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It’s very likely that you use aerosol cans at your facility. They are pervasive in workplaces and in society as a whole. However, aerosol cans present significant environmental and safety hazards. We’ll take a look at some of these concerns and also offer some tips to reduce the use of aerosols.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said it is ready to launch its Web-based form for electronically submitting 2016 injury and illness data from 300A forms. The Injury Tracking Application (ITA) will be accessible August 1, 2017, where affected employers will be able to provide the information from their completed 2016 300A (Summary of […]
The impact of EPA’s Clean Power Plan and other major Clean Air Act (CAA) actions on jobs in the coal mining industry was the subject of a suit by Murray Energy Corporation and others, which asserted that the Agency did not meet its nondiscretionary duty under CAA Section 321(a) to evaluate what effects those actions […]
Yesterday we reviewed steps to conduct a fire-risk assessment concerning vehicle and motorized equipment ignition hazards at oil and gas (O&G) wellsites. Today we will look at how to use that information to protect your wellsite workers from vapor ignition fires and explosions.
Gaining buy-in from employees and motivating them to value safety is crucial to building a strong safety culture in an organization. Yet when safety professionals are asked to identify their top challenges on the job, employee engagement is always at the top of the list.
Stating that it wishes to prevent disruption to the supply chain, the EPA has issued a direct final rule allowing manufacturers (including importers), sellers, and suppliers of composite wood products to label these products as compliant with Title VI (the 2010 Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) […]
According to a new safety hazard alert, there were 85 deaths between 2005 and 2015 at oil and gas (O&G) wellsites that were caused by fires or explosions. Of those, 27 deaths were directly related to flammable vapors from vehicles or motorized equipment.
Congress has issued its first significant response to President Donald Trump’s proposed 31 percent cut in EPA’s fiscal year (FY) 2018 budget. Specifically, the House Appropriations Committee released a draft appropriations bill that would fund the Agency at $7.5 billion, a reduction of $528 million below the FY 2017 enacted level but $1.9 billion above […]
Oregon OSHA says a bridge contractor willfully exposed employees to death or serious injury as they worked to restore the Ross Island Bridge in Portland. An investigation into a February 8, 2017, incident yielded nine safety violations for the Minnesota-based contractor and proposed fines of $189,000.
In his June 15, 2017, testimony before the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations on the administration’s proposed budget for the EPA, Administrator Scott Pruitt said nothing to dim industry’s hope that many regulatory rollbacks will be forthcoming or that changed the minds of liberals who view Pruitt as a solid representative of President Donald […]