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Industrial
Hygiene Insights — July 2008 |
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Welcome to IH
Insights, the monthly electronic newsletter for industrial
hygiene practitioners. Each issue brings you analysis and
commentary
from our contributing editors, all veteran industrial
hygienists, plus
news on compliance, research, and professional practice from the
Occupational Hazards editorial team. |
In This
Issue:
1. Which OSHA
Requirement Would You Toss?
2. MSHA
Proposes Belt Air Rule
3. CSB Report
Calls for Improved Nonconductive Flammable Liquid MSDSs
4. Focused
Inspections of Petroleum Refineries in Washington Finds Multiple
Violations at Shell's Equilon Facility
5. MSHA
Notifies 16 Mine Operators of Potential Patterns of Violations
6. Pfizer
Agrees to $975,000 Penalty for Clean Air Act Violations
1. Which OSHA Requirement Would You
Toss?
If you could eliminate one OSHA requirement, which would it be? My
ax would fall on the universal requirement to retain material safety
data sheets (MSDS) for at least 30 years past the point of employment.
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2. MSHA Proposes Belt Air Rule
MSHA published a proposed rule in the June 19 Federal Register that
includes requirements for improved flame-resistant conveyor belts, fire
prevention and detection in belt entries, standardized tactile signals
on lifelines and the approval of belt air used for ventilation in
underground mines.
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3. CSB Report Calls for Improved Nonconductive
Flammable Liquid MSDSs
In a new case study addressing the July 2007 explosion and fire at
the Barton Solvents distribution facility in Valley Center, Kans., the
U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) determined that a static spark
resulting from a level-measuring float inside the tank likely caused the
explosion and called for improved material safety data sheets (MSDSs)
for nonconductive flammable liquids.
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6. Pfizer Agrees to $975,000 Penalty for Clean
Air Act Violations
Pfizer Inc. agreed to pay a $975,000 civil penalty to resolve
alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its former manufacturing
plant in Groton, Conn., according to EPA and the Justice Department. The
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Insights, please share them with Editor Sandy Smith at ssmith@penton.com.
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