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Category Archives: General Information
OSHA increases fine amounts by 78%!
In November 2015, Congress enacted legislation requiring federal agencies to adjust their civil penalties to account for inflation. The Department of Labor is adjusting penalties for its agencies, including the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). OSHA’s maximum penalties, which … Continue reading
Posted in Compliance, General Information, Inspections, NEP, OSHA
Tagged Fines, NEP, OSHA, PSM
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Change is coming to the Industrial Refrigeration world…
I have seen the future and it is going to mean some very large changes for the Industrial Refrigeration industry. As always, I want to talk about something else, before I get to my point… I want to talk about … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, General Information, Training
Tagged Biography, Contractors, General, Lessons Learned
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Here’s a change that doesn’t require a Formal MOC!
I am sure many of my PSM friends have noticed my lethargic posting rate at the blog over the past year or so. I’ve been running all around the country helping people with their PSM programs through Audits, PHA’s and … Continue reading
Posted in General Information, Management of Change
Tagged Biography
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Welcome 2015!
I’ve been slow in my posts recently due to an incredibly hectic schedule in both my professional and personal life and for that I apologize. I’ll see what I can do to improve the post rate in 2015. Remember, there … Continue reading
Posted in Community Involvement, General Information, Standardization, Uncategorized
Tagged Biography, Lessons Learned
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Respecting Maintenance and Operational Skill
I recently read a fascinating article from Japan concerning a new “trend” at Toyota where they are reintroducing manual processes along-side their automated robotic processes. Essentially, they are putting smiths into their factories where workers are taught how to fashion … Continue reading
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Handling Compound Valve and Multi-Valve platforms in P&IDs and SOPs
I was at the IIAR convention a few weeks ago which afforded me the opportunity to do something I’ve long wanted to do: Get a chance to ask representatives from Danfoss, Hansen and R/S Parker to give me their thoughts … Continue reading
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The “PSM Lessons Shared” project
Recently, during a PSM class, I had a student with an all-too-common issue: How do I change the incident reporting culture at my facility? As a new PSM coordinator he was struggling because he couldn’t get his operators to report … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, General Information, Incidents
Tagged Employee Involvement, Incidents, Lessons Learned
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CSB Releases Safety Video on 2009 Fatal Blast at NDK Crystal – Animation Depicts Stress Corrosion Cracking; Vessels Were Not Inspected or Tested
Today the CSB issued a report on a 2009 vessel failure that it blamed on Stress Corrosion Cracking. There are some interesting lessons to be learned about incident investigation in this report since the mechanism that led to the vessel’s … Continue reading
Posted in Community Involvement, CSB, General Information, Good Engineering Practices, Incidents
Tagged CSB, General, General Duty, Incidents
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EPA goes after a cold storage, the real estate agent AND the customer leasing the space!
Complainant issued a Compliance Order to Respondent, and also to Quirch Foods Caribbean, Corp., and Caparra Realty Associates, LLC ( “the Order”) pursuant to Section 1 13 of the Act regarding the Facility. The Order required these parties to perform … Continue reading
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Paying for PSM, California Style
The state of California is having some trouble funding their oversight of their state PSM rule: CalARP. Don’t worry though, they have a solution… The Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is proposing to adopt emergency … Continue reading
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Tagged Government, PSM, RMP
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