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What’s next, Amputation?

STRATTANVILLE, PA –The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Champion Modular Inc. for exposing employees to safety and health hazards at its Strattanville, Pennsylvania, facility. The company faces $687,650 in penalties.

OSHA initiated an inspection after an employee suffered an amputation in November 2018. The Agency issued willful and serious citations for failing to use machine guarding, provide fall protection, and train workers on hazard communication and hearing conservation.

“Moving machine parts have the potential to cause severe workplace injuries if they are not safeguarded,” said OSHA Erie Area Office Director Brendan Claybaugh. “Employers’ use of machine guards and devices is not optional. Employers are legally responsible for ensuring that machine operators are protected.”  

The company has 15 business days from receipt of the citations and proposed penalties to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA’s area director, or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. OSHA’s role is to help ensure these conditions for American working men and women by setting and enforcing standards, and providing training, education, and assistance. For more information, visit https://www.osha.gov

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U.S Department of Labor Cites Texas Rubber Company for Safety Violations Cited.

HOUSTON, TX – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Custom Rubber Products LLC – based in Houston, Texas – for failing to properly guard machinery and exposing employees to severe injury and amputation hazards. The company faces $530,392 in fines, the maximum penalty allowable by law.

OSHA cited Custom Rubber Products LLC for four egregious willful violations for machine guarding and caught-in hazards, and the company remains in the Severe Violator Enforcement Program. OSHA cited the company for similar hazards in 2014 after another employee was severely injured.

“Employers are required to assess potential hazards, and make necessary corrections to ensure a safe workplace,” said OSHA’s Acting Regional Administrator in Dallas Eric S. Harbin. “The inspection results demonstrate workplace deficiencies existed putting workers at serious risk of injury.”

The company has 15 business days from receipt of the citations and penalties to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA’s area director, or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. OSHA’s role is to help ensure these conditions for America’s working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and providing training, education, and assistance. For more information, visit http://www.osha.gov.

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Employee Dies from Fall Injury, Fremont, NE

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Daubert Construction – based in Fremont, Nebraska – for failing to protect employees from fall hazards.

An employee suffered a fatal injury after falling approximately 16 feet through an unguarded skylight. Inspectors determined that the Fremont, Nebraska, employer allowed employees to work on a mobile scaffold platform elevated with a forklift; and failed to train employees to recognize fall hazards. OSHA proposed penalties of $19,890.

“Falls from elevation continue to be a leading cause of fatalities for construction workers,” said OSHA Omaha Area Office Director Jeff Funke. “This tragedy could have been prevented if the employer had provided a fall protective system, and trained workers to recognize and avoid fall hazards.”

The company has 15 business days from receipt of the citations and penalties to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA’s area director, or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. OSHA’s role is to help ensure these conditions for America’s working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and providing training, education, and assistance. For more information, visit https://www.osha.gov

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The Life Saver History

The first Life Saver or fire extinguisher of which there is any record was patented in England in 1723 by Ambrose Godfrey, a celebrated chemist at that time and to this day. It consisted of a cask of fire-extinguishing liquid containing a pewter chamber of gunpowder. This was connected with a system of fuses which were ignited, exploding the gunpowder and scattering the solution. This device was probably used to a limited extent, as Bradley’s Weekly Messenger for November 7th, 1729, refers to its efficiency in stopping a fire in London.

The modern fire extinguisher was invented by British Captain George William Manby in 1818; it consisted of a copper vessel of 3 gallons (13.6 liters) of pearl ash (potassium carbonate) solution contained within compressed air.

A classic copper building type soda-acid extinguisher

The soda-acid extinguisher was first patented in 1866 by Francois Carlier of France, which mixed a solution of water and sodium bicarbonate with tartaric acid, producing the propellant CO2 gas. A soda-acid extinguisher was patented in the U.S. in 1881 by Almon M. Granger. His extinguisher used the reaction between sodium bicarbonate solution and sulfuric acid to expel pressurized water onto a fire.[1] A vial was suspended in the cylinder containing concentrated sulfuric acid. Depending on the type of extinguisher, the vial of acid could be broken in one of two ways. One used a plunger to break the acid vial, while the second released a lead stopple that held the vial closed. Once the acid was mixed with the bicarbonate solution, carbon dioxide gas was expelled and thereby pressurized the water. The pressurized water was forced from the canister through a nozzle or short length of hose.

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9 TIPS IN FORKLIFT TRAINING

1. Forklift Safety Check

• Uses safety checklist satisfactorily • Conducts proper safety check 

2. Start-up Procedures

• Mounts truck properly (raised models) • Fastens seatbelt • Checks gauges • Checks adjacent area for personnel and obstacles

3. Use of Controls

 (Understands proper technique and proper direction of movement of controls to get the desired result)

• Clutch operation (manual transmission) • Inching control, forward/reverse (automatic transmission) • Lift control, tilt control, shift control (sideways) • Attachment controls (if applicable)

4. Forklift Maneuvering

• Starts and stops smoothly • Turns are smooth and controlled • Operates at the proper speed • Looks in direction of travel • Carries forks at a proper level

5. Load Management

• Selects proper load capacity for truck • Selects proper load size for visibility and safe handling • Maintains proper fork speed • Carries load tilted back against the backrest • Carries load low (just high enough to clear floor obstacles)

6. Load Transport

• Starts and stops smooth • Maintains proper speed • Sounds horn when backing up, at blind intersections, and at corners • Travels at least three forklift lengths behind other vehicles • Travels with load trailing when the forward view is obstructed • Ascends and descends ramps with load upgrade

7. Load Stacking

• Approaches loads squarely • Stacks straight and does not tier too high • Deposits load flat (does not use excessive tilt action) • Uses proper fork spread for top load pickup

8. Dock Safety

• Checks bridge plates before entering the trailer • Checks trailer for wheel chocking and proper jack installation • Checks rail freight cars for proper positioning and safe loads

9. Parking

• Lowers forks flat on the floor• Sets parking brake• Dismounts truck carefully(raised models)

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Working Permit as a Requirement

There are different kinds of working permit and the importance of it. It's benefit and crucial to the work of safety workplace. Health and safety officer should be aware that working permit system is a risk to be approved and assessment for a type of job that has hazards associated with it and the prevention and protection measure taken to combat the risk.

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Workload over productivity

Workload are the factors to be considered for safety and health analysis as a safety engineer.Prevention of operator and maintainer exposure to safety and health hazards are important. Workload determined how long you can cope with or stand in a long hours.

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