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Mine Safety & Health Administration issues alert on Conveyor Belt accident

MSHA Conveyor Accident Alert

22nd Dec 2016, Washington DC– The US Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration has issued a serious accident alert regarding conveyor belts. Plant- Clay A miner was trying to determine why clay was not flowing properly by examining a chute that discharged into a screw conveyor. Instead of using a ladder to look … Read more

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant leak-complete shutdown averted

For an excellent e-learning course on Emergency Shutdown Systems and Safety Instrumented Systems, please click here. June 16, 2010– The Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power plant, operated by Entergy, reportedly had a near emergency shutdown recently when a cooling water valve started leaking heavily. The leak was of the order of 1.6 gallons of radioactive water … Read more