The Aghorn Hydrogen Sulfide accident On October 26, 2019 there was a fatal injury due to a Hydrogen Sulfide accident at the Aghorn Operating Waterflood station in Odessa, Texas. The US Chemical Safety Board was investigating this accident and had released a report about the Hydrogen Sulfide incident, as was reported by us here. The … Read more
Abhisam informs us that they have published a new white paper on Confined Space Safety. Confined spaces are a major workplace hazard today. However, the concept of what are confined spaces is very vague, in the minds of workers as well as their supervisors and managers, even though OSHA (US Occupational Safety and Health Administration) … Read more
Abhisam have released a slew of new online e-learning courses in the areas of Occupational Health and Safety. These courses include several on using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE for short). These cover head protection, feet protection, body protection, eye and face protection, respiratory protection and a comprehensive PPE course that covers all. The Head Protection … Read more
Abhisam informs us that they have just released a new Confined Space Safety e-learning course today. This course is their popular XPRTU format, which measn it can be accessed online via any device including a smartphone, tablet, ipad or a standard PC/Mac or laptop. It can also be downloaded and installed on any Windows PC. … Read more
Washington, D.C., October 24, 2018 – Today, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, as part of its investigation into the May 2017 Didion Mill explosion, issued “Call to Action: Combustible Dust” to gather comments on the management and control of combustible dust from companies, regulators, inspectors, safety training providers, researchers, unions, and the workers affected by … Read more
