Standard comes in response to Kleen Energy explosion in 2010
September 28, 2011
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) announced today the release of NFPA 56 (PS), Standard for Fire and Explosion Prevention During Cleaning and Purging of Flammable Gas Piping Systems, 2012 Edition, which prohibits the use of flammable gas as a cleaning agent for cleaning the interior of pipes
An OSHA inspection begun after a worker was found dead inside a rotating drum assembly at Refuse Recycling in Marietta, Ohio, has resulted in 21 safety citations against Marietta Industrial Enterprises, Inc., which operates the facility.
As domestic oil and gas development continues to expand on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich recently announced a proposed rule that they say will reduce the likelihood of accidents, injuries and spills in connection with oil and natural gas exploration and development activities.
OSHA has issued a revised hazard alert to hair salon owners and workers about potential formaldehyde exposure from working with certain hair smoothing and straightening products.
Report cites unsafe equipment, failure to investigate near misses
September 22, 2011
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today released its final report on a series of three accidents that occurred over a 33-hour period on January 22 and 23, 2010, at the DuPont Corporation’s Belle, West Virginia, chemical manufacturing plant – including a fatal release of deadly phosgene gas, which was used as a chemical weapon in World War One.
Zaloudek Grain Co., where Bryce Gannon and Tyler Zander each lost a leg after they were caught in an auger on Aug. 4, did not have workers’ compensation insurance at the time of the accident.
The number of fires in the U.S. decreased slightly in 2010, although the number of deaths caused by those fires was up, according to a report just issued by the National Fire Protection Association.
An OSHA investigation undertaken after a maintenance employee at Anchor Hocking in Lancaster, Ohio suffered an amputation found that workers had not been trained in recommended “lockout/tagout” procedures for isolating the energy sources of machines to prevent their accidental operation.