Process Safety Management (PSM) is an OSHA standard that emphasizes the management of hazards associated with highly hazardous chemicals and establishes a comprehensive management program that ...

Building upon the original process safety management ideas published in the early 1990s, this new framework for thinking about process safety integrates industry lessons learned over the ...

OSHA Instruction CPL 02-01-065 refers heavily to OSHA Standards 29 C.F.R. 1926.64 and 1910.109—both of which detail the process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals.

Learn more about the Swiss cheese model in cultivating a safety-oriented mindset within the academic community. Risk-Based Process Safety The risk-based process safety (RBPS) management approach is ...

If you’ve ever wondered what a process safety standard drafted by a union would look like, the State of Washington’s recent draft Process Safety Requirements for Petroleum Refineries provides ...

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 ...

The regulatory landscape for process industries in the United States became a little more onerous earlier this year. On February 21, 2020, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board ...

About the Author Janet Persechino is employed at Engineering Planning and Management, Inc. (EPM). She can be reached at jap@epm-inc.com, 508-532-7360, for a free chemical process safety consultation ...

While intention is admirable, it’s actions that count. And when it comes to process safety, 66% of companies cited disparities between process safety goals and reality, according to a report from ...

Research personnel must perform a process risk assessment for all processes that utilize hazardous materials. The assessment is utilized to determine the level of risk associated with a specific ...

Workplace safety procedures are designed to keep employees, visitors and customers safe while helping to reduce the stress associated with the work area. Company management should take the time to ...