In June I will be presenting with my good friend and safety colleague Jonathan Zimmerman at the ASSE Conference in FL. Our presentation is “Process Safety Management Best Practices, Lessons Learned and Enforcement Trend”. Here is a peak at some very interesting data regarding PSM inspections from May 26, 1992 – February 26, 2014. Stop by our session in June and see much more.
PSM Inspection History Summary
(May 26, 1992, to February 26, 2014)1
Total Number of PSM Inspections2 …………………………………………….…3,721
Total Number of Violations………………………………………………………..20,100
Total Initial Penalty……………………………………………………………$93 Million
Total Number of CHEM NEP Inspection (Opened Nov. 2011 to 2/26/14)….………890
Total Number of Refinery NEP Inspections (opened as of 4/4/2013)……..…………74
1 Includes Federal and State-Plan states
2 Defined as an inspection that included at least 1 PSM violation
Data Source: OSHA Office of Statistics
CLICK HERE (.doc) to see the breakdown of the 20,100 PSM citations by Element (SM Citations 22 digits by Frequency)
CLICK HERE to PSM Inspection History Summary 3-5-2014.docx
SAFTENG Members will have access to the raw data after the June Conference as well as my ppt that contains the analysis of all the inspection data.