MSA introduces the new ANSI Z359.14-certified Workman Rescuer Self-Retracting Device with Synthetic Rope. Workman Rescuer is a key component of the Workman Confined Space Entry Kit and protects workers within tight spaces.
A 42-year-old laborer leak testing joints inside a 54-inch round pipe suffered fatal blunt force injuries in October 2015, when an inflatable “bladder” ruptured at a Springfield waste-water treatment plant. OSHA inspectors found that his employer, Henderson Construction of Central Illinois Inc., failed to train him properly on the testing procedure.
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) today announced Thomas Kramer, managing principal at LJB Inc., an Ohio-based civil engineering firm, as the 2016 Edgar Monsanto Queeny Safety Professional of the Year for his leadership in helping develop more than 18 fall protection standards.
One worker died and two others were hospitalized in an incident last year because their employer failed to follow confined space safety procedures, according to OSHA.
There’s hazcom training. Hearing conservation training. Any number of OSHA compliance training requirements. None have higher stakes than confined space training.
Even vinegar can be hazardous under certain circumstances.
An employee at the Rob Salamida Co. food manufacturing plant in Johnson City was instructed to enter and clean the insides of a 3,000-gallon tank containing vinegar on Sept. 28, 2015.
