHS HazCom Std review by the OMB has been "extended"
      • OSHA claims "cost savings" with the new GHS Hazcom Std
      • REMINDER: Post your OSHA Log Annual Summary by February 1st
      • 2011 Top 10 Federal Standards with the Most “Other-Than-Serious Violations” Cited
      • 2011 Top 10 Federal Standards with the Most “Repeat Violations” Cited
      • 2011 Top 10 Federal Standards with the Most “Serious Violations” Cited
      • 2011 Top 10 Federal Standards with the Most “Willful Violations” Cited
      • 2011 Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Federal Standards w/Sections Cited
      • FYI... OSHA Outreach Monitoring Report
      • Top 10 MSHA Citations for 2010
      • OSHA Activity Update
      • OSHA's SVEP Decision Matrix
      • OSHA Region V Fatality Stats as of 10/1/11
      • UPDATE on 2011 OSHA Activities and what to expect in 2012
      • ANSI-ISEA 207-2011 - Revision to High Visibilty Vests
      • OSHA Training - Flat Roofing Safety 2011
      • UPDATED: OSHA's 2011 Top 10 OSHA Violations
      • UPDATED - Training Requirements in OSHA Standards and Training Guidelines
      • Compressed Air Hazards and Acceptable Methods for Complying with 1910.242(b)
      • Alternating Tread Type Stair
      • States that require a 10/30 hour OSHA card
      • Machine Guarding ppt from OSHA Region V
      • GREAT Forklift Training PPT from OSHA Region V
      • Top Ten things to do OR NOT to do during OSHA Inspections
      • Ladder Safety - Too many falls!
      • VPP Policy Memorandum #5: VPP and Safety Incentive Programs
      • Pedestal Grinder Safety
      • UPDATE - Did you know there is a Right & Wrong way to mount a forklift cylinder?
      • Reading fire extinguisher labels
      • Understanding UL "Listing" and "Approved" - there is a BIG Difference
      • Respiratory Protection Program Administrator
      • Air Pressure Receiver CATASTROPHIC FAILURE
      • OSHA revisions strengthen Outreach Training Program
      • OSHA restates that if employees do not understand English, their training MUST be in a language and vocabulary they understand
      • OSHA answers questions regarding Eyewash and Safety Showers
      • FREE Respirator Software from NIOSH
      • NIOSH Hearing Loss Simulator Instruction and Training Guide
      • 1910.212(a)(1) applies to unguarded rotating chucks on lathes
      • Compactor or Baler safety protocols
      • SAFETY REMINDER - if you have a "compactor" or "baler" and you want a GREAT resource on how to manage and operate them safely...look no further!
      • What is the difference between "street glasses" and ANSI High Impact Safety Glasses
      • Ever heard of "Access to employee exposure and medical records"
      • Fire Extinguishers & HAZCOM Labeling
      • OSHA & Eyewashes
      • Clearance in front of electrical panels - why does OSHA require it?
      • Facial Hair, Respirators, and Fit Testing
      • Is your Respirator Cleaning methods compliant?
      • Consumer Products & HAZCOM requirements
      • Can your HAZCOM program stand-up to a OSHA inspection?
      • National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors release Violation Findings Fourth Quarter Report
      • OSHA's Issues Compliance Directive on Personal Protective Equipment
      • Are some of OSHA's proposed standards hindering job creation?
      • Drinking Chrome – New Studies Expose Threats to Tap Water
      • CSB Releases New Safety Video on One Year Anniversary of Kleen Energy to Show Hazards of Gas Releases
      • Protecting Respiratory Health: What Should be the Constituents of an Effective RPE Programme?
      • If you have a trash compactor in your workplace, you will want to read this OSHRC decision
      • West Virginia Enacts CSB Plan for Licensed Propane Techs
      • OSHA will continue requiring independent safety testing for electrical devices
      • St. Louis employers ordered incarcerated for failing to comply with OSHA citations and court sanctions
      • OSHA withdraws proposed interpretation on noise
      • OSHA temporarily withdraws proposed column for work-related musculoskeletal disorders, reaches out to small businesses
      • OSHA is planning for the I2P2 rule
      • OSHA Training Institute Centers to begin charging a card processing fee for 10 and 30 hour cards
      • Regional VPP Recommendations from OSHA Assessments
      • Facial Survey Results Region VI
    • UPDATES
      • HUGE Memorial Day UPDATE
    • PSM and RMP Citations/Analysis
      • EPA RMP citations @ Ethanol Plant - Startup w/o RMP in place ($30K)
      • EPA RMP citations @ Food Warehouse ($1,800)
      • OSHA issues PSM citations to propane facility after fire ($105,000)
      • EPA RMP citations @ Food Distribution (NH3 Refrigeration $5,100)
      • OSHA cites Dairy facility for 14 violations of workplace standards ($74,610)
      • EPA RMP citations @ Wheat Milling operation ($4K)
      • EPA cites Ammonia Distributor $5,000
      • EPA cites Ammonia Ag Distributor $2,800
      • EPA RMP citations @ (Ethanol Plant w/Ammonia & $46K)
      • EPA RMP citations @ Natural Gas Processing Plant (Flammables & $42K)
      • Major RMP Settlement agreement (NH3 refrigeration; $3.9M & $300K to FDs)
      • EPA RMP citations @ Motor Vehicle Parts and Accessories Plant ($119K toluene 2,4 diisocyanate and toluene 2,6 diisocyanate)
      • EPA RMP citations @ Food Plant (NH3 & $4K)
      • EPA RMP citations @ Ethanol Plant (NH3 and $4K)
      • OSHA has cited a refinery with repeat, serious and o-t-s violations (PSM $281K)
      • EPA RMP Program 2 Citations $5,400 (NH3 Plant)
      • EPA RMP General Duty Clause citations $35,000 (release of H2 from a improperly installed gasket by the manufacturer of vessel - NOT the facility)
      • OSHA has cited a chemical facility with 14 safety violations (PSM NEP $63K)
      • Anyone who thinks EPA will not issue citations (NOVs) for not documenting WCS and ARS is WRONG... here is proof
      • EPA RMP citations @ meat plant (NH3 refrigeration)
      • EPA RMP citations @ a refinery
      • EPA RMP citations @ paint plant ($62K)
      • EPA RMP citations @ Ethanol Plant ($30K)
      • OSHA cites foods plant for PSM, LOTO, PRCS, ER (NH3 refrigeration)
      • Ethanol Plant receives RMP citations (NH3)
      • EPA RMP Citations at food distribution business (NH3 Refrigeration)
      • OSHA cites manufacturer for 23 serious safety violations, proposes $123,000 in fines (PSM, ER, LOTO, PRCS)
      • EPA RMP General Duty Clause citations $75,000 (LOPC @ Refinery)
      • CAL-OSHA cites refinery $963,200 (PSM)
      • OSHA cites pasta manufacturing plant with 12 safety & PSM violations (NH3 Refrigeration)
      • EPA RMP General Duty Clause citations (Storage of acids and International Fire Code)
      • EPA RMP citations @ WWTP (Chlorine; $4,129)
      • EPA's RMP* Comp and Ammonia's ERPG-2
      • RMP citations @ WWTP
      • EPA issues RMP citations (NH3 Refrigeration)
      • EPA issues RMP citations to two (2) Program Level 2 WWTPs (Chlorine)
      • EPA issues RMP citations to a Program Level 2 Ammonia Plant
      • EPA cites for failing to submit a RMP (NH3 Refrigeration)
      • EPA RMP General Duty Clause citations (NH3 Refrigeration)
      • Refinery to pay $115K penalty and improve Risk Management Plan (PHA, SOP, MI)
      • OSHA cites a chicken processing and wholesale distribution company with REPEAT and SERIOUS PSM violations (NH3 Refrigeration)
      • EPA Settles with Fruit Company for RMP Violations (NH3 Refrigeration)
      • OSHA issues WILLFULS in PSM and Serious in LOTO, PPE, Electrical, PIT
      • Unsafe line break into a NH3 line results in three workers hospitalized and more than $55K in fines
      • OSHA cites 50 safety violations, proposes $917,000 in fines after flammable liquid explosion
      • EPA's RMP General Duty Clause and a challenge to the definition of an EHS
      • OSHA settles PSM citations with refinery ($400,000)
      • OSHA cites retail business distribution center with multiple serious PSM violations (NH3 refrigeration)
      • OSHA PSM Citations @ pharmaceutical manufacturing facility for $51K
      • Refinery to pay $378,000 penalty, address accident prevention and preparedness
      • OSHA cites paint business $138K for PSM deficiencies (Flammable Liquids)
      • A rare RMP General Duty Clause citation (NH3 refrigeration)
      • EPA Region 10 RMP Citations @ two (2) fruit companies (NH3 Refrigeration)
      • PSM NEP inspection results in 10 Serious and 1 other-than-serious citations totaling $67,000
      • (UPDATED 12/26/12) EPA fines two natural gas plants $316,000 for RMP violations
      • $117K in PSM Citations (PSI, PHA, SOP/SWP, MI, Audits)
      • Ohio EPA Issues RMP NOV's
      • OSHA cites Food Plant $157,000 for 27 serious safety and health violations (PSM)
      • EPA cites three (3) NH3 refrigeration processes in May 2012
    • Chemical Process Safety (PSM/RMP)
      • TX Fertilizer Plant Explosion analysis (videos/photos)
      • Boiler & Pressure Vessel accidents by year (from NBIC)
      • What differentiates a GREAT PSM/RMP audit from a "so-so" audit?
      • What is LUP & PADHI and what does it have to do with West Fertilizer?
      • How many Program 2 RMPs like West Fertilizer are out here?
      • West, TX Fertilizer... a lesson in "process safety" and the "retail facility" exemption?
      • Animation of Fire at Chevron's Richmond Refinery, August 6, 2012
      • How could the TX fertilizer plant be a Program 2 RMP?
      • Hydrogen Fluoride Study, Report to Congress Section 112(n)(6) Clean Air Act As Amended
      • Nonsparking Tools (USFA)
      • Emergency Shutdown Systems and Hydrostatic Relief Valves
      • OSHA's "hydrocarbon fuel exemption” in PSM
      • Facility Siting 101 - Vehicle Barriers around critical equipment (NH3 Tank Damage from Semi - Photos/Layout/RMP)
      • What are the requirements when a component in my covered process was built to an OLD "out of circulation" RAGAGEP?
      • The CSB and API appear to be at odds on Recommended Practice ANSI/RPI 755, Fatigue Risk Management Systems for Personnel in the Refining and Petrochemical Industries, First Edition, April 2010
      • Splitting the hairs of Process Safety (Battery Limits and Changes)
      • Potential Issues When Wearing Non-Fire Resistant Base Layers with Outerwear Fire-Resistant Garments
      • Guidance on Handling Cases Developed Pursuant to the FRC Enforcement Policy Memorandum
      • Transport Company indicted in SC woman's ammonia death (Unloading NH3)
      • PSM/RMP Trick Question (Poll)
      • A "Manufacturer's Recommended Practice" is a RAGAGEP
      • HAZLOCs and Ventilation and Classification
      • A flaw with referencing info in PSM/RMP Operating Procedures
      • Understanding the requirements of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
      • OUTSTANDING Process Safety Information Worksheet
      • Evaluating your Mechanical Integrity Program effectiveness
      • Inside look at EPA's Ammonia Alarm Expectations
      • Pressure Vessel Update (NB-132, Revision 8)
      • OSHA's "Process Opening" Hazard Information Bulletin
      • Unloading HAZMATs and PSM/RMP
      • Catastrophic failure of RRCar while being steamed (Excess temp leads to exotherm runaway)
      • Cargo Hose Rupture and Release of Anhydrous Ammonia During Offloading of a Cargo Tank Motor Vehicle at a Plant (7/15/09)
      • Do NOT rely on Excess Flow Valves (EFV)
      • Can I count the activation of my safety system as an actual test of the system?
      • UPDATE: CCTV video of the Mexico Refinery Explosion on 9/19/12
      • Sulphur sticks and ammonia leaks... are you in compliance when using these leak detection devices?
      • Hotwork Safety (UPDATED w/ NEW Hotwork data 12/04/12)
      • ASME UG-140... Overpressure protection by System Design
      • Non-Routine process opening (e.g. "Line Break")
      • What does ASME Section VIII say about "torquing values"?
      • OSHA issues PSM citations after run-away reaction results in the hospitalization of 40 workers
      • OSHA issues PSM, HAZCOM, Asbestos, BBP, Fire Extinguishers, Walking/Working, Ladders, Guarding, Electrical, GDC, Hotwork,
      • Hydrostatic Relief Valves and Propane Systems
      • ASME "Lethal Service"
      • Third Public Review of Standard BSR/IIAR 7-201x, Developing Operating Procedures for Closed-Circuit Ammonia Mechanical Refrigerating Systems
      • Sixth Public Review of Standard BSR/IIAR 5-201x, Start-up and Commissioning of Closed-Circuit Ammonia Mechanical Refrigerating Systems
      • Internal Combustion Engines as Ignition Sources
      • Evaluation of Health Effects of a Chlorine Gas Release in a Poultry Processing Plant - Arkansas
      • RMP reporting requirements, when to update, and how to submit using the new web-based system
      • RMP's “Stationary Source” and "Incident to Transportation" exemption challenged
      • EPA to audit the CSB????
      • PSM Information Collection Requirements
      • The infamous "Process Safety Contractor Safety Study" by the John Gray Institute
      • Phillips 66 Explosion & Fire - Pasadena, TX 1989
      • EPA Region X's RMP "Managment Plan" Example
      • A review of OSHRC PSM Citations following a 32,000 pound release (NH3 Refrigeration)
      • Preliminary fire testing of composite offshore pedestrian gratings
      • Perfect example of using the "Elimination/Substitution" in the hierarchy of controls as well as IST
      • What is it? (Hint: Common PSM Safe Guard)
      • National Board RV Testing Data
      • Putting Seward, IL 38,000 NH3 release into some perspective
      • Can Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) occur in Ammonia Piping?
      • Flixborough... the beginning of the PSM movement
      • VIDEO UPDATE on Fatal HF Release - 5 Dead 18 Injured
      • Ohio Fire Code Requirements for Mechanical Refrigeration facilities using Ammonia
      • OSHA Enforcement Memo - Use of Flexible Hoses in Toxic Gas Service (10/2/2012)
      • Ohio's PSM/RMP General Duty Clause
      • Process Safety and Ohio State Fire & HAZMAT Codes
      • Applications and Limitations of Excess Flow Valves
      • Ammonia Releases in North Carolina (1993-1997 Data)
      • Loss of Containment (LOC) Data
      • Liquefied Gas Conversion Chart
      • When we claim alarms as "safe guards" in our PHA
      • TOSHA cites Refinery $63,000 for Fatal Flash Fire (PSM, LOTO, PPE)
      • EPA Region 10 RMP Newsletter- great resource!
      • Ammonia Fatality @ Winery
      • Amuay UCVE Event Aug 25, 2012
      • Process Safety and "Human Factors" (w/ video)
      • CCTV Video & photos from Chevron's Richmond, CA refinery fire
      • OSHA issues PSM citations to a TX Refinery
      • OSHA issues PSM, Explosives, PPE, Machine Guarding, LOTO, Electrical, and Flammable Liquid citations after explosion at a fireworks plant
      • When someone tells you Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) is not an issue with NH3...
      • Hydrostatic Relief Devices vs. Qualified Operator, which is required?
      • Auditing Process Safety Management Systems
      • OSHA issues $111K in PSM Citations following explosion that severely injured worker (PSM)
      • Flixborough Explosion (1974)
      • (8/25/12 UPDATE from DOT) IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING (NH3) AND (LPG) HOSES
      • Risks associated with Loading and Unloading HAZMAT
      • ANSI/ASME B31 - Standards of Pressure Piping
      • The 12 sections of the Boiler Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC)
      • EPA fines the US Olympic Park for RMP violations related to their Anhydrous Ammonia refrigeration process
      • EPA Region X RMP/EPCRA Actions April 1-June 30, 2012
      • Process Safety and “Critical Utilities”
      • Has EPA established a new selection criteria for RMP inspections?
      • MI Inspection of Anhydrous Ammonia Vessel (No PWHT)
      • Now this is Process Safety Information!!
      • August 2012 CCPS Process Beacon - HOTWORK HAZARDS
      • Flammable vapour cloud risks from tank overfilling incidents
      • Excellent depiction of PSM/RMP Process Arrangements
      • "It's just Ammonia" - yep it sure is!
      • Another "Culture" Failure leads to major pipeline incident
      • Inherently Safer Design (CSB Video)
      • Process Safety, Staffing, and responding to alarms
      • Can a spring-loaded Pressure Safety Valve be installed horitionally?
      • PSM Enforcement UPDATE from Region V
      • A NON-PSM chemical impacting a PSM covered process
      • WA-OSHA latest State Plan to implement PSM CHEM NEP
      • “LOPC” of an ammonia pipe in unoccupied refrigerated spaces
      • Culpeper, Va. settles alleged environmental violations at water treatment facility (RMP-Chlorine)
      • Flammable Liquid and Gas PSM Citations
      • What ISA-84 can do for process safety
      • Considering failure of engineering controls in a PHA
      • Process Safety and Hotwork requirements
      • Understanding ISA-84
      • EPA RMP Q&A on latitude and longitude coordinates (April 2011)
      • FREE CCPS Reactivity Management Tool (RMT)
      • June 2012 CCPS Process Beacon - Nitrogen – Hazard and Safeguard!
      • Ammonia Explosion News Accounts
      • EPA announces summary of enforcement actions for Winter 2012
      • Does your PSM/RMP included power systems?
      • DHS completes the 1000th Compliance Assistance Visit (CAV)
      • FREE COPY of Z49.1:2012 Safety in Welding, Cutting, and Allied Processes
      • Anhydrous Ammonia Tank Catastrophic Failure
      • Relief Valve sizing and combustible/flammable storage
      • Has PSM driven us to dillute some “engineering standards”?
      • Why NH3 Vessels MUST be rated for -20F
      • Implementation of New ASME Stamp for Pressure Relief Devices
      • Bypassing of storage tank safety features
      • Compliant with RAGAGEP?
      • May 2012 CCPS Process Beacon - Mechanical Integrity of Tubing
      • PSM/RMP Tip and the NEW GHS HazCom
      • Are we overdoing procedures?
      • Workplace Health and Safety Queensland - Ammonia National Audit Program results
      • 2012 April CCPS Process Beacon - Unloading to the wrong tank
      • Using the common practice of “Draining Oil Pots” on refrigeration systems to examine the differences between “controlled” and “uncontrolled” releases of ammonia
      • Ammonia Incidents in Oregon from 1993-2007
      • An interesting "Facility Change" that fell through the cracks
      • The finer points of OSHA’s and EPA’s Management of Change requirements
      • EPA cancels their July 2012 Public Access to RMPs
      • UK's HSE REVIEW OF AMMONIA INCIDENTS 1992 - 1998
      • UK's HSE REVIEW OF CHLORINE INCIDENTS 1992 - 1998
      • Stairs vs. Ladders and Emergency Egress
      • Taking credit for a building in a WCS under RMP
      • March 2012 Update on OSHA’s Refinery & Chemical National Emphasis Programs
      • Does your facility “Car Seal” or “Lock Open” Valves? Do NOT use your LOTO Locks!
      • A close look at Incident Investigation techniques A MUST READ for ALL Safety Pro's
      • Ammonia HAZARD ALERT issued by NC-OSHA in response to a fatal accident involving NH3
      • Annual SOP Certifications for PSM/RMP
      • VPP Application Supplement for the Sites Subject to the Process Safety Management (PSM) Standard
      • Temporary MOC’s and Temporary Electrical Power
      • Ammonia and HAZLOC's (join the debate)
      • DHS Jack Rabbit CL2 and NH3 Release Testing presentation video (NO video of releases)
      • Mechanical Ventilation - General Rules to live by
      • The IMPORTANCE of Hydrostatic relief valves in Ammonia Systems
      • 2012 March CCPS Process Beacon - Double Block & Bleed Explanation
      • Difference between OSHA’s PSM and EPA’s RMP requirements
      • Comparison of RMP and PSM Chemicals and Thresholds
      • State of Massachusetts Hazardous Materials Processing regulation (527 CMR 33)
      • Challenging the NH3 Refrigeration & Electrical Classification (UPDATED 3/3/12)
      • Is the act of loading/unloading a PSM/RMP chemical exempt from OSHA/EPA enforcement?
      • Can a PHA done for OSHA's PSM be used for EPA's RMP Compliance?
      • How many threads of a bolt must be showing outside a nut to meet RAGAGEP?
      • Hotwork - Learning from Losses
      • Change(s) that REQUIRE a PHA revalidation
      • Interesting RMP Statistics - Where does your process rank?
      • Summary of Ammonia Accidents In the United States To Which OSHA Responded
      • PSM Scenario Challenge - Response
      • Hotwork Safety
      • Ammonia Gas Explosion
      • Use of High Visibility Vest in Safety Programs
      • NFPA 30 offers some GREAT facility siting for NEW process vessels
      • Process Hazards Analysis and “Safeguards”
      • “Operator Rounds” in a PSM/RMP Covered Process
      • NH3 Unloading Incident (30 Tons Release)
      • AMMONIA SPILLS IN WISCONSIN 1993-2009
      • Establishing your safe upper and lower limits for FLOWS
      • Establishing Safe Upper and Lower Limits
      • Key provisions of the PSM Preamble
      • Tracking Corrective Actions to closure
      • PSM, Flammable Liquids, & Secondary Containment
      • Current EPA plans call for the re-establishment of internet access to the non Off-site Consequence Analysis (OCA) sections of the RMP database beginning in July of 2012
      • OSHA Launches their PSM Covered Chemical Facilities NEP
      • The Borden's Ammonia Explosion December 11, 1983
      • Flammable Liquids Tank Integrity Learnings
      • Importance of MAINTANING your Explosion Proof Equipment (Video)
      • PHA and Loss of Power
      • OSHA's Pressure Vessel "Cheat Sheet"
      • The Jack Rabbit Test Program Trial Summary - NH3 and CL2 Release Studies
      • PSM Battery Limits - it may not be as simple as "Interconnected"
      • More OSHA PSM Citations on a NH3 Refrigeration Process (includes NO MOC on personnel changes!)
      • Explosion of MDEA Storage Tank
      • How strong does my explosion have to be to do damage?
      • Another valve that needs to be Car-Sealed OPEN
      • Vulnerability of oil contaminated fire retardant coveralls
      • Contractors and chemical process safety?
      • Features of successful Safety Management System (SMS)
      • Electrical Classification for Hazardous Locations
      • How secure are your safety systems?
      • Management of Change (MOC) and Procedures
      • Is EPA setting a standard for PSM/RMP Staffing Levels?
      • Anhydrous Ammonia Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) Incident sends 5 to hospital
      • Animation of January 23, 2010 Phosgene Accident
      • CFATS Personnel Surety Privacy Impact Assessment is now available
      • Truck Drivers being your DOT HAZMAT Attendant and potential safety and health concerns
      • What does EPA's RMP "General Duty Clause" actually require?
      • Process Safety and Security Guards
      • HOTWORK Tank Explosion (Video)
      • PSM Chemical Plant NEP UPDATE March 2011
      • PSM/RMP "co-location" or "proximity" when determing PSM/RMP Applicability
      • Worst Case Release Scenario and Severe Weather
      • RMP*eSubmit Webinar Presentation
      • THE REAL COST of an accident!
      • A perfect storm in the making...have we learned our lesson?
      • RMP eSubmit Webinar Questions and Answers
      • RMP Worst Case Scenario considerations
      • Another Example of Torque Requirements - GASKETS
      • Torque Examples - Mechanical-Joint Assembly
      • Torque Requirements and Process Safety Management
      • Fire Watches and their Fire Extinguishers
      • PSM and Electronic Management Systems and Emergency Power Systems
      • Is Your Welding Hot Work Policy in Compliance (VIDEO - 5 minutes)
      • Dangers of Hot Work - VIDEO (14 Min)
      • Maintain Process Safety During the Recession (Video)
      • Is your Fire Extinguisher Conractor covered under PSM?
      • Changing your RMP Emergency Contact
      • Ammonia HAZARD ALERT issued by NC-OSHA in response to a fatal accident involving NH3
      • New Leading and Lagging Indicators of Process Safety Performance
      • When is Flame Retardant Clothing (FRC) Really required?
      • PSM Operating Procedures Survey Conducted
      • Is OSHA Targeting Ammonia Refrigeration & Chlorine water treatment processes in their new PSM NEP?
      • States with RMP accidents causing at least one off-site Death
      • EPA's General Duty Clause for RMP
      • More on EPA's General Duty Clause
      • Top 10 RMP Chemicals by On-Site Quantities
      • Refinery Heat Exchanger Failure Fatality
      • Concurrent Operating Procedures…Emergency Shutdown and Start-Up after ESD
      • Some GREAT PHA Observations from one of the best in the business
      • Some GREAT Process Safety Observations from one of the best in the business
      • How do you define a PSM/RMP contractor and what does your evaluation process look like?
      • NH3 Releases occuring in NY state from 1993-98
      • Difference in Emergency SOPs and Emergency Response Plan
      • Unloading Hoses and PSM/RMP
      • IMPORTANT NOTICE regarding NH3 and LPG hoses
      • Hot Work Requirements and Combustible Dusts
      • Hot Work Preparation and OSHA Requirements
      • Hot Work Safety and learning from others costly errors
      • Better be thinking MOC before you do RBI
      • Mechanical integrity management of bulk storage tanks
      • Trick Question or legit question for PSM Compliance? Contractor Evaluations and PRCS Rescue Evaluations
      • What are "Temporary Operations" in regards to PSM Operating Procedures 1910.119(f)(1)(i)(C)
      • The difference between a MOC and PSSR
      • Staffing and Management of Change
      • Buyer BEWARE regarding off-site Operator & Maintenance training courses
      • What is a RAGAGEP?...and what it is NOT
      • Ventilation...Can I use it to declassify a HAZLOC?
      • Missed Preventive Maintenance Inspections/Tests
      • Emergency Shutdown (when does it get activated)
      • Car Seal Program and Relief Valves
      • How to use your PHA to write your SOPs
      • Starting point for PSM Facility Siting when dealing with Flammables (updated with LPG on 8/12/12)
      • Is your Diking in your PSI and MI
      • Tips when performing PHA's and how Chemical Process Safety should be viewed
      • Buying a used PSM/RMP facility or used equipment for PSM/RMP
      • Report reveals fundamental management flaws lay behind Buncefield disaster
      • UPDATE on Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS)
      • CSB Releases Case Study on Fatal 2008 Accident at a Tire and Rubber Plant
      • Car-Seal Programs and how they operate
      • Flaw in NH3 Emergency Ventilation Design?
      • Managing your Relief Valves
      • "Lessons Learned" potentials from Japan's Nuclear Problems
      • Liquid Penetrant Examination
      • Guidance for Conducting Risk Management Program Inspections under Clean Air Act Section 112(r)
      • LOPA and SIS/SIL
      • Valves installed backwards?
      • 2010 SECTION VIII — DIVISION 1 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX M - INSTALLATION AND OPERATION
      • OR-OSHA changes their PSM applicability to NH3 Fertilizer and the impact it will have on RMP
      • Techniques for assigning a Target Safety Integrity Level (SIL)
      • Post Weld Heat Treating (PWHT) failure
      • Re-Submitting your RMP
      • RMP Facilities in the United States as of December 2009
      • A reverse look at Facility Siting and Change Management
      • MAJOR CHEMICAL DISASTERS IN INDIA
      • National Board Inspection Code vs. API 510
      • Relief Valve Maintenance & Testing
      • Replacement in Kind... is it really?
      • Refinery NEP UPDATE (12/5/07)
      • Comparison of Pressure Vessel Inspection Requirements in Refrigeration Industry
      • Comparison of Piping Inspection Requirements in Refrigeration Industry
      • Corrosion Rates and Remaining Life/Fitness for Service
      • Summary of the RMP Chemical Exemptions
      • How does OSHA and EPA define "retail establishment" in regards to their "exemptions" from PSM/RMP
      • Catastrophic Failure during pneumatic pressure test
      • The power of a vacuum (photo)
      • Stress Corrosion Cracking of Steel in Liquefied Ammonia Service - A Recapitulation
      • The advantage of utilizing a Contractor Work Permit
      • What does "relief system design basis" mean?
      • Cellular Phones and Other Risks in Classified Areas
      • The BASICS on PRESSURE VESSEL SAFETY
      • RMP Program Level Determination Flowchart
      • RMP and Transportation Containers
      • PSM & RMP Citations / Analysis
        • EPA RMP citations @ Ethanol Plant - Startup w/o RMP in place ($30K)
        • EPA RMP citations @ Food Warehouse ($1,800)
        • OSHA issues PSM citations to propane facility after fire ($105,000)
        • EPA RMP citations @ Food Distribution (NH3 Refrigeration $5,100)
        • OSHA cites Dairy facility for 14 violations of workplace standards ($74,610)
        • EPA RMP citations @ Wheat Milling operation ($4K)
        • EPA cites Ammonia Distributor $5,000
        • EPA cites Ammonia Ag Distributor $2,800
        • EPA RMP citations @ (Ethanol Plant w/Ammonia & $46K)
        • EPA RMP citations @ Natural Gas Processing Plant (Flammables & $42K)
        • Major RMP Settlement agreement (NH3 refrigeration; $3.9M & $300K to FDs)
        • EPA RMP citations @ Motor Vehicle Parts and Accessories Plant ($119K toluene 2,4 diisocyanate and toluene 2,6 diisocyanate)
        • EPA RMP citations @ Food Plant (NH3 & $4K)
        • EPA RMP citations @ Ethanol Plant (NH3 and $4K)
        • OSHA has cited a refinery with repeat, serious and o-t-s violations (PSM $281K)
        • EPA RMP Program 2 Citations $5,400 (NH3 Plant)
        • EPA RMP General Duty Clause citations $35,000 (release of H2 from a improperly installed gasket by the manufacturer of vessel - NOT the facility)
        • OSHA has cited a chemical facility with 14 safety violations (PSM NEP $63K)
        • Anyone who thinks EPA will not issue citations (NOVs) for not documenting WCS and ARS is WRONG... here is proof
        • EPA RMP citations @ meat plant (NH3 refrigeration)
        • EPA RMP citations @ a refinery
        • EPA RMP citations @ paint plant ($62K)
        • EPA RMP citations @ Ethanol Plant ($30K)
        • OSHA cites foods plant for PSM, LOTO, PRCS, ER (NH3 refrigeration)
        • Ethanol Plant receives RMP citations (NH3)
        • EPA RMP Citations at food distribution business (NH3 Refrigeration)
        • OSHA cites manufacturer for 23 serious safety violations, proposes $123,000 in fines (PSM, ER, LOTO, PRCS)
        • EPA RMP General Duty Clause citations $75,000 (LOPC @ Refinery)
        • CAL-OSHA cites refinery $963,200 (PSM)
        • OSHA cites pasta manufacturing plant with 12 safety & PSM violations (NH3 Refrigeration)
        • EPA RMP General Duty Clause citations (Storage of acids and International Fire Code)
        • EPA RMP citations @ WWTP (Chlorine; $4,129)
        • EPA's RMP* Comp and Ammonia's ERPG-2
        • RMP citations @ WWTP
        • EPA issues RMP citations (NH3 Refrigeration)
        • EPA issues RMP citations to two (2) Program Level 2 WWTPs (Chlorine)
        • EPA issues RMP citations to a Program Level 2 Ammonia Plant
        • EPA cites for failing to submit a RMP (NH3 Refrigeration)
        • EPA RMP General Duty Clause citations (NH3 Refrigeration)
        • Refinery to pay $115K penalty and improve Risk Management Plan (PHA, SOP, MI)
        • OSHA cites a chicken processing and wholesale distribution company with REPEAT and SERIOUS PSM violations (NH3 Refrigeration)
        • EPA Settles with Fruit Company for RMP Violations (NH3 Refrigeration)
        • OSHA issues WILLFULS in PSM and Serious in LOTO, PPE, Electrical, PIT
        • Unsafe line break into a NH3 line results in three workers hospitalized and more than $55K in fines
        • OSHA cites 50 safety violations, proposes $917,000 in fines after flammable liquid explosion
        • EPA's RMP General Duty Clause and a challenge to the definition of an EHS
        • OSHA settles PSM citations with refinery ($400,000)
        • OSHA cites retail business distribution center with multiple serious PSM violations (NH3 refrigeration)
        • OSHA PSM Citations @ pharmaceutical manufacturing facility for $51K
        • Refinery to pay $378,000 penalty, address accident prevention and preparedness
        • OSHA cites paint business $138K for PSM deficiencies (Flammable Liquids)
        • A rare RMP General Duty Clause citation (NH3 refrigeration)
        • EPA Region 10 RMP Citations @ two (2) fruit companies (NH3 Refrigeration)
        • PSM NEP inspection results in 10 Serious and 1 other-than-serious citations totaling $67,000
        • (UPDATED 12/26/12) EPA fines two natural gas plants $316,000 for RMP violations
        • $117K in PSM Citations (PSI, PHA, SOP/SWP, MI, Audits)
        • Ohio EPA Issues RMP NOV's
        • OSHA cites Food Plant $157,000 for 27 serious safety and health violations (PSM)
        • EPA cites three (3) NH3 refrigeration processes in May 2012
    • Combustible Dust
      • COMBUSTIBLE DUST Producing Processes (Ontario Fire Code Illustrated Commentary)
      • ‘‘Worker Protection against Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires Act of 2013’’ (H.R. 691)
      • Dust explosions in the food industry
      • CSB - Iron in the Fire (Com Dust Fatality Investigation)
      • Difference of Airborne dusts vs. pile of dusts
      • Combustible metal dust testing (Video)
      • 60 Minutes Special on Combustible Dusts Issues
      • Dust Collector / Bag House Dust Explosion (VIDEO)
      • CSB Imperial Sugar Accident Animation Video
      • Inferno: Dust Explosion at Imperial Sugar
      • Combustible Dust: An Insidious Hazard
      • Mythbusters - Creamer Cannon (Video_
      • Saw Dust Explosion (Video)
      • Dust Explosion created from 12lbs of material
      • MSHA coal dust explosion demonstration
      • Dust explosion in closed vessel (Video)
      • Grain Dust Explosion threw Kevin Saunders 300 feet killed 10 (Video)
      • Grain Dust Explosion Simulator (Video)
      • How Dust Explodes (Video)
      • How Much dust is too much?
      • Hazardous Materials: Dust Collection Explosion Vents
      • Interesting EU Dust Explosion Stats
    • Emergency Response
      • Infamous video of FF blown off Ladder Truck in Pasadena, TX
      • Scene Management is a function of IC
      • FREE Emergency HAZMAT Planning Guide
      • The lost art of preplanning and the role of the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)
      • West, TX Explosion and Community Emergency Response Plan?
      • HIGH CHALLENGE Warehousing: Ammonium Nitrate as a typical case study (NFPA)
      • Sprinkler System's OS&Y Valves
      • Chlorine and Mouthpiece Emergency Escape Respirators
      • A new version of MARPLOT is available
      • Modified Emergency Kit “C” Application for Certain Dual Valve Systems
      • EPA publishes "Area Contingency Planning Handbook"
      • Ammonia behaving badly... it is suppose to rise! (Video)
      • The Role of Scene Assessment or Size-up (USFA)
      • CAMEO Chemicals 2.4 is now available
      • What training is REQUIRED for "Incident Commanders"?
      • FDA looking to REQUIRE AED approvals
      • WISER for iOS 3.1
      • “Getting Ready for the Unimagined:” Looking at the Emergency Operations Plan (USFA)
      • Emergency Egress and Fire Doors
      • Fire Extinguishers... Did you know they have to be identified?
      • A rescue caught on tape, FF's rescue 4-year old from 2nd floor
      • FREE "Incident Safety Officer (ISO)" Training videos (4 Parts)
      • FREE NFPA Guide to Understanding & Implementing NFPA 1500, 1720, and 1851
      • How long does a 4500 psi SCBA cylinder really last
      • Respirators and Emergency Working Conditions
      • Incident Commander Characteristics (USFA)
      • Key Changes to NFPA 1981/1982 SCBA Requirements
      • Emergency SCBAs and OSHA requirements
      • The Incident Commander (from USFA)
      • SCBA's and LOW TEMPERATURE use and storage
      • FREE Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) Training
      • Mandatory elements of a HAZWOPER baseline physical examination
      • CHLOREP Informational Bulletin: 2012 DOT/TC Emergency Response Guidebook
      • Ray O'Brocki, of the Baltimore Fire Department, explains how night clubs and other high-capacity facilities deal with fire safety
      • 2012 DOT ERG Training Video (21 Minutes)
      • What you need to know about nightclub safety (NFPA Video)
      • The FULL and UNEDITED Station Nightclub Fire Video (from within)
      • BLEVE in the back of pickup at drive thru (Video)
      • A VERY POWERFUL FIRE SAFETY message (Station Nightclub Survivor)
      • Vent and Burn Training Video from Transport Canada
      • Inspection Techniques: Egress Door Hardware Considerations
      • Chlorine Leak video footage (17K pound 2002 Festus, MO)
      • CI C-Kit Training Video
      • On "oldie" but a goodie... Original CI C-Kit Video
      • New versions of CAMEO 2.4 and Tier2 Submit
      • Pipeline Safety: Communication During Emergency Situations
      • Just The Facts...About The C-Kit (From CI)
      • Shelter-in-Place Suggestions
      • Cracking and Ruptures of SCBA Aluminum Cylinders Made from 6351 Alloy
      • Safety Advisory; High Pressure Aluminum Seamless and Aluminum Composite Hoop-Wrapped Cylinders
      • USFA Special Report: Prevention of Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus Failures
      • 2012 DOT ERG by the numbers
      • SCBA Cylinder Catastrophic Failure from Stress Corrosion Cracking
      • Hydro-Testing of SCBA Cylinders
      • CAMEO Chemicals mobile site now available
      • The new "Table 3" in the 2012 DOT ERG
      • Chemical facility faces ammonia leak penalty
      • CHLOREP Informational Bulletin: 2012 DOT/TC Emergency Response Guidebook
      • UL warns of counterfeit UL Mark on single-jacketed fire hose
      • A "vent and burn" operation on I-10 in LA
      • NEW version of CAMEO Chemicals is now available
      • Emergency Response Equipment Maintenance
      • Mandatory elements of a HAZWOPER baseline physical examination (OSHA LOI issued 7/2012)
      • Columbus, OH Derailment Fire
      • WISER for iOS 3.0 - Now Available in the Apple App Store
      • Open-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus Remaining Service-Life Indicator Performance Requirements
      • Threshold Planning Quantities for EHS revised
      • Introduction to the 2012 DOT Emergency Response Guide Book from PHMSA (Video)
      • 2012 DOT Emergency Response Guidebook available for download
      • Emergency Response Guidebook 2012 Summary of Changes (April 2012)
      • The future of fixed fire protection????
      • What's wrong with this scene?
      • Who falls into OSHA’s HAZWOPER “Awareness” group?
      • Volunteer Emergency Responders - who enforces their safety?
      • Emergency Response Resources Side-by-Side Comparison
      • PHOSGENE Emergency Response Data (insert for ERP)
      • METHANOL Emergency Response Data (insert for ERP)
      • HYDROFLUORIC ACID (HF) Emergency Response Data (insert for ERP)
      • CHLORINE Emergency Response Data (insert for ERP)
      • Ammonia Emergency Response Data (insert for ERP)
      • My podcast with Garden City Ammonia Program on ER
      • Analysis of an ammonia spill and response
      • Medical Fact Sheet for Ammonia
      • How to use the DOT Emergency Response Guide Book (video)
      • "Shelter-in-Place" may not be as EASY as it sounds
      • HAZMAT Team members MUST have an EXIT PHYSICAL
      • New versions of ALOHA and CAMEO Chemicals are now available (3/22/12)
      • The OLD and NEW IDLH and a little history about the MOST important term for any HAZMAT Technician
      • Next Generation Breathing Apparatus A MUST SEE if you use SCBA's
      • NUCOS: Unit Converter for Spill Responders
      • FREE Training Resources for Responding to Ethanol Incidents
      • Emergency Planning and Preparedness (CSB Video)
      • Emergency Responders and Fit Testing
      • Wind Socks… a critical piece of Equipment?
      • Another how NOT TO RESPOND video (Ammonia Tanker)
      • 1984 Mexico City BLEVE (1984)
      • Crude Tank "Boilover" Explanation (2 Videos)
      • Properties of Anhydrous Ammonia
      • 911 Call - 28-year old killed by forklift
      • How NOT to respond to an Ammonia Leak!
      • Anhydrous Ammonia Pipeline Rupture
      • SCBA Cylinder Failure Incident
      • Oxygen Depletion in Level A Hazmat Suits
      • Ammonia Gas can deliver you shrink wrapped!
      • New versions of ALOHA and CAMEO Chemicals are now available
      • NIST Study Finds Failure Points in Firefighter Protective Equipment
      • Comparing Results of Two Chlorine Release Field Experiments—Wild Stallion and Jack Rabbit
      • Application of source term and dispersion models in developing Protective Action Distances in the Emergency Response Guidebook
      • Siting of emergency response equipment & personnel?
      • Does your ERP contain SPECIFICS?
      • How do all the different levels of HAZWOPER training fit together and what level do I need to respond?
      • PERFECT Example of a "Pre-Planning" lapse!
      • Can your local Fire Department meet your needs?
      • Who calls 911?
      • Hands-On Railcars - Anhydrous Ammonia (Video)
      • TRANSCAER® LAUNCHES ONLINE SAFETY TRAINING
      • Off-Site Emergency Response Training Limitations
      • Fire Door Basics
      • Are all EXIT signs created equal?
      • FIRE EXTINGUISHER FATALITY and inspections
      • SIMPLE and CHEAP methods for on-scene medical monitoring
      • What makes a "response" an "emergency response" under 1910.120
      • Medical Monitoring of a HAZMAT Team
      • Understanding 1910.120 as it applies to a HAZMAT team
      • Liquid Nitrogen BLEVE Demo Vid #1
      • BLEVE Training Video Part 1 - EXCELLENT Info
      • BLEVE Training Video Part 2 - EXCELLENT info
      • Bleve Test - LPG Railcar (Video)
      • 1983 Murdoch, IL LPG Railcar BLEVE (Video)
      • BLEVE - Explanation from NFPA (Video)
      • BLEVE Training Video
      • States of Matter (Video)
      • Standpipe Systems...What is required?
      • Fire Hoses on Standpipe Systems...To connect or not to connect!
      • The OLD and NEW IDLH and a little history about the MOST important term for any HAZMAT Technician
      • Dangerous misunderstanding around a B.L.E.V.E.
      • NUCOS: Unit Converter for Spill Responders
      • Ethanol Safety Organization for safety professionals and emergency response
      • MSDS and Emergency Response Alert from EPA
      • TRANSCAER schedules emergency response training tour for anhydrous ammonia
      • Does my plant/site manager have to be trained in HAZWOPER?
      • Chlorine Institute C-Kit Briefing Paper
      • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(xii) Use of the Local Emergency Response Plan (LERP) or the State Emergency Response Plan (SERP)
      • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(xi) PPE and Emergency Equipment
      • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(x) Critiques of Response and Follow-up
      • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(ix) Emergency Alerting and Response Procedures
      • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(viii) Emergency Medical Treatment Procedures
      • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(vii) Decontamination
      • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(vi) Evacuation Routes and Procedures
      • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(v) Site Security and Control
      • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(iv) Safe Distances and Places of Refuge
      • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(iii) Emergency Recognition and Prevention
      • Your Emergency Response Plan (q)(2)(ii) Personnel Roles, Lines of Authority, Training, and Communication
      • Your Emergency Response Plan Section (q)(2)(i) - Pre-emergency Planning and Coordination
      • Emergency Response & PSM Tip
      • What must be in my EAP?
      • Do I Need an Emergency Action Plan?
      • Fight or Flight
      • From an EAP to an ERP???
      • CHLOREP NextGen Bulletin
      • How strong is your headcount procedure?
      • WISER 4.4 is now available!
      • Safety and Health Tip HAZMAT Evacuation iPhone App
      • Thoughts of an Emergency Responder
      • Understanding OSHA's HAZWOPER standard for Emergency Response
      • Breaking down 1910.120(q)(2) Written ERP requirements
      • What are Emergency Response Planning Guidelines (ERPGs)?
      • What are Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGLs)?
      • What are Temporary Emergency Exposure Limits (TEELs)?
      • What are Protective Action Criteria for Chemicals (PACs)?
      • What are Public Exposure Guidelines?
      • UPDATE - Calling the National Response Center
      • Sample Protocol for a Response Plan (General Outline)
      • Ammonia Exposure – Pre-hospital Medical Management
    • Impaired Driving Information
      • High IMPACT PSA from Australia
      • Impaired Driving... For the love of your family!
      • Effects of Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
      • Impaired Driving: How can deaths and injuries from impaired driving be prevented?
      • Impaired Driving: Who is most at risk?
      • Impaired Driving: How big is the problem?
      • 2009 Impaired Driving Stats
      • No Seatbelt, Prom Night and Alcohol (GRAPHIC!)
      • No Seatbelt and Driver Decapitated (GRAPHIC!)
      • 16 year old, Alcohol, fast car and no seatbelt (GRAPHIC!)
      • Is this how you want to be remembered? (GRAPHIC!)
      • 17 year old, impaired with no seatbelt
      • Not Buckled Up 3 (GRAPHIC!)
      • Not Buckled Up 2 (GRAPHIC!)
      • Not Buckled Up 1 (GRAPHIC!)
      • Not even a seatbelt can save an impaired driver! (WARNING!)
      • Not Buckled Up 7 (GRAPHIC!)
      • Speed Kills (GRAPHIC!)
      • Public Service Announcement
      • To Christy
      • Drunk Driving
      • Breaking up the hardway
      • A graduation I will never forget
      • Abby
      • friends dont let friends drink and drive
      • A NIGHT OF REMORSE - Poem
      • A pizza, a party and a moonlight ride! - Poem
      • I went to a party, Mom - Poem
      • How to spot an impaired driver
      • Driving home the facts about ZERO tolerance
      • Driving home the facts about blood alcohol concentration
      • Driving home the facts about Impaired Driving
      • Tips for Party Givers
      • What is Impaired Driving and What can we do about it?
    • Flammable Liquids
      • Aerial video of Mobile, AL barge explosion damage
      • Fatal burns from Diesel Flash Fire (TN-OSHA #12-2009)
      • Forklift strikes overhead flammable liquid line causing flash fire fatality (TN-OSHA #21-2010)
      • Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tank Emergency Venting — Part 9: Vent Sizes
      • Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tank Emergency Venting — Part 8: Venting for Pressure Tanks
      • Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tank Emergency Venting – Part 7: Interpolated Value Tank Venting Requirements
      • Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tank Emergency Venting – Part 6: Wetted Area and Vent Capacit
      • Hazards of using torch to cut open drum (Video)
      • Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tank Emergency Venting – Part 5: Calculating Wetted Area
      • Things you may not know about flammable storage cabinets
      • Spark proof tools- OSHA or NFPA required?
      • Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tank Emergency Venting - Part 4: Wetted Area
      • Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tank Emergency Venting - Part 3: Venting Requirements
      • Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tank Emergency Venting — Part 2: Tank Shapes
      • Inspection Techniques: Pressure-Vacuum Vent Maintenance
      • Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tank Emergency Venting – Part 1: Tank Types
      • Security video of Methanol Railcar Unloading explosion
      • The importance of PROPER SECONDARY CONTAINMENT for Flammable Liquids (Videos)
      • Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel (ULSD) fuel and Static Electricty
      • Flammable Liquids Conductivity Update
      • Low pressure LNG leak in 3" line at 22 psi
      • Buncefield Incident (CCTV catches VC formation)
      • While we work to implement the new HAZCOM standard, changes to 1910.106 and 1910.119 may have went unoticed
      • Explosion Proof Digital Camera - Top of my 2012 Wish List!
      • Static Electric Discharge Hazard On Bulk Oil Tank Vessels
      • Tanker Ship Hold Explosions from Flammable Atmospheres
      • Flammable Liquid Tank Explosion & Hotwork
      • Flammable Liquids and Tote Accident
      • Understanding OSHA's Flammable Liquid Std Ventilation Requirements
      • UPDATE from NFPA 30 on # of storage cabinets allowed
      • What is the REAL PURPOSE of flammable storage cabinets?
      • Did you know... Oily Waste Cans?
      • Static controlling wrist bands are NOT for industrial settings
      • Guidelines for the CONTROL OF STATIC ELECTRICITY IN INDUSTRY
      • Controlling Static Part II
      • Flash Fire with Non-Conductive Flammable Liquid
      • Cold Weather = More Static Hazards
      • Just how risky is "static electricity"?
      • Static spark started fire that heavily damaged Cuyahoga Falls factory
      • A study of flammable liquid storage tank accidents
      • UPDATE on the Magna Blend flammable liquid fire
      • Plastics and Flammables - It's what can occur outside the container we tend to over look
      • Is a flame arrestor required in a "safety can"?
      • Flammable Liquids, Portable Tanks, and Polyethylene Containers
      • Frac Tank Explosion Presentation from XTO Energy
      • CAUTION! Frac Tanks are NOT designed for Flammable and Combustible Liquids
      • A breakdown of the NFPA 30-2012 changes
      • Flammable Liquid Storage Tanks and Venting
      • Flammable Storage Cabinets... Did you know?
      • Did you know the LEL of a vapor and the MEC for a combustible dust can be lower when mixed together?
      • GASOLINE SAFETY - Educator’s Guide
      • Why it is IMPORTANT to have your gas can ON THE GROUND when filling it
      • Class I Hazardous Locations, Static Electricity, and Flooring
      • Flammable Liquids... Static Generation and the floor we walk on!
      • Statistical analysis of fires and explosions attributed to static electricity over the last 50 years
      • "Switch Loading" Flammable and Combustible Liquids is a Serious Risk that is often unknown or misunderstood
      • How much flammable liquid can I have outside of the storage room or cabinet?
      • Dangers of Propane
      • Flammable Liquids 101 - Part A
      • Forklifts in HAZLOCs
      • Bulk Liquefied Petroleum Gas Container Separation Distances
      • PPE payment for static dissipative safety-toe footwear
      • Summary and Explanation of Revisions to the Acetylene Standard as it applies to cylinders
      • Plastics and Flammable Liquids...SAFE?
      • Cleaning Small Parts & Portable Equipment With Solvents
      • Methods to Control Static Electricity when processing non-Conductive Flammable Liquids
      • Toluene & Static...Dancing with the Devil!
      • Safe Handling of non-Conductive Flammable Liquids
      • Nitrogen an ignition source...yeah right Mr. Safety Man!
      • Making sense of non-conductive flammable liquids
      • Why bonding and grounding may not be enough
      • How easy is it to ignite Hydrogen gas?
      • Non-conductive Flammable Liquids & Filters
      • Sources of Static Generation in Flammable Liquid Processes
      • Flame Retardant Clothing use guidelines from NFPA 2113
      • Flammable Liquids - 102, Surface area and MIE's
      • Flammable Liquids 101 - Part B
      • Protecting Powered Industrial Equipment Operating in and Around Explosion Hazardous Areas And Explosive Atmospheres
      • To vent or Not to vent?
    • Flammable Liquid Videos
      • Hotwork causes Flammable Liquid Storage Tanks Fire (Video)
      • Static Electricity Fire at Gas Pump
      • Fueling Fire caused by Static Electricity
      • Fire hazard from static electricity during fueling operations 1948
      • CSB Safety Video: Static Sparks Explosion in Kansas
      • How to Extinguish Fires and the Fire Triangle 1948
      • Gasoline Refueling / Gas Pump - Safety Video
      • STATIC ELECTRICITY causes gas station fueling fires - NOT Cellphones
      • Fuel Tanker Explodes - Lighter, flashlight, or cellphone?
      • Bed Liner, Plastic Gas Can, Static = FIRE
      • How a Fire Starts and Spreads 1948
      • Oxygen Mixing with Fuel 1947
      • Role of O2 in Fires
      • Vapor Density 1947
      • Fuel Vaporization 1947
      • What is a "Safety Can"
      • Safety Cans for Flammable and Combustible Liquids 1965
      • Fire Needs Oxygen 1965
      • Flammable Vapor Density 1965
      • Flammable Vapors of Gasoline 1965
      • Flammable Limits 1965
      • Fire Triangle 1948
      • Fire and Liquid Fuel Surface Area 1948
      • Ignition Temperature and the Spread of Fire 1948
      • Flash Point & Fire Point Demonstration 1948
      • Oxygen Needed for combustion1947 Chemistry of Fire US War Department
      • Fire Hazard in a Fuel Tank 1947 Chemistry of Fire US War Department
      • Only Vapors Burn 1947 Chemistry of Fire US War Department
      • Flammable Range Demonstration 1947 Chemistry of Fire US War Department
      • Flammable Liquids Flash Point Demo
    • LPG / Propane Safety Videos
      • Pressure Vessels Can Be Deadly
      • Liquid Petroleum LP Gas 1960
    • Video of the Week
      • 2013 Video of the Week #20 (Bridge... we don't need no stinking bridge!)
      • 2013 Video of the Week #19 (Crane Transport Ooopps!)
      • 2013 Video of the Week #18 (Forklift Accident)
      • 2013 Video of the Week #17 (Wind can create hazards)
      • 2013 Video of the Week #16 (Backhoe Loading)
      • 2013 Video of the Week #15 (Derrickman Nearmiss - Fall)
      • 2013 Video of the Week #14 (The making of a Pressure Vessel)
    • Photo of the Week
      • 2013 Photo of the Week #20 (Another bit of Safety irony)
      • 2013 Photo of the Week #19 (Forklift Human Counterweight)
      • 2013 Photo of the Week #18 (ANOTHER Safety Banner Installation)
      • 2013 Photo of the Week #17 (Ladder)
      • 2013 Photo of the Week #16 (Ladder/Scaffolding)
      • 2013 Photo of the Week #15 (Ladder)
      • 2013 Photo of the Week #14 (Scaffolding)
    • General Safety Topics
      • WARNING Signs of Electrical Dangers (from NFPA)
      • Effect of Chemical Substances on Hearing - Interactions with Noise
      • ACGIH® BOARD RATIFIES 2013 TLVs® AND BEIs®
      • New Volume of Flammability and Sensitivity of Materials in Oxygen-Enriched Atmospheres Available from ASTM International
      • Pipeline Safety: Accident and Incident Notification Time Limit
      • Wind Chill Training
      • Safety Glasses - Run over
      • Doing it Right! - Stencil Knife Improvement
      • Vehicle Safety Policy
      • DOing it Right Photos
      • PA DEP requiring AEDs at Mine sites
      • FREE access to 2007 Oregon Fire Code
      • FREE access to 2010 Oregon Mechanical Specialty Code
      • November is a month to think fire safety
      • New Welding Safety Interactive Guide from Lincoln Electric
      • Change the clocks - Change the batteries
      • Chemicals and Hearing Loss
      • Mists created by the use of compressed airlines for the removal of metalworking fluids - Assessment of the possible exposure health risks
      • NATIONAL CENSUS OF FATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES IN 2011 (PRELIMINARY RESULTS)
      • Report of Boiler Violation Findings for Second Quarter of 2012
      • WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT!!! Four workers electrocuted moving scaffolding (video)
      • Components for Evaluation of Direct-Reading Monitors for Gases and Vapors
      • Atlanta workers banned from driving and using phones
      • Fatal Paper Mill Explosion was a catastrophic failure of an air receiver
      • Back to school safety tips from the National Safety Council
      • Scalping accident
      • ACGIH high heat work/rest regimen XLS worksheet
      • ANSI Approves AIHA® Revised Z10 Standard
      • Hooped ladders and the use of personal fall-arrest systems (Health and Safety Executive - Safety Notice)
      • Jordan Barab discussing VPP
      • Who is a 'competent person'?
      • AIHA® Releases White Paper on the Role of OSHA
      • CAL-OSHA's Heat Poster
      • Workers' Compensation Benefits and Shifting Costs for Occupational Injury and Illness
      • Spray on Sunscreen is HIGHLY FLAMMABLE!
      • Sun Screen Poll
      • Safety Culture Videos - A MUST WATCH series for safety professionals
      • Audio/visual demonstration of noise induced hearing loss
      • Don't get burned
      • Summer Safety Presentation
      • How to Put on a Harness: Six Easy Steps that Could Save Your Life
      • It happens in a split second
      • Linking HSE activities to health and safety outcomes: A feasibility study
      • Safety Glasses Special
      • Test your risk assessment skills
      • A grim Top Ten list: COSH names 2011's notable workplace fatalities
      • Boiler Safety
      • Be sure to ask what refrigerant your refrigerator uses when you buy a new one!!!
      • Safety Pays!!!!
      • I have often thought about starting a Safe Driving Blog. I would call it "From the left hand Lane"
      • NEW Resource for FREE Shockers
      • Just an FYI for any business considering Solar or Wind power generation on site
      • Changing your clocks... CHANGE the batteries in your SMOKE and CO Detectors
      • "Hot Tap" demo videos
      • Deer are SERIOUS DRIVING hazards
      • OSHA SHARP Program - Is it effective? Data suggest VERY MUCH SO!
      • HMIS® and HMIS® III Downloads
      • FR Plastic Sheeting vs. Regular Plastic
      • "Hats off Test"... the life of a hard hat thru its testing
      • Torch Safety
      • “NEAR MISS” concepts and ideas
      • WEED WHACKER SAFETY
      • Does management know the facility's Risk Profile?
      • Tornado Hits Rig Near El Reno, Oklahoma May 24, 2011
      • Bridge crane accident at Jalan Setulang Darat,Johor Bahru
      • Respirators...the early days
      • Flying safer than driving?
      • Electrician gets ZAPPED!
      • Cell Phone Elbow?
      • A close look at Incident Investigation techniques
      • The Most Disabling Workplace Injuries Cost Industry an Estimated $48.6 Billion
      • Install. Inspect. Protect. Campaign
      • WHY WEAR PPE?
      • Cooling Tower Fires - BURNING DOWN while in service
      • NEVER saddle a dead horse!!! HUH?
      • ESFI White Paper - Occupational Electrical Accidents in the U.S., 2003-2009
      • ANSI White Paper Examines Copyright Implications of Voluntary Consensus Standards in Regulation
      • When someone tells you safety is Common Sense...
      • Does Scientific and Medical Literature Support Concerns That Some Have Expressed About Exposure to Manganese in Welding Fume?
      • 2010 Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index
      • A quick look into a Risk Assessment for a Nuclear Power Plant
      • States Must Decide if Workers’ Comp Benefits Extend to Illegal Workers
      • Experimental Analysis of Tools Used for Estimating Risk Associated with Industrial Machines
      • 2011 TLVs® and BEIs® Book and Guide to Occupational Exposure Values Now Available!
      • Workers’ Perception of Chemical Risks: A Focus Group Study
      • A FREE smart phone "app" that may just save a life!
      • Guidelines for Industrial Steel Storage Racks
      • Pallet Racking Safety Sheet
      • Alternative to Couch Potatoes - WorkPace USA
      • Eye Protection
      • Gas Pump Safety
    • Hazardous Materials
      • House Dems Ask GAO to Examine Oversight Gaps at West, TX & Similar Facilities Nationwide
      • Has your state adopted the International Fire Code (IFC)?
      • Storing Ammonium Nitrate in Ohio
      • Ammonium Nitrate Sensitization (explaining one West, TX scenario)
      • Increased Civil Penalties Take Effect for Those Who Knowingly Violate Federal Hazmat Laws and Regulations
      • 2012 HAZMAT Loading/Unloading Incidents
      • UNLOADING HAZMAT to the wrong tank (CL2 Incident)
      • Pipeline Safety: Reporting of Exceedances of Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure
      • NEW DOT Shipping Papers REQUIREMENT EFFECTIVE 1/1/13
      • The DOT 25' Attendant Rule
      • Update on CL2 release @ Poultry Plant
      • Rollover Tank Car Test
      • New Reports Recommend Improvements for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels Documentation
      • NH3 Fertilizer Compliance info from State of MI
      • Revisions to the Tier I and II Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms
      • Compressed Gas Cylinder Color Coding
      • Odorant Fade in Railroad Tank Cars (Safety Advisory 2012–01)
      • Ammonia kills woman driving thru cloud (Video - News Account)
      • MAJOR Bromine Rail Car Release (Video)
      • ANOTHER Acetylene cylinder stored in a car
      • Cylinder Transport
      • PROPANE (SUNG TO THE TUNE OF “COCAINE” AND TO THE ACCOMPANIMENT OF AIR GUITAR)
      • Morris missile: Anhydrous ammonia nurse tank explosion
      • FREE Training Resources for Responding to Ethanol Incidents
      • Chlorine Institute offers FIVE more FREE Technical Publications
      • FREE Chemical Reactivity Worksheet
      • DOT Revises the Requirements for Emergency Response Telephone Numbers
      • DOT final rule sets design standards for PIH-carrying tank cars
      • DOT issues a Nurse Tank Safety and Compliance Advisory letter
      • Chemical Plant Security
      • House subcommittee sends chemical security bill, H.R.2868, to full committee
      • PHMSA is amending the HAZMAT Regulations to maintain alignment with international standards
      • DOT to Improve Safety Around Hazardous Material Loading and Unloading Operations
      • Does the fuel inside generators being transported from one site to the next have to meet DOT HAZMAT requirements?
      • DOT CHANGES the Security Plan Requirements (Revised List of Materials)
      • HAZMAT UPDATE on Railroad Tankcar Designs
      • Propane Cylinders - Important Pressure Relief Valve Information
      • Storing forklift propane cylinders PROPERLY
      • Acetylene Cylinder Safety
      • FRA Safety Advisory - 2003-02 (Excess Flow Valves)
    • Holiday Safety
      • Change your clocks - Change your batteries
      • Ohio State Trooper's Christmas
      • 2012 Photo of the Week #49 (Too many Christmas lights)
      • 2012 Video of the Week #49 (Christmas Tree Fire Video)
      • Dangers of Deep Frying your Turkey
      • Don't Frankenstein Your Lights (Halloween Safety Tips from UL)
      • Halloween Safety Tips
      • Christmas Safety Poem
      • A Christmas Story: For the Man Who Hated Christmas
      • Grease Fire Safety Measures
      • Thanksgiving is peak day for home cooking fires
      • Photo of the Week (Gift of Safety!)
      • Santa's Sleigh Safety
      • Twas the Night Before Christmas (Safety Professionals Version)
      • 'Twas the night before Christmas - insurance adjustors version
      • Proven Need for Holiday Safety Awareness
      • Holiday Video of the Week - Tree Safety with the Muppets
      • The History of Electric Christmas Tree Lights
      • The 12 Days of Holiday Safety
      • Thanksgiving Cooking Tips: Serving Up a Side of Safety
      • Holiday Accidents and Injuries By the Numbers
      • Be On The Safe Side This Season: Top 10 Tips for Safer Holidays
      • Holiday decorating safety
      • Video of the Week - DANGERS of deep frying turkey
      • CHRISTMAS TREE SAFETY - Fire proofing a live Christmas tree
      • This holiday season, remember what Christmas is all about
      • Christmas Tree Fire Hazards - Water That Tree!
      • Halloween Costume Dangers
      • Safety Santas
      • 2011 Christmas Card
      • A Holiday Safety Poem (Driving Tips)
      • St. Patty's Day Safety
      • Don’t Let Safety Take a Holiday! (Poem)
      • OSHA and Santa
      • Twas the night before Christmas (Fire Protection Engineer version)
    • Incident Alerts (2011-2013)
      • 29 incidents & 1 update (5/12/13)
      • 29 incidents & 2 updates (5/5/13)
      • 40 incidents & 1 update (4/28/13)
      • 31 incidents & 2 updates (4/21/13)
      • 28 incidents & 2 update3 (4/14/13)
      • 26 incidents & 1 update (4/7/13)
      • 29 incidents & 1 update (4/1/13)
      • 30 incidents & 2 updates (3/24/13)
      • 36 incidents & 1 update (3/17/13)
      • 30 incidents & 2 updates (3/10/13)
      • 29 incidents & 1 update (3/3/13)
      • 25 incidents & 1 update (2/24/13)
      • 14 incidents & 0 updates (2/18/13)
      • 45 incidents & 0 updates (2/14/13)
      • 30 incidents & 3 updates (2/4/13)
      • 19 incidents & 0 updates (1/28/13)
      • 22 incidents & 1 update (1/24/13)
      • 37 incidents & 1 update (1/21/13)
      • 24 incidents & 0 updates (1/14/13)
      • 27 incidents & 3 updates (1/09/13)
      • 20 incidents & 3 updates (1/06/13)
      • 28 Incidents & 2 Updates (1/02/13)
    • Lockout/Tagout
      • From a recent OSHA citation for LOTO, yes we still have problems!
      • LOTO Fatality - Caught in conveyor system (TN-OSHA II #28 - 2010)
      • A traditional LOTO fatality - worker started equipment on another worker (TN-OSHA #23)
      • Clearing up a couple of LOTO myths
      • Palletizer kills temporary worker, 21, on his FIRST DAY of work (LOTO)
      • OSHA takes issue with EVERY Authorized Employee having a key to the lockbox
      • Have you ever seen/heard of this LOTO practice before?
      • LOTO Periodic Inspections and their significance
      • LOTO Program Suggestions from a reliable source!
      • OSHA cites manufacturing plant for exposing workers to hazardous energy sources during machine servicing
      • LOCK IT OUT!!! WARNING - Image may be upsetting to some
      • Is tagging a blind flange or slip blind "tagout"?
      • Verifying the content of lockout programs
      • Supervision in Manufacturing - Guards & Lockout (Video)
      • OSHA, LOTO and the unexpected movement of trucks
      • Proper LOTO or a serious problem? (POLL)
      • Verifying ZES is DIFFERENT for electrical workers!
      • My TOP 12 Life Saving LOTO Principles
      • Group LOTO Verification of ZES Requirements
      • Periodic Inspections
      • LOTO Training Requirements
      • Shift or Personnel Changes
      • Verification of ZERO ENERGY STATE (ZES)
      • Tagout and Full Employee Protection (e.g. Tag Plus)
      • Can ALL your LOTO Training needs be met by On-Line Training?
      • LOTO on Chemical Process and Piping Systems
      • Does your LOTO program contain "enforcement" procedures?
      • GREAT LOTO Cartoon (VIDEO)
      • Lock out. It takes just seconds to lose a limb (VIDEO)
      • One of my favorite LOTO videos (VIDEO)
      • FALSE Sense of Safety...using interlocks in Lieu of LOTO!!!
      • We have THREE Choices to Identify our Lockout Locks
      • Tagout vs. Lockout
      • Company argues before the OSHRC that LOTO does not apply to their die changing activities - an analysis of a OSHRC 2009 decision
      • Cord and Plug Equipment and "Line of Sight"
      • Tagout vs. Lockout #2
      • 911 Call - What REAL TRAGEDY sounds like (911 audio)
      • Grouping equipment for purposes of conducting periodic LOTO inspections
      • LOTO Machine Specific Procedures
      • Defining Exclusive Control under LOTO activities
      • Minor Servicing Alternative Safety Measures
      • De-enerizing Stored Energies
    • Seatbelts and Impaired Drivers
      • Child seats ONLY WORK when used!
      • 12 reasons to BUCKLE UP
      • Teen Driver Risk in Relation to Age and Number of Passengers
      • Buckling up right is a snap!
      • EVERYONE in a vehicle needs to be BUCKLED UP!
      • Think BUCKLING UP is a waste of time?
      • Have air bags? Buckle up anyway!
      • Seatbelts... Is this how you want your child to go out?
      • The physics of a vehicle accident
      • Seatbelts... Not convinced by State law?
      • BUCKLE UP... EVERY TRIP. EVERY TIME!
      • Alcohol-Impaired Driving
      • Traffic Safety Facts - Protecting our children!
      • Seat Belts - Real life crash scene (Video)
      • Game of Your Life Buckle Up Seat Belt Safety (PSA )
      • The Price - Seat Belts Save Lives
      • Embrace Life always wear your seat belt (Video)
      • ALLWAYS BUCKLE UP! (Video)
      • Head Trauma and NO seatbelt
    • Newsletters (2011-2012)
    • Permit Required Confined Spaces
      • Large rolloff type TRASH COMPACTORS are PRCS's
      • OSHA cites industrial cleaning contractor after worker dies while cleaning storage tank at a chemical manufacturer
      • OSHA issues PRCS citations to Brewery ($88,000)
      • Drowning in PRCS (TN-OSHA #24-2008)
      • PRCS Fatality - acute heptane and toluene toxicity (TN-OSHA Fatality II #4 2010)
      • Verifying rescue services are "available" BEFORE entry
      • MSHA HAZARD ALERT - Working in Confined Spaces
      • NIOSH investigation of Dairy Plant Inspectors and Permit Required Confined Space's
      • 11 Serious and 2 willful violations regarding confined spaces
      • The infamous Phoenix FD Toluene Tank PRCS Rescue Fatality
      • Oregon OSHA - Adopted Changes for the Confined Space Standard
      • Grain Bin Accidents Still a Major Problem, Says Safety Specialist
      • How fast does my PRCS Rescue Service have to respond?
      • Monitoring PRCS Atmospheres and Entrants Rights
      • Discussing the three (3) criteria that makes a space a Confined Space
      • PRCS Reclassification Flow Chart
      • CAUGHT IN THE GRAIN!
      • February 6th, 2012 PRCS Fatality in 30" Pipe
      • Is a Roll-Off Trash Compactor a PRCS?
      • Important Confined Space Atmospheric Hazards Study
      • Entering a Cone of Safety (PRCS Safety Tips)
      • CS Ventilation Straight Edge Tool
      • WorkSafeBC has ammended their PRCS Std... all agencies need to do this
      • CS Rescue... Tripods and Winches and a false sense of success
      • Creating a Permit-Required Confined Space
      • Would your rescue plans pass an OSHA Inspection?
      • PRCS Fatality News Account
      • PRCS Multiple Fatality Incident
      • PLEASE EVALUATE your CS Rescue Service!
      • CONFINED SPACE FATALITY - Corn Silo ENGULFMENT
      • Sweating the SMALL stuff in CS Entry can make a BIG difference
      • CONFINED SPACE FATALITY – Oxygen Deficiency from Nitrogen Purge
      • PRCS Multiple Fatality Incident - 1 entrant and 3 "would be rescuers"
      • Why does Confined Space and High Angle Rescue go hand in hand?
      • The MUST SEE confined space video - REAL LIFE TRAGEDY
      • Testing a PRCS atmosphere VIDEO
      • Confined Spaces: Test to Live
      • No Escape: Dangers of Confined Spaces
      • Retaining CS Entry Permits
      • One MAJOR flaw in the use of Combustible Gas meters that ALL users should know
      • Confined Space Non-Entry Rescue
      • OSHA cites 5 companies for PRCS violations that lead to a dust flash fire and H2S exposures
      • Using my local FD as my PRCS Rescue Team
      • Entry vs. Non-Entry Rescue
      • Important Confined Space Atmospheric Hazards - Study Do you think wood chips and logs in a ship container hold could produce an IDLH atmosphere?
      • Does exceeding the PEL make the atm a hazardous atm?
      • Reclassifying a permit required confined space
      • Evaluating a Confined Space
      • Confined Space Hazards that are to be considered
      • Isolation for Reclassification of PRCSs
      • Evaluating Confined Spaces
      • Making sense of entry options under OSHA's PRCS Entry Std. 1910.146
      • A Purdue University report showed 51 grain bin accidents last year
    • Safety Alerts
      • Safety Alert - Care and Use of Ammonia Gas Cylinders
      • MSHA Safety Alert - Electrical Solenoid Safety
      • PHMSA ALERT: Recycling and Disposal of Compressed Gas Cylinders
      • Counterfeit Portable Fire Extinguishers
      • Safety Advisory: Unauthorized Marking of Compressed Gas Cylinders
      • Product Inspection Advisory Notice – Immediate Action Required; FallTech Lanyards, Rebar Chain Assemblies , Harness/Lanyard Combos, and Roofer’s Kits
      • FATAL KEG accident photos released by OSHA
      • Fluke is voluntarily recalling certain 373, 374, 375 and 376 Digital Clamp Meters
      • Genie Safety Notice (Secondary Lift Cylinder Replacement)
      • Safety Notice 120002 Supplement (Genie Motor Controller Failure)
      • A Flammable Liquid - Line Break Nearmiss LESSON
      • CAUTION - DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE CLEANING WITH (MSHA Hotwork Alert)
      • Safety Alert Notice - grinder accident w/ modified grinder
      • Pinch Point and the Wrong Tool
      • Reading Water Meters (Snake Hazards)
      • Roof Workers Fall Successfully Arrested!!!
      • It pays to be 100% tied off
      • Safety Alert: Unauthorized Compressed Gas Cylinders
      • Safety Alert - Electrician received an electric shock when working on junction box
      • Safety Alert – Multiple fatalities/Inert Gas Hazards/Line Break
      • STOP USE NOTICE - Moldex 7000 Series Gas/Vapor Cartridges
      • Risk of carbon monoxide release during the storage of wood pellets
      • Storm Water Drain EXPLOSION
      • Genie Lift Safety Notice (11/5/12)
      • Hotwork & Tank Truck Explosion II
      • HAZARD ALERT - AMMONIA SAFETY IN WINERIES
      • MSHA Safety Alert - Winter Ventilation and Barometric Pressure
      • PHMSA Safety Advisory: Unauthorized Marking of Compressed Gas Cylinders
      • Safety Alert - Shocked by working table (missing ground)
      • Fatality Alert - Failed Handrail
      • FATALITY DUE TO ELECTRICAL SHOCK
      • Fatality Related To IBC Falling From Forklift
      • INDUSTRY ALERT: CHEVRON RICHMOND REFINERY PIPING FAILURE
      • Miller Harness Safety Alert "Miller/Honeywell Official Response"
      • Extension Ladder Catastrophic Failure
      • Elevating Work Platform Failure
      • Oregon OSHA urges caution following three workplace carbon monoxide incidents
      • Compressed Gas Cylinders Incident (Acetylene & Oxygen)
      • UL and Loss Prevention Certification Board (LPCB) warn of counterfeit fire sprinkler (Release 12PN-32)
      • Weed Trimmer Incident
      • SWIVEL SNAPHOOK INSPECTION NOTIFICATION
      • NIOSH Respirator User Notice - Care and Maintenance of Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Units
      • Genie Lift Safety Notice (7/3/12)
      • NFPA issues safety alert on SCBA facepiece lenses - SCBA facepiece lenses may undergo thermal degradation when exposed to intense heat
      • PRODUCT RECALL / STOP USE NOTICE 3M™ Series Self Retracting Lanyards
      • Crane Fatality Video (New Source Video)
      • Crane Accident kills two people in works of São Paulo Subway
      • Hotwork Drum Explosion - using drum as work bench
      • Loss of Start-Up Oxygen in CSE SR-100 Self-Contained Self-Rescuers
      • Highwall Fatality, Chile (Mining)
      • Gems Sensors Recalls Pressure Transducers Used in Fire Pump Controllers Due to Risk of Failure in a Fire
      • Fluke 190 ScopeMeter® Recall
      • FP Stryder® Beam Anchor Inspection Reminder
      • Hydroblast Hose Failure
      • MSHA Safety Alert on Dozers
      • Thunderstorms & Telephones
      • Gas Cylinders Recalled by Worthington Cylinders Wisconsin Due to Fire Hazard
      • Fatal Grinder Accident at Quarry
      • Impact Gun Accident
      • Genie Lift Safety Notice
      • Grinder Accident Safety Alert
      • HSE issues gas detector safety alert
      • [NPPTL] ALL: CSE SR 100 User Notice
      • Crane Operator Fataly Injured - Alert
      • Arc Flash Incident (February 2012)
      • Fall Protection STOP USE NOTICE
      • Compressed Gas Safety Alert
      • FOOT INJURY FROM OUTRIGGER
      • SAFETY ALERT! Abrasive wheel on grinder breaks, killing worker
      • Loader Blind Spot Fatality
      • Flashlights Improperly Marked with MSHA Emblem (THEY ARE intrinsically safe - just mislabeled)
      • Industrial Scientific Announces Product Recall of GasBadge® Plus Single-Gas Monitors
      • FRC Alert (Cotton Treated Reaction)
      • Truck-Mounted Hydraulic Crane
      • MUSTANG SURVIVAL PFD RECALL NOTICE
      • Bathtub Refinishing Hazard Alert - Methylene Chloride Fatalities
      • Use of Mobile Phone "Expert XP-Ex-1" in potentially explosive atmospheres
      • Safety Alert - DeWALT Large Grinder Defective Handles
      • RECALL NOTICE - PROTECTA SHOCK ABSORBING LANYARDS
      • PHMSA-2011-0241 (Notice No. 11-10): Safety Advisory: Unauthorized Marking of Compressed Gas Cylinders
      • Safety Alert - UNEXPECTED TELESCOPIC FORKLIFT DROPPED LOAD DUE TO CHAIN FAILURE
      • PRODUCT RECALL / STOP USE NOTICE - 3M™ G-Series Retractable Lanyards Models
      • Safety Alert - Unauthorized Marking of Compressed Gas Cylinders
      • Safety Recall of certain Sporlan/Refrigeration Specialties MA17 solenoid valves
      • Fire Extinguisher Explosion on DZ 28
      • Pressure Testing Natrual Gas Plant gone BAD!
      • Another pressure test GONE BAD!
      • Railcar Collapse when steam condensed
      • Hydro-test of a new vertical vessel
      • 24" Fitting Catastrophic Failure during Integrity Pressure Testing
      • Poorly-constructed air tank explodes
      • Air tank corrodes, explodes in home garage
      • INJECTION OF HYDRAULIC FLUID
      • Hazardous 3rd Party Modified Circuit Breakers
      • Unguarded Shaft Incident
      • BLENDED BREATHING AIR FATALITIES
      • HOAX - Crosby Counterfeit Shackle Alert
      • MSHA Compressed Gas Cylinder ALERT
      • Model: JLG LIFT 600AJ - INTERNAL RUST IN BOOM SECTION
      • Overturns of JLG 500RTS scissor lifts
      • Release of Stored Pressure Incident
      • MSA Stop Use & Inspect Notices
      • Pressure Vessel Failure during Hydrotest - Nov. 2007, China
    • Safety Talks
      • “PPE”
      • “Our Eyes”
      • ALL TASKS HAVE RISKS - DO YOU KNOW THEM??
      • LEARNING FROM NEAR MISS INCIDENTS
      • Managing Falls From Heights
      • Hazards Of Rushing
      • Rolling the Dice - Gambling with Safety
      • PRE-Job Planning - AND - SAFETY
      • “COMPLACENCY”
      • SAFE Driving
      • “Fatal Distraction”
      • “Attributes of Injury Free Workers”
      • Unexpected Situations- Cause Some Of The Worst Accidents
      • DROPPED HAMMER HEAD
      • Line of Fire
      • A Few Causes of Accidents
      • OVEREXCERTION INJURIES
      • Ladder Safety and Gravity
      • Housekeeping/Safety, Struck by 2X6
      • SAFETY IS YOUR RESPONSIBILTY
      • FIRE PREVENTION
      • Decision Making
      • HAND SAFETY
      • Hazard Recognition, Learning to recognize hazards
      • Tools Explained IV
      • Electric Shock Facts
      • An Eye Safety Lesson
      • A Lesson from an American Hero
      • Tools Explained
      • Rushing, THE DANGERS OF RUSHING
      • Character Traits For a safe work place
      • Safety Talk - “Little Things Still Matter”
      • Safety Talk - “The Ten Commands Of Safety”
      • Safety Talk - Preventing Hand Injuries 2
      • Safety Talk - Applying the 7 habits of effective people to SAFETY
      • Safety Talk - Employee Responsibility
      • Are you a "Defensive Driver"? - Safety Talk
      • Working with Hand Held Hammers - Safety Talk
      • PREVENTING Hand Injuries - Safety Talk
      • Lifting Safely - Safety Talk
      • "Rushing"
      • I Love You, Dad
      • Weekly Safety Talks
    • Motivational Safety Material
      • Safety Slogans
      • AVOID THESE PITFALLS
      • “Safety”- Be The Leader
      • “Attributes of Injury Free Workers”
      • Safety from the perspective of EVERYBODY, SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, AND NOBODY
      • On your child's Life (A Parents Safety Pledge)
      • Health & Safety Test
      • Who Packs Your Parachute
      • SAFETY ATTITUDE
      • TODAY'S CHOICE
      • THE POWER OF RESPONSIBILITY
      • How To Lead By Example
      • Getting to our Goals - “Lesson from a Custodian"
      • POWERFUL Safety Lesson (True Story)
      • Attitude to Safety
      • Make SAFETY a VALUE
      • What does safety mean?
      • FIVE HABITS OF VERY SAFE PEOPLE
      • Five Distractions from Work
      • Three Myths About Injuries
      • Your personal accident-prevention plan
      • Safety Quotes
      • Silence Is Not Golden
      • RESPONSIBILITY SAFETY
      • ALWAYS BE SAFE
      • CLOSE CALLS AND NEAR MISSES
      • WE KNOW BETTER!!!!
      • Employee Engagement
      • Safety Bullet, Excuses
      • PARAPROSDOKIANS
      • Line Of Fire Hazards (Part 2)
      • ZERO WORK HOURS WITHOUT TAKING A CHANCE
      • Safety Appeal
      • ITS UP TO YOU
      • Accident Reporting and Prevention Awareness
      • Can Do Attitude-Can Get You Killed
      • SAFE WORK PRACTICE
      • EYE PROTECTION AND FLYING OBJECTS
      • Safety and Apathy
      • PINCH POINTS AND YOUR HANDS
      • Eyes, protecting your EYES
      • “COMMITMENT TO SAFETY”
      • RECOGNIZING AND CONTROLLING SLIP AND TRIP HAZARDS
      • Caught in Hazards - Quiz
      • SAFETY ATTITUDE
      • “CORE VALUES AND SAFETY”
      • EXPLODING TYRES ON MOBILE EQUIPMENT
      • “SAFE WORK ZONES”
      • “ATTITUDE/ BEVAHIOUR AND SAFETY”
      • Setting The Example!!
      • Traits of a Good Leader
      • “Hazardous Behavior In The Workshop”
      • DO YOU FOLLOW THE RULES
      • “DON’T” TAKE YOUR EYES FOR GRANTED
      • “Housekeeping”
      • “Personal Responsibility“
      • “Conscience Driven Safety”
      • "BASICS”
      • “Different Controls on Similar Equipment”
      • “Avoiding Electrical Shock”
      • “CRANE SAFETY”
      • ADOPTING A “VIRAL” APPROACH TO SAFETY
      • LINE OF FIRE HAZARDS PART 1
      • “Personal Accident Prevention Plan”
      • SILENCE AND UNSAFE PRACTICES
      • “ALCOHOL AND THE JOB”
      • “Depression And Personal Safety”
      • “Hazardous Haste”
      • CAR SAFETY: DISTRACTIONS FACED
      • “Sharpening Our Axe”
      • The video EVERY WORKER should see - "The Costs of Accidents" (Harsco Video)
      • A Simple Safety Lesson
      • I never kid about safety!
      • “I believe in Safety!”
      • Sheldon Cooper the Safety Professional
      • The Accident Insurance Policy
      • Engineering Study, Toothpaste
      • PRINCIPLES ABOUT THE LAW OF THE PICTURE (JOHN C. MAXWELL 21 LAWS OF LEADERSHIP)
      • JUST FOR TODAY…
      • The Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, Nobody Safety Committee
      • “DOING THE RIGHT THING”
      • Safety Attitude Survey
      • Decisions, ITS YOUR DECISION
      • I Resolve...
      • EVERYONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFETY
      • And That's How It Happens... Some Safety Policies are born!
      • AFTERTHOUGHTS AND REGRETS….
      • A SINGLE SECOND
      • The Front Fell OFF! (PR effort after catastrophic accident)
      • Ausgrid Stayin' Alive safety video
      • "Chance"
      • I AM - a Safety Radical
      • Incentive programs WORK… when designed, implemented, and MANAGED properly.
      • If You Want Happiness - A Chinese Proverb
      • Are accidents the evil poison we make them out to be?
      • Psychology of Safety ----- Who are you kidding
      • Coal Miner’s Family Prayer
      • Where would we be without Safety Professionals?
      • Why Safety is important to me (Video)
      • Safety Poem
      • Start Each Day with Safety
      • What's easier... getting someone to AVOID an UNSAFE ACT or to get them to COMMIT a SAFE ACT
      • Safety Creed
      • SAFETY- SPEAKING IN QUOTES
      • From the eyes of a Safety Professional
      • Let your team members know you care! SendOutCards
      • Ready To Respond To An Electrical Emergency
      • MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL! A SAFETY LEADERS CALL
      • Maintaining Focus During The Working Day
      • PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFETY
      • Safety is ALL ABOUT YOU!
      • I’m Going Home… And so are You!
      • Safety Culture
      • Personal Accountability
      • Definition of a Safety Professional
      • WHY SAFETY PEOPLE ARE IMPORTANT
      • Where does safety stop for a safety professional?
      • 911 Call - 28 year old crushed by forklift
      • Safety Rap!
      • For The Life of a Friend
      • Workers Memorial Day 2011 Video
      • Supervisor handling a workplace inspection (Video)
      • Another GREAT video for safety professionals to laugh with
      • Safety Supervisor Song
      • TXTNG & Driving...It CAN WAIT!
      • The More Routine The Task.. The Bigger The Safety Risk?
      • Safety Communications...When is it too much?
      • I Chose to Look The Other Way
      • It's Up To Me
      • Definition of a Safety Pro!
      • Special Safety Message
      • TOO EXPERIENCED
      • Saturday with a Great Start - But Poor Finish
      • The Funeral
    • OSHA Compliance Info
      • Compliance Tip: HAZCOM Labeling (Photo)
      • 1910.144 Safety color code for marking physical hazards
      • Compliance Tip: Industrial Stairs Angle (Smart Phone App)
      • OSHA issues REPEAT for cleaning air greater than 30psi ($22K)
      • OSHA Update - Most Frequently cited SERIOUS Citations
      • Compliance Tip: Electrical Safety Related Work Practices
      • Compliance Tip: Bloodborne Pathogen Training
      • OSHA issues WILLFUL and EGREGIOUS citations for machine guarding
      • Compliance Tip: Next time your using a handrail...
      • OSHA issues LOI on the NEW HAZCOM Std and Combustible Dust
      • DWS (WY-OSHA) Warns of Telephone Scam Targeting Businesses
      • Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH) issues SCAM ALERT
      • A OSHRC decision that will make you scratch your head
      • 9,400 High Rate Workplaces Receiving OSHA Letters (March 2013)
      • OSHA's 1st LOI of 2013 is a perfect example of how a how a group of workers may fall under both GI and Construction standards
      • A sign Spring is coming... Cal/OSHA Issues High Heat Advisory as Temperatures Rise Across the State
      • OSHA revises the Out Reach Program requirements again (2/2013)
      • December 1st, 2013 Training Requirements for the Revised Hazard Communication Standard
      • Severe Violator Enforcement Program (2013 White Paper)
      • H.R. 632: Voluntary Protection Program Act
      • "Mirror Check Day" Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - Region One OSHA Cooperative State Programs
      • NIOSH recommends exposure limits FAR below OSHA's current PEL for Cr(VI)
      • Individual Pleads Guilty to Id Fraud and Impersonating an OSHA Official in Wake of Gulf Oil Spill
      • The "numbers game" and auditing
      • Revised Electrical Std "Grandfathering" and applicable dates
      • On-Line FIRST AID training is NOT enough (OSHA 2012 LOI)
      • Qualifications for Forklift Operators (Opinions?)
      • SCBA Remaining Service-Life Indicator Performance Requirements
      • SCALPING ACCIDENT (WARNING! Graphic Photo)
      • Clarification of OSHA's HAZWOPER Standard (1910.120) as it applies to clearing and re-railing train cars after derailments
      • OSHA cites chemical manufacturer following nitrogen fatality (5(a)(1), PSM, WWS)
      • GHS Training Materials
      • 1910 vs. 1926 - which applies to my "work"
      • OSHA's Accreditation Process Needs Reexamination (GAO-13-88, Dec 11, 2012)
      • The “Father of OSHA” passes away
      • OSHA extends temporary enforcement measures in residential construction through March 15, 2013
      • Electrical Panel Clearance and NEW NEC requirements
      • Jordan Barab of OSHA speaks at the COSH conference ("cutting corners on on safety and health will not be tolerated"
      • Queens Man Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Two Years In Prison For Role In Scheme To Issue Fraudulent Safety Training Certifications To Construction Workers And Companies
      • Knowing your propane cylinders (Part II)
      • Federal Jury Convicts Former Shaw Group Safety Manager Of Major Fraud Against The United States
      • What is Fee for Intervention (FFI) and who is doing it?
      • OSHA updates 1910.35 Head Protection
      • OSHA issues Willfuls & Repeats for PRCS, PPE, Respirators w/ some HAZCOM, Fire Extinguisher, and Electrical citations for good measure
      • NIOSH noise database for power tools
      • OSHA Compliance Assistance Facts: FY 2012
      • OSHA Top 10 Cited Standards and standards for which OSHA assessed the highest penalties in 2012
      • Who is the OSHRC and what does the commission do?
      • Recordkeeping...who is the "highest ranking company official working at the establishment"?
      • FREE On-Line OSHA Compliance Tools from OSHA & MSHA
      • DOI SWEEP OF 16 CONSTRUCTION SITES IN FOUR BOROUGHS NETS 30 ARRESTS FOR BOGUS SCAFFOLD CERTIFICATION AND OSHA SAFETY CARDS
      • Inspection and Citation Guidance for Roadway and Highway Construction Work Zones
      • Respirator Q&A about "program administrator"
      • Hotwork, the 35' Rule, UPDATED loss data, and changes in NFPA 51B and at CAL-OSHA
      • OIG: OSHA'S Site Specific Taregting Program has Limitations on Targeting and Inspecting HIGH RISK Worksite
      • Alarming Number of Workers Fail to Wear Required Protective Equipment
      • Man accused of posing as OSHA inspector arrested
      • Load Center Capacity Calculator
      • Hazardous Locations (Examples from OSHA)
      • Mapping a regulation from concept to publication
      • Changes in OSHA's HAZCOM may impact EPA Compliance!?!?! (Huh?)
      • OSHA publishes removal criteria for employers from the Severe Violator Enforcement Program
      • "Hazardous Locations" and complying with the "new" 1910.307
      • QNFT or QLFT, which is acceptable for an emergency responder entering IDLH atm’s?
      • OSHA Boot Camp
      • Is air monitoring required to establish respiratory protection levels?
      • OSHA updating Head Protection Standard in both GI and Const
      • Respirator Facial Hair Diagrams
      • The Use of Contact Lenses in an Industrial Environment (ACOEM Guidelines)
      • What ANSI Z87.1-2003 changes in Safety Glasses Requirements
      • Machine Guarding Applications and Attributes
      • General Industry Standards with Training Requirements
      • General Industry Standards Written Program Requirements
      • OSHA General Industry Requirements for Labels, Signs, Postings, etc.
      • ASTM Developing Standard to Test Resistance to Fogging of Eye Protection Devices
      • ACGIH® Presents Hearing Conservation Program Management Webinar – September 12, 2012
      • Complying with OSHA's PPE Standards
      • OSHA FACOSH Recommends Updating PELs by Executive Order for Feds
      • Hotwork tank explosions - OSHA is not the problem!
      • MSHA Machine Guarding ppt
      • Did you know… Emergency Egress and Alarm Systems
      • 2012 HAZCOM GHS ppt from OSHA
      • Hearing Protection Attenuation Evaluation, has it been done?
      • Electrical Safety Videos from ESFi
      • OSHA amends 1910.1030 (BBP)
      • OSHA TRAINING REQUIREMENTS (presentation from OSHA)
      • Work-Related Burns in Michigan: First Annual Report (January 2009 – December 2009)
      • Annual Review and Scheduled Modification to OSHA's Administrative Penalty Policy
      • Disconnect for Electrical-Discharge Lighting Existing Fluorescent Luminaire
      • Employer Safety Incentive and Disincentive Policies and Practices
      • March 2012 Update on OSHA’s Refinery & Chemical National Emphasis Programs
      • Need some Procedures for your Emergency Response Program?
      • OSHA Clarifies the Requirements for annual refresher training under OSHA's HAZWOPER standard
      • Ever wondered how many OSHA standards require an actual written program, Qualified person, Competent person, etc.?
      • Hearing Protectors, Safety Glasses, and Respiratory Protective Equipment in Combination: Effect on Sound Attenuation
      • HAZWOPER Training MUST consist of MORE THAN video training
      • CAUTION: Your Safety Warnings May Not Be Working
      • A VERY interesting look at Safety Regulations from ABC's John Stossel's Blog and was on 20/20 a while back
      • WA-OSHA enacts NEW Safety Standards for Electrical Workers
      • A Guide to The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS)
      • Company argues before the OSHRC that LOTO does not apply to their die changing activities - an analysis of a OSHRC 2009 decision
      • PPE payment for static dissipative safety-toe footwear
      • Real world use and performance of hearing protection
      • Summary and Explanation of Revisions to the Acetylene Standard as it applies to cylinders
      • Computer based tools for workplace heat stress
      • What is the difference between "street glasses" and ANSI High Impact Safety Glasses
      • Virginia State OSHA has passed a "Reverse Signal Operation" standard for BOTH General Industry and Construction Industries
      • OSHA 10-Hour Construction Safety Course Now MANDATORY in Seven States
      • TRENCHING AND EXCAVATION “BY THE NUMBERS”
      • Recordkeeping and Fatality Reporting Quiz
      • Looking for help with decisions on Eyewashes and Safety Showers?
      • Ever heard of "Access to employee exposure and medical records" (e.g. 1910.1020)
      • OSHA's new APF guidance document focuses on mandatory respirator selection provisions added to existing Respiratory Protection standard
      • OSHA's new guidance document focuses on mandatory respirator selection provisions added to existing Respiratory Protection standard
      • 1910.212(a)(1) applies to unguarded rotating chucks on lathes
      • Hearing Protectors Attenuation Analysis
      • Last Chance Agreements – Company properly fired maintenance employee for not wearing side shields on safety glasses – violated the LCA
      • Compressed Gas Cylinder Seperation
      • How to Read the OSHA Standards 29 CFR 1910 – General Industry
      • OSHA Compliance and perceived "paperwork deficiencies"
      • FY 2011 End of Year Federal OSHA Inspection Data
      • Roof work and proper Fall Protection
      • What type of respirator do I need?
      • New Recordkeeping interpretation. Question 10-4
      • Cost of Falls and Workers Comp
      • The new GHS HazCom Std review by the OMB has been "extended"
      • OSHA claims "cost savings" with the new GHS Hazcom Std
      • REMINDER: Post your OSHA Log Annual Summary by February 1st
      • 2011 Top 10 Federal Standards with the Most “Other-Than-Serious Violations” Cited
      • 2011 Top 10 Federal Standards with the Most “Repeat Violations” Cited
      • 2011 Top 10 Federal Standards with the Most “Serious Violations” Cited
      • 2011 Top 10 Federal Standards with the Most “Willful Violations” Cited
      • 2011 Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Federal Standards w/Sections Cited
      • FYI... OSHA Outreach Monitoring Report
      • Top 10 MSHA Citations for 2010
      • OSHA Activity Update
      • OSHA's SVEP Decision Matrix
      • OSHA Region V Fatality Stats as of 10/1/11
      • UPDATE on 2011 OSHA Activities and what to expect in 2012
      • ANSI-ISEA 207-2011 - Revision to High Visibilty Vests
      • OSHA Training - Flat Roofing Safety 2011
      • UPDATED: OSHA's 2011 Top 10 OSHA Violations
      • UPDATED - Training Requirements in OSHA Standards and Training Guidelines
      • Compressed Air Hazards and Acceptable Methods for Complying with 1910.242(b)
      • Alternating Tread Type Stair
      • States that require a 10/30 hour OSHA card
      • Machine Guarding ppt from OSHA Region V
      • GREAT Forklift Training PPT from OSHA Region V
      • Top Ten things to do OR NOT to do during OSHA Inspections
      • Ladder Safety - Too many falls!
      • VPP Policy Memorandum #5: VPP and Safety Incentive Programs
      • Pedestal Grinder Safety
      • UPDATE - Did you know there is a Right & Wrong way to mount a forklift cylinder?
      • Reading fire extinguisher labels
      • Understanding UL "Listing" and "Approved" - there is a BIG Difference
      • Respiratory Protection Program Administrator
      • Air Pressure Receiver CATASTROPHIC FAILURE
      • OSHA revisions strengthen Outreach Training Program
      • OSHA restates that if employees do not understand English, their training MUST be in a language and vocabulary they understand
      • OSHA answers questions regarding Eyewash and Safety Showers
      • FREE Respirator Software from NIOSH
      • NIOSH Hearing Loss Simulator Instruction and Training Guide
      • 1910.212(a)(1) applies to unguarded rotating chucks on lathes
      • Compactor or Baler safety protocols
      • SAFETY REMINDER - if you have a "compactor" or "baler" and you want a GREAT resource on how to manage and operate them safely...look no further!
      • What is the difference between "street glasses" and ANSI High Impact Safety Glasses
      • Ever heard of "Access to employee exposure and medical records"
      • Fire Extinguishers & HAZCOM Labeling
      • OSHA & Eyewashes
      • Clearance in front of electrical panels - why does OSHA require it?
      • Facial Hair, Respirators, and Fit Testing
      • Is your Respirator Cleaning methods compliant?
      • Consumer Products & HAZCOM requirements
      • Can your HAZCOM program stand-up to a OSHA inspection?
      • National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors release Violation Findings Fourth Quarter Report
      • OSHA's Issues Compliance Directive on Personal Protective Equipment
      • Are some of OSHA's proposed standards hindering job creation?
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