Jon Wallace is interviewed on WECT TV after a fatal accident in Wilmington, NC, involving a construction worker. Watch the interview: https://www.wect.com/2024/04/11/police-driver-custody-following-fatal-hit-run-involving-construction-worker
By W. Jon Wallace, CSP, MBA Some employers assume OSHA compliance is achieved merely by compliance with the applicable OSHA code of federal regulations (e.g. 1910 General Industry, 1915 Maritime, 1926 Construction, 1928 Agriculture). However, this does not necessarily...
By W. Jon Wallace, CSP, MBA The lockout/tagout standard – 29 CFR 1910.147 – is arguably the best OSHA standard ever written. For the price of a lock and tag, an employee can be confident they are protected from the sudden release of hazardous energy while performing...
By W. Jon Wallace, CSP, MBA "One worker died after entering a toluene storage tank. During the rescue attempt, a fireman was killed when the tank exploded." Confined space fatalities such as this example are a common occurrence in the workplace. According to NIOSH,...
By W. Jon Wallace, CSP, MBAArticle published in ASSE by W. Jon Wallace: "Good Practices for Flammable and Combustible Liquids" by W.Jon Wallace. Published in Occupational Health & SafetyDownload Flammable and combustible liquids are present in nearly every...
By W. Jon Wallace, CSP, MBA It’s not the fall that hurts – it’s the sudden stop. I read the preceding statement while performing a simulated OSHA inspection. Most fall-related injuries result from the lack of fall protection. Additional injuries occur from improper...
By W. Jon Wallace, CSP, MBA The origins of OSHA’s Process Safety Management (PSM) standard can be traced back to the December 1984 Union Carbide explosion in Bhopal, India. Many Americans became concerned that a similar incident could occur in the United States. To...
By W. Jon Wallace, CSP, MBA * This article was published the December 2005 issue of Occupational Health & Safety Magazine. PPE3Download Thousands of people are blinded each year from work-related eye injuries that could have been prevented with the proper...
By W. Jon Wallace, CSP, MBA “Wallace, if we lockout this machine every time we have a pill jam, we will never make any product!” This was the testy response I received from a production manager while performing a lockout audit at a pharmaceutical plant. With the...
By W. Jon Wallace, CSP, MBA As a safety professional, I routinely receive accident reports from around the World. Many of these accidents are related to confined space work. Unfortunately, the same types of mistakes are repeated – resulting in injury or death. Based...