• Can you just use the PPE Charts in the NFPA?
    The million dollar question… Can you just use the PPE Charts in the NFPA? If I had a dollar for every time I’ve been asked that question… it seems like a fair question while discussing the need to conduct an Arc Flash Analysis. After all, the NFPA 70E states that a person “Can” use those […]
  • OSHA’s Severe Violators Enforcement Program Effective June 18
    The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Severe Violators Enforcement Program (SVEP) directive becomes effective June 18th. The agency announced in April that it was implementing the program to focus enforcement efforts on employers who willfully and repeatedly endanger workers by exposing them to serious hazards. The directive establishe […]
  • OSHA fines US Postal Service nearly $300,000 for exposing workers to electrical hazards
    US Labor Department’s OSHA fines US Postal Service nearly $300,000 for exposing workers to electrical hazards at Pittsburgh, Pa., facility PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the U.S. Postal Service for workplace safety violations related to electrical hazards found at the Pittsburgh […]
  • With NFPA’s PPE Chart, Do you need an Arc Flash Survey?
    Over the past few years, I have encountered people who are charged with the “Safety” programs, or who are acting as “Safety” managers in facilities. Some have led me to question their sole purpose. What I mean is while those individuals are qualified to read the NFPA, they seem to forget their entire purpose… which […]
  • OSHA proposes $77,500 in fines against US Postal Service
    Region 10 News Release: 10-820-SEA (10-179) June 21, 2010 Contact: Jeannine Lupton Phone: 206-553-7620 US Labor Department’s OSHA proposes $77,500 in fines against US Postal Service for electrical hazards at Portland, Ore., mail processing facility SEATTLE – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the U.S. […]
  • Ohio man electrocuted at Hazle Twp. plant
    An Ohio contractor was electrocuted Thursday morning at a Hazle Township plastics plant, according to state police. Steven A. Koffel, 47, of Canton, Ohio, was fatally shocked when his hand touched a live wire in a control panel while repairing an air compressor inside Pretium Printing, state police at Hazleton said Monday. Koffel, a service […]
  • Man electrocuted in Annex hotel
    A 25-year-old man was electrocuted in the boiler room of a Holiday Inn on Bloor St. W. near St. George St. on Wednesday afternoon. Toronto Const. Tony Vella said police initially responded to a call from a co-worker who said a male had been electrocuted on the 15th floor of the hotel at 280 Bloor […]
  • Man Identified In New Kensington Electrocution
    NEW KENSINGTON,Pa — The medical examiner has identified the man electrocuted while painting a New Kensington Habitat for Humanity complex. Forty-eight-year-old Paul Thompson of Pittsburgh was working at the facility on Industrial Boulevard Wednesday when he somehow came in contact with high voltage power lines. Thompson and a co-worker had just finished pa […]
  • Tampa Electric worker suffers severe burns from power line shock
    TAMPA — A Tampa Electric Co. lineman was in critical condition Monday evening after an electrical shock, officials said. Police and firefighters responded to Dona Michelle Drive and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard about 10:20 a.m. and found John S. Hudson, 35, unconscious, said Fire Rescue Lt. Danielle Spradlin. Hudson had been working on an electrical […]
  • UPDATE: OSHA to Investigate Industrial Accident on Wildwood Boardwalk
    WILDWOOD– On monday, May 24, at approximately 6:30 p.m., members of the Wildwood police and fire departments responded to 3200 block of Boardwalk, in connection to a reported structure fire. Upon arrival on the scene, it was determined that a painter identified as Tilemahos Mavridis, 62, Middle Township man was operating a scissor style lift […]