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Death of maintenance worker
Death of maintenance worker in USA, 2006:
Incident occurred at a food processing plant.
Incident involved installing a temporary vacuum hose on a drain pipe to remove the ammonia
from a refrigeration unit so they could replace a leaking cooling coil.
A pipe fitting split suddenly while workers were trying to drain anhydrous ammonia from
refrigeration equipment, spraying anhydrous ammonia on the face.
Source: US Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Data and Statistics available at
http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/
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Remembering the 1947 Texas City explosion
Remembering the 1947 Texas City explosion: This week marks 72 years since the United States’ deadliest industrial accident.
June 4, 2019
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Securing safety systems in industrial installations and critical infrastructures | Networks Asia
Securing safety systems in industrial installations and critical infrastructures | Networks Asia: Big companies are not immune to cyber-attacks, and industrial and critical infrastructures may be very vulnerable.
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Process Safety Management, Jenga, Drift, and Preventing Process Industry Accidents | Applied Engineering Solutions
Process Safety Management, Jenga, Drift, and Preventing Process Industry Accidents | Applied Engineering Solutions: Think of the 14 parts and subparts of the OSHA Process Safety Management regulation as a Jenga tower/game with 14 levels. How many people and plants truly believe they have all the pieces in place, or that they are all 100% effective?
May 11, 2019
Confusing Personal and Process Safety?
Confusing Personal and Process Safety?: Process manufacturers often see the LTI [lost time injury] and TRI [total recordable injury] reports and nothing is mentioned about process safety performance.
May 8, 2019
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