Comments on: Why We Need More than Common Sense Safety for Natural Gas Pipe System Cleaning and Purging Operations http://ehswire.com/2010/07/why-we-need-more-than-common-sense-safety-for-natural-gas-pipe-system-cleaning-and-purging-operations/ Views and news about environmental, occupational health & safety Mon, 07 May 2012 13:59:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: holiday travel safety tips http://ehswire.com/2010/07/why-we-need-more-than-common-sense-safety-for-natural-gas-pipe-system-cleaning-and-purging-operations/comment-page-1/#comment-1803 holiday travel safety tips Sat, 03 Mar 2012 18:40:42 +0000 http://ehswire.com/?p=1120#comment-1803 I believe this site contains some very fantastic details for everybody : D. I believe this site contains some very fantastic details for everybody : D.

]]> By: Paula Kaufmann http://ehswire.com/2010/07/why-we-need-more-than-common-sense-safety-for-natural-gas-pipe-system-cleaning-and-purging-operations/comment-page-1/#comment-1429 Paula Kaufmann Fri, 20 May 2011 21:30:29 +0000 http://ehswire.com/?p=1120#comment-1429 Connecticut General Assembly’s House of Representatives for recently unanimously passed a bill to permanently ban the deadly practice of using flammable gases to blow out debris and clean gas piping! The US Chemical Safety Board Chairperson, Rafael Moure-Eraso, commended the legislators on their vote! Follow this link for his statement: http://www.csb.gov/newsroom/detail.aspx?nid=376 Connecticut General Assembly’s House of Representatives for recently unanimously passed a bill to permanently ban the deadly practice of using flammable gases to blow out debris and clean gas piping! The US Chemical Safety Board Chairperson, Rafael Moure-Eraso, commended the legislators on their vote! Follow this link for his statement: http://www.csb.gov/newsroom/detail.aspx?nid=376

]]> By: admin http://ehswire.com/2010/07/why-we-need-more-than-common-sense-safety-for-natural-gas-pipe-system-cleaning-and-purging-operations/comment-page-1/#comment-1142 admin Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:24:56 +0000 http://ehswire.com/?p=1120#comment-1142 <b> An Update on this issue: <a href="http://www.osha.gov/as/opa/quicktakes/qt08152010.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Kleen Energy fined more than $16 million after power plant explosion kills six workers</a> <em><b> OSHA warns other plants not to engage in same potentially deadly practices</b></em> OSHA issued $16.6 million in penalties for 371 workplace safety violations to three construction companies and 14 site contractors following a February 7 deadly natural gas explosion at the Kleen Energy Systems LLC power plant construction site in Middletown, Conn. Six workers were killed and 50 others injured by the blast that occurred when flammable natural gas was being pumped under high pressure to clean new fuel lines. The gas was vented into areas where it could not easily disperse, contacted an ignition source and exploded. Employers had allowed welding and other work to continue nearby at the time, creating an extremely dangerous situation. To continue reading this article, go to http://www.osha.gov/as/opa/quicktakes/qt08152010.html An Update on this issue: Kleen Energy fined more than $16 million after power plant explosion kills six workers

OSHA warns other plants not to engage in same potentially deadly practices

OSHA issued $16.6 million in penalties for 371 workplace safety violations to three construction companies and 14 site contractors following a February 7 deadly natural gas explosion at the Kleen Energy Systems LLC power plant construction site in Middletown, Conn. Six workers were killed and 50 others injured by the blast that occurred when flammable natural gas was being pumped under high pressure to clean new fuel lines. The gas was vented into areas where it could not easily disperse, contacted an ignition source and exploded. Employers had allowed welding and other work to continue nearby at the time, creating an extremely dangerous situation.

To continue reading this article, go to http://www.osha.gov/as/opa/quicktakes/qt08152010.html

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