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 ...

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 ...

OSHA has announced it will host a virtual meeting in October on the Process Safety Management (PSM) standard. The standard, originally published in 1992, “requires employers to implement safety ...

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 ...

OSHA has issued its official interpretation and explanation of the phrase "on site in one location" in the "Application" section of the agency's Process Safety Management (PSM) of Highly Hazardous ...

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Tracing audit findings back to the management system that allowed the failure to occur is an effective way to uncover deficiencies in an organization's process safety management system. Follow the ...

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 ...

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 ...