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Bumble Bee Foods LLC will pay $6 million for willfully violating worker safety rules, causing the 2012 death of an employee who became trapped inside an industrial oven at the company’s Santa Fe Springs plant.
The CSB continues to draw attention to the special safety precautions necessary for hot work. Among its recommendations are to require atmospheric monitoring inside tanks before and during any hot work as well as to require all process piping, including vent lines on tanks, be positively isolated before authorizing hot work.
Process Safety Academy from Chilworth Technology, a Dekra company, has tailored its course offerings into tracks addressing process safety hazards, hazard identification and risk analysis, hazard mitigation and management programs, and techniques for measuring success.
Safety experts estimate that up to 10 percent of industrial incidents are related to the failure to lock out equipment during plant maintenance. Proper lockout/tagout (LO/TO) practices safeguard workers from the danger of electrocution, shock or crushing.
When starting up gas-fired industrial heating equipment, specific equipment concerns must be considered. Learn about the safety codes that apply, the basic techniques that must be followed, and hazards to avoid.
Several recent industrial accidents can be tracked directly back to the the startup of natural gas-fired industrial equipment. Having a better understanding of the codes that affect this equipment and what that means for your plant and process could be the difference between life and death.