Facility Safety - Articles - Page 128

External stimuli - Signs & lighting facilitate clear thinking

February 2, 2016

This article provides a general outline for choosing and implementing signage and lighting. These include: the layout of the building or area which requires signs, the material of the signs, the intensity of the lighting, and the specific needs of a given workforce.

Inspect emergency equipment to prepare for freezing temperatures

Casey Hayes

February 2, 2016

With winter officially upon us, freezing temperatures can be expected across many parts of the country. In some areas, exceptionally cold weather will linger indefinitely, while other regions will experience freeze-thaw cycles.

Your facility is flooded… Beware of electrical hazards during cleanup & recovery

Gavin Burdge CSP, CIH

February 2, 2016

Electrical hazards are one of the many hazards that can occur in a flooding incident involving potential exposures to harmful substances, or contact with energized surfaces or energized water itself.

Colorado worker pulled into a compression machine; seriously injured

L&P Springs Manufacturing faces $77,000 in OSH fines

February 2, 2016

An OSHA inspection conducted after an employee at a mattress spring manufacturer was hospitalized with serious injuries found that the employer exposed its workers to crushing hazards from manufacturing equipment that was not properly guarded.

CSB releases dramatic video on West, Texas explosion

February 1, 2016

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a safety video into the fatal April 17, 2013, fire and explosion at the West Fertilizer Company in West, Texas, which resulted in 15 fatalities, more than 260 injuries, and widespread community damage. The deadly fire and explosion occurred when about thirty tons of fertilizer grade ammonium nitrate (FGAN) exploded after being heated by a fire at the storage and distribution facility.

Chemical Safety Board wraps up investigation into 2013 West Fertilizer blast

Recommends changes in hazard awareness, land use planning and regulatory oversight

February 1, 2016

The US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) last week voted on its final report and safety recommendations on the April 17, 2013, West Fertilizer fire and explosion in West, Texas, which resulted in 15 fatalities, more than 260 injuries, and widespread community damage.

Cal/OSHA cites two employers for serious meat-grinder accident

January 28, 2016

Cal/OSHA has cited Vitco Meats and temporary employment agency Volt Workforce Solutions a combined $74,500 following a nearly fatal accident at a San Luis Obispo meat processing plant that left a worker with a crushed right hand, a broken arm, and nerve damage.

Unguarded machinery injures two workers at Miss. Manufacturing plant

January 26, 2016

OSHA inspections initiated after the agency learned of two serious injuries at Mississippi Polymers, Inc. in the fall of 2015 led to 11 serious safety violations for the Corinth-based company.

Building a home? Take steps to safeguard it from wildfires

January 25, 2016

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and Green Builder Media announced the release of their newest e-book, "Design with Fire in Mind: Three Steps to a Safer New Home" to help educate homeowners, builders and developers on ways to build, design, site and maintain homes with wildfire safety in mind.

Atlanta food manufacturer takes quick action on OSHA violations

January 25, 2016

When OSHA inspectors returned to an Atlanta food manufacturing facility and found previously cited hazards had reoccurred, the management of Schwan’s Global Supply Inc. took an unusual step.