The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently made several major changes to its Process Safety Management (PSM) standard for highly hazardous chemicals, which previously had ...

Process safety excellence still eludes most process manufacturers. It can be defined as having employees who all are genuinely proficient and competent in their requisite technical disciplines and ...

Oil refineries nationwide have received letters from OSHA emphasizing the need to comply with all applicable OSHA standards, particularly the Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals ...

As a result of the Tenth Circuit’s ruling, time will tell if OSHA will seek to further expand the types of activities, vessels, and units that the agency believes are covered by the PSM standard due ...

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The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Infineum, a manufacturer of petroleum additives for lubricants and fuels, for 22 workplace safety violations, ...

OSHA's PSM standard was issued in February 1992, while EPA's RMP rule was issued in May 1996. The goal of both rules: A comprehensive plan to manage process chemical hazards. Authors discuss the two ...

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In 1970, Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act. The Act created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, whose primary mission is to ensure that employees carry out ...

Proposed modifications could mean that many new sites will be covered and will need to formally adopt PSM as defined in the OSHA regulation. Process safety excellence still eludes most process ...