Sun, Dec 20, 2009- Today’s industrial safety incident is not really “industrial” but serves as a good case study for doing HAZOP and other scenario analyses in industries. In what has been termed the biggest failure of the electrical systems in a major facility like the England-France channel tunnel (chunnel for short), bad weather is … Read more
Oct-30, 2009 Washington- The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today announced it is issuing $87,430,000 in proposed penalties to BP Products North America Inc. for the company’s failure to correct potential hazards faced by employees. The fine is the largest in OSHA’s history. The prior largest total penalty, $21 million, … Read more
As more than half the year has passed us by, it is time to review the safety performance of our plants-as well as the people who run them. It is not just that the plant should run safely without any near misses or accidents; we should also work on keeping it that way for years … Read more
OSHA has cited Hess Corporation, that operates an oil refinery in Port Reading, N.J., for workplace safety and health violations, proposing fines totaling $141,500. The agency initiated the investigation as part of its National Emphasis Program focused on petroleum refinery process safety management. The company has been issued 31 serious violations and one other-than-serious violation, … Read more
Industrial accidents must be reported within a time frame of 15 minutes to 911, says a bill that was recently passed in the Senate, reports the Register Herald. Non compliance of this will attract penalties up to $100,000. The Register Herald further reported that Gov. Joe Manchin said that it was passed without any debate. … Read more
