When combustible materials are in a finely divided dust form, they can burn rapidly. If the dust is suspended in the air in the right concentration, under certain conditions, it can become explosible. Even materials that do not normally burn … Read More
Safety Stratus Blog
Management Commitment: What Does it Mean for Safety?
Management commitment is a term frequently used by regulatory agencies—in forum discussions, training, and in conversations between peers and mentors. Despite its prevalence, management commitment is an often ill-defined or misunderstand phrase, especially in what it means to incorporate it … Read More
Empower Managers and Teams with EH&S Compliance Software
The idea of missing a reporting deadline weighs heavily on compliance managers’ minds. With regulations and requirements stacking up every day, it is not uncommon for details (even ones as important as deadlines) to slip through the cracks. Acting as … Read More
The Year in Review: Health and Safety in 2022
As 2023 begins, it is important to start the year reflecting on recent progress made. In the field of health and safety, this takes the form of reviewing changes imposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Looking back … Read More
How To: Improving Risk Assessments
In 2010 the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) analyzed 20 years’ worth of accidents that resulted in fatalities and found that in every single instance there was a failure to appropriately assess the hazards present before performing … Read More
The Reason Safe Permit to Work Systems Fail
Accident data from the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), case studies, and practices laid out by the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) all point to the failure of permit to work (PTW) systems as a main … Read More
