PSM/RMP: Exceptions to the Rule

2020 has necessitated change and adaptability on many levels. To abate the many risks posed by the pandemic, many facilities have started to explore additional service lines or processes, which means an entirely new set of equipment, chemicals, and employees. These additions create an additional set of hazards to mitigate in the workplace. If your businesses pivoted manufacturing practices earlier this year, you may now be faced with the dilemma of installing and implementing new processes at your facility associated with the storage of flammable liquids. Do you know if you have the appropriate permitting or programs in place to...

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Using the Right Tools for your RPM/PSM Hazard Assessments

过程危险分析

At Braun Intertec, our consultants practice eight non-negotiables that are the core of our safety program. These eight non-negotiables are to be followed at all times to ensure that our employee owners have safety at the forefront of what they do. These non-negotiables lay the groundwork for daily operations and are designed so that if, at a minimum, they are followed, there is a high likelihood of completing the job at hand safely. One of the non-negotiables is “use the right tool for the job”. It’s short, simple, to the point, and applicable to each of the various Braun Intertec service lines. This...

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Minimizing Worker Exposures with Engineering Controls

From a traditional standpoint, most employers look at industrial hygiene projects as the front-end assessment of their workers’ exposures. This starts often as a “desktop” review of operations and then develops into an exposure assessment, or sampling plan, that then leads to the actual exposure evaluation using data from personal monitors and/or area monitors. However, much of the time the evaluation and interpretation of the workplace sampling results is not the final step. If the results indicate that your workers’ exposures are below the applicable Occupational Exposure Limits (OELs), such as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Permissible Exposure...

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Employee-Owner Spotlight: Terrence Young, Construction Materials Testing Project Manager in Beaumont, Texas

我们最近在一个项目网站上访问了Terrence Young Ownout,并用Braun Intertec向他询问了他的背景,为什么他加入了公司,我们的安全文化以及他在德克萨斯州博蒙特的CMT 雷竞技好Newbee赞助商Technician角色时寻找的东西。你能告诉我们你与Braun Intertec有多长时间了吗?什么吸引了你的公司?我在两年前开始于雷竞技好Newbee赞助商1月开始。我在建筑材料测试(CMT)中有大约二十多年的经验,并在我加入Braun Intertec团队时作为高级CMT技术人员开始。雷竞技好Newbee赞助商其中一个原因......

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Bloodborne Pathogens: Slow Down Before Jumping In

Bloodborne Pathogens

人们希望帮助别人的人性。但是,在向受伤方提供援助之前,很重要的是花点时间暂停并评估任何特定情况并吸收细节。这适用于商业和日常生活。当有人堕落或痛苦时,一个人的第一个本能就是立即跳进去帮助。但是,评估情况至关重要,以确定您是否可能将自己暴露于不受欢迎的风险或危险。如果第一个响应者没有花一点时间来评估情况,以确保......

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The Heat Is On – So Be Cool and Stay Safe

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我们很少几周进入夏天,是时候提醒你的工人有关热量压力的危害以及如何保护自己。如果劳动者和监事经过适当培训并了解要采取的症状和行动,则可以避免热量受伤。有许多因素可以导致或有助于与热相关的疾病。这里只有少数:高温和湿润的液体消耗阳光暴露或极端散热的空气流通造成的或过度的物理效果禁止的防护服或备用药物健康问题的药物治疗前提才能适应热工作场所的热处理热情相关疾病有四个主要健康问题......

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Listen Up: Protecting Your Workers from Hazardous Noise

噪音是一个,如果不是最常见的工作场所危险。OSHA报告说,每年至少2200万名工人面临损坏的噪音。噪音不仅可以永久地损坏员工的听证会,但雇主通常非常昂贵,以支付职业听力损失的赔偿索赔。出于这些原因,职业安全和健康管理局(OSHA)授权暴露于85分贝的时间加权平均(TWA)的雇员,以8小时搬班,应当纳入听证会保护计划在29cfr§1910.95中排出。在布劳雷竞技好Newbee赞助商恩Intertec,我们......

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Combating Jobsite Complacency with Safe Behaviors

Caution Tape

想象一下,有一个起重机运营商爬上一个驾驶室梯子,这是他完成了数百次的任务。但这一次,他忘了保持三个接触点并滑动第二次梯级。操作员摔倒并打破他的腿,现在不能工作八周。听起来有点熟?大多数伤害很少是由通常与危险相关的任务引起的。实际上,大多数事故是每天常见危害工作者面临的结果。经常,它归结为受伤的派对会称之为毫无思绪的错误,如忘记穿......

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国家安全月:工作区安全驾驶提示

June is National Safety month, and in observance of this important topic we will post a new article each week in June that focuses on safety to promote a safe and healthy workplace. Check out the previous weekly post to read about this year's safety month series. Did you know there are more than 250 active roadway work zones scheduled throughout the state of Minnesota for the 2018 construction season? (Source) From my vantage as the Transportation Market Division Leader at Braun Intertec, I see that our coworkers and clients are frequently on the front lines of active work zones where...

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Safe Behaviors: Empowering our Employees to Take Action

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June is National Safety month, and in observance of this important topic we will post a new article each week in June that focuses on safety to promote a safe and healthy workplace. Check out last week's post and stay tuned for the next post in this safety series. Promoting Job Site Awareness At Braun Intertec we encounter potentially hazardous situations on the job every day. Whether it’s out on a job site in Texas, in the oil fields of North Dakota or a high-rise building in Minnesota, we always need to be aware of our surroundings. Not just for...

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