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Item Number |
Group Number |
Date PAWS Form Filled Out |
Unsafe Act / Situation / Suggestion |
Action Taken/Safety Suggestion |
Person Responsible |
Open / Closed |
Comments |
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Cycle 2 |
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1 |
TA |
10/26/99 |
Group 1A left for day without checking out and without proper shutdown, tank in Pumping B was full of water |
Shut down completed, notified group of noncompliance |
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Closed |
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2 |
4A |
10/26/99 |
Hit myself with a wrench |
Said ouch |
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Closed |
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3 |
9A |
10/26/99 |
Electric disconnect and safety switch is above the faucet in liquid-liquid extraction experiment |
Gasparich said no rules are broken by this |
Gasperich |
Closed |
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4 |
1B |
10/28/99 |
Person not wearing Hard Hat in heat exchanger area. |
Told it was unsafe, and to put it on |
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Closed |
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5 |
3B |
10/28/99 |
Student was using chair to reach the top of the Fluidized bed |
Reminded them that step stool was available, and was then used |
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Closed |
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6 |
11B |
10/28/99 |
Single pass heat exchanger, uncontrollable water splashing by the steam boiler and drain. |
Buy some traction mats, which are permanent. |
Gasperich |
Closed |
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7 |
4B |
10/28/99 |
Electical outlet/circuts mounted on wall close to safety shower. Basement south door. |
-location of electrical disconnects discussed with D.Caspary, will be taken into consideration in future projects |
Gasperich |
Closed |
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8 |
1B |
10/28/99 |
Batch Filtration, wet flow, stuff spraying everywhere |
Told them to put up a "Caution Wet Floor" sign. |
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Closed |
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9 |
7B |
10/28/99 |
Liquid-liquid extraction sink near electric box, electric shock hazard. |
Be sure no possibility for accident to occur. See if distance is in accordance with regulations |
Gasperich |
Closed |
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10 |
1B |
10/28/99 |
Splasing of water out of heat exchanger was hitting vacuum drying group |
Told heat exchanger group about it, and they corrected it |
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Closed |
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11 |
1B |
10/28/99 |
Batch Filtration used a "Restroom Closed" sign for their wet floor-this was really throwing me for a loop. |
I suggested that they use a "Caution wet Floor" sign instead |
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Closed |
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12 |
13B |
10/28/99 |
No more earplugs in office |
Informe Safety Committee |
Gasperich |
Closed |
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13 |
11B |
10/28/99 |
We need a squeegy, another group is sharing the same one with us, there should be enough squeegied for all stations that require one |
New Squeegee bought |
Gasperich |
Closed |
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14 |
4B |
10/28/99 |
Missing items in first aid kits |
Gave list to Gasperich. -items were replaced |
Gasperich |
Closed |
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15 |
11B |
10/28/99 |
Need a total of 4 barrels for single pass heat exchanger, otherwise draining water makes a mess. |
There are four |
Gasperich |
Closed |
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16 |
11B |
10/28/99 |
Single pass heat exchanger's 4-way valve is dripping. |
Fix the leak |
Gasperich |
Closed |
Need to know which valve |
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17 |
4B |
10/28/99 |
CSTR, rotameter 1 ball is clogged, doesn't work properly |
Repaired |
Gasperich |
Closed |
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18 |
13B |
10/28/99 |
Second water valve (Valve 9) on shell and tube heat exchanger leaks |
Repaired |
Gasperich |
Closed |
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19 |
7B |
10/28/99 |
Batch Filtration Pump sprays CaCO3 all over floor. |
Repaired |
Gasperich |
Closed |
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20 |
7B |
10/28/99 |
On batch filtration, valve 7 needs a blind on it, it's open ended, solution is able to escape |
put a blind on it |
Gasperich |
Closed |
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21 |
3B |
10/28/99 |
Valve 23, the valve closest to the pump on 1.5" pump, was leaking |
We broke it, then Tim put a new valve in |
Gasperich |
Closed |
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22 |
3B |
10/28/99 |
Bleed Valve leaks on Polymer Flow |
Informed TA |
Gasperich |
Closed |
Which valve? |
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23 |
3B |
10/28/99 |
There are open boxes of glassware stacked previously on the back of polymer flow lab bench. This is a broken glassware hazard. |
Informed safety committee and TA |
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Closed |
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24 |
4B |
10/28/99 |
CSTR experiment left unattended |
Found team members and informed them of proper policies |
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Closed |
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25 |
4B |
10/28/99 |
Ro-tap running unattended |
Found team members and informed them of proper policies |
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Closed |
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26 |
2A |
11/2/99 |
Rotap Motor Fried. Smoke fillled the storage room |
New ROTAP installed |
Gasparich |
Closed |
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27 |
13A |
11/2/99 |
Valve n on polymer flow is leaking |
Valve should be relplaced |
Gasparich |
Closed |
Which valve? |
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28 |
12A |
11/2/99 |
Air bubbles in vent for CSTR causing level in tank 1 to rise |
Air bubbles removed by Gasparich |
Gasparich |
Closed |
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29 |
8A |
11/2/99 |
Cement tank on Vaccuum drying tank is partially broken |
Gasparich said not a problem |
Gasparich |
Closed |
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30 |
12A |
11/2/99 |
Rotameter for Phenolphtalein feed tank is sticks. Difficult to obtain desired flow |
Gasparich said not a problem |
Gasparich |
Closed |
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31 |
12A |
11/2/99 |
NaOH was not in proper storage |
Placed in base area |
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Closed |
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32 |
14B |
11/3/99 |
Filtration experiment unit area is a mess |
Clean it up |
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Closed |
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33 |
14B |
11/3/99 |
A group member of Pumping A was seen standing on top of platform where top barrel is filling. Possible falling hazard. |
sign put up that says "Do not stand on platform" |
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Closed |
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34 |
14B |
11/3/99 |
The manometer board on pumping A is too confusing, the low pressure valve should be moved from the back to the front. |
Gasparich said not a problem |
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Closed |
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35 |
14B |
11/3/99 |
Pumping A: A valve is misplaced and should be moved. It is too close to the upper discharge tank. Pinches fingers. |
Gasparich said not a problem |
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Closed |
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36 |
10B |
11/4/99 |
Flow measurement: The wire mesh used to wrap the railing has loose ends that scratches group members and causes some bleeding. |
Get rid of the loose wire ends or change the mesh to a different material all together. Whether to have mesh at all is an issue for future safety groups |
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Closed |
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37 |
6B |
11/4/99 |
Need a brush for the balance in room 105 to clean the surface of the balance. |
Gasparich said not a problem since the brush is in the drawer |
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Closed |
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38 |
14B |
11/4/99 |
Pumping A has a small leak on Pump |
This is attributed to the cooling water being on too high |
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Closed |
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39 |
14B |
11/4/99 |
Pumping A when looking at monometers, there are two large valves that are not in use that should be removed. They hit you in the shins! |
Valves turned away from walking path |
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Closed |
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40 |
2A |
10/26/99 |
Flow measurement leaking onto floor |
Bucket to collect liquid |
Gasparich |
Closed |
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41 |
1B |
10/28/99 |
Gloves not used when turning swing arm on Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger |
Handed teh a pair of gloves |
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Closed |
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42 |
4B |
11/4/99 |
Put feet up on PVC piping when completed Pumping A |
Told them to remove feet |
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Closed |
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43 |
1B |
11/4/99 |
Steam Supply valve on vacuum dryer has a slight leak |
examined valve for possible leak; leak was small so no cleanup is necessary |
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Closed |
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