Three deaths that did not need to happen are being attributed to the use of an open-flame heater which probably started the fire. The company (Dan D Drilling) apparently knew this was hazardous and had already been in violation with OSHA and was cited in June 2011.
Without basic training in place for chemical and physical hazards of … Read More...
On June 1, 2015, OSHA’s new Hazard Communications Standard (HCS) will be enforced and will affect chemical manufacturers, importers, distributors and employers to ensure they are in compliance with all modified provisions of the HCS, other than the two exceptions for distributors and employers at 29 CFR 1910.1200(j)(2)(i) and (ii).
OSHA has indicated that it will go easy … Read More...
OSHA has published the updated ruling related to the safety standard in the construction and repair of electric power generation, transmission and distribution. The updated standard which became law on July 14, 2014 includes some significant changes to the PPE requirements for electric workers.
OSHA did delay the effective date for some provisions which will be fully implemented … Read More...
OSHA has highlighted dangerous activities in Fracking such as driving and erecting rig towers.
There is also warnings of the dangers of explosions and poisonous hydrogen sulfide during flowback operations.
While many operations may well have already initiated precautions to protect their workers from the hazards this is something that needs to be brought forward and made everyone
… Read More...An accident at a hydraulic fracturing site in northern Colorado that killed one worker and injured two others occurred earlier this month. According to a report on the Greeley Tribune, Matthew Smith, the worker who died, was hit with a stream of water. No other information is available at this time.
The two other workers that were injured … Read More...
