Danger tag

As defined by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulation 29 CFR 1910 (f) (6), a tag used in minor hazard situations where a non-immediate or potential hazard or unsafe practice presents a lesser threat of employee injury. See also Danger Tag Warning Tag. 

Danger tags — Used where there is a temporary, immediate severe hazard. These tags are red, black, and white. 

NOTE Sampling steam and condensate lines in large process plants such as smelters, pulp and paper plants, steel mills, and the like is potentially dangerous. Site rules must be followed and the use of proper safety equipment employed (safety equipment includes helmet, gloves, goggles, and occasionally a respirator). Under certain operating conditions, confined space permits and tag-out or lock-out rules may be necessary and a minimum of two persons required before work begins. 

Labels indicating correct disposal may also be helpful, but are very often ignored if there is no obvious danger for the waste producer in case of acting against the label s advice. In the future, invisible identification tags like the RFID technique could help to sort out the devices in question from the waste stream. 

Disposal of hazardous waste is dangerous and expensive, even when the contents of the waste are identified. Fortunately, most chemical waste produced in a laboratory or work area is identifiable. When the contents of a reagent bottle, reaction flask, or gas cylinder are not identified, the process of disposal is more dangerous, expensive, and difficult. Without mitigating information, all unknown materials must be treated as if they were potentially lethal and hazardous. In all cases, chemical unknowns cannot be disposed of until a general profile of the unknown has been generated. Even then, the disposal cost is a premium. Additionally, there is a constant threat of personal injury or death to individuals who handle these potentially dangerous materials. No price tag can be attached to an avoidable personal injury. 

Described herein Is a convenient, accurate, sensitive and rapid method for measuring stable Isotopes of selenium In biological materials A rapid sample preparation technique Is used which does not require perchloric acid, with Its associated dangers Based on Isotope dilution techniques and Isotope ratio measurements, the method employs one enriched stable Isotope as the Internal standard and another as the metabolic tag This permits the quantitative measurement of the enriched tracer, unenrlched (natural) selenium present with It, and total selenium In the samples Some examples of the type of Information that can be obtained with these techniques will be described ... 

A few monographs have appeared on static electricity and the danger connected with the discharge of it producing explosions of gas mixtures, inflammable dust or even inflammable liquids or solids. These are monographs by Frey-tag [2] and Haase [3]. Also a book by Gugan should be consulted [4]. 

Prevention of unexpected movement when body inside Danger Zone Measures to prevent the starting of a machine unexpectedly while the operator is located inside the Dangerous Zone of the machine for his works (e.g. tagging, locks). This barrier is activated when the machine is normally OFF. 

The most important measure to maintain permanent and recoverable injury risk is the operation of the machine within safety limits, the respect of the dangerous zone of the machine and the use of lock-out tag-out on the machine when the machine is being cleared. If not used they will increase risk by 4.7, 1.6 and 1.4 respectively. Absence of an emergency stop switch increases the risk of recoverable injuries additionally by 1.35 times. Results are shown in details in Tables 3 and 4. 

Who Employers must train each operator of a derrick on the safe operation of the equipment including the operational functions of equipment and its use with attachments, unavailable operation procedures, unattended equipment, dangers of distractions, tag-out, verifying controls, storm warning. Section 1926.1427, Operator Qualification and Certification, does not apply. 

Ideally the jobsite would be hazard-free. However, working in and around construction sites is dangerous business. The good news is an employer has many ways to control those hazards. One way is to use safety signs, tags, signals, and barricades. 

Tagouts If a machine or item of equipment has a hazardous condition, a way to inform people is to place a tag on it that clearly identifies the hazard. That way, someone does not inadvertently use or work on the machine or item without knowing the danger. When working on electrical systems and equipment, workers need to use both lockout and tagout procedures concurrently. In addition, if equipment always has a known hazard, it may need a permanent label identifying the hazard. 

Tags must bear the words "DANGER" and "DO NOT OPERATE" or "DO NOT USE" printed on both sides of the tag. 

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