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Worst Disasters

Generally speaking, 5-6 things have to go wrong for an incident to occur. Furthermore, these events or failures have to occur in a certain sequence. The characteristics

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Nitrogen Asphyxiation Hazards

We all know that air is mostly nitrogen…79% to be precise. What may not be a common knoweldge is that colorless odorless Nitrogen has led to asphyxiation

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Safety Rap

Take a look at the following video from Dominion Power: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7viGDALSoJE And if you have time also check out this safety annoucement from Southwest:  httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvdCFYLf_JI

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Value of Life

As safety professionals, we are often required to consider value of life in decision making. So, what is the economic value of a life? According

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Risk and Safety

I had been  away from writing blog posts for last 3 months or so…mainly because of my travel to S. Korea. I have also been

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Is Safety Training Helpful?

Workplace Safety training is a big industry…every year companies are spending millions of dollars on training their employees. I have always doubted the efficacy of

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Biodiesel Incidents Trend

Based on incident data in biodiesel facilities, I had written that the biodiesel industry in the US is experiencing an incident every two-and-a-half months, i.e.

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