Chemical Process Safety (PSM/RMP)

In OSHA’s fiscal year 2022, Management of Change was the #6 most cited element of the PSM standard. Here is a breakdown of those citations…… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

In OSHA’s fiscal year 2022, Contractors was the #5 most cited element of the PSM standard. Here is a breakdown of those citations…… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

In OSHA’s fiscal year 2022, Process Hazard Analysis was the #4 most cited element of the PSM standard. Here is a breakdown of those citations…… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

In OSHA’s fiscal year 2022, Process Safety Information, was the #3 most cited element of the PSM standard. Here is a breakdown of those citations…… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

In OSHA’s fiscal year 2022, Mechanical Integrity (MI), was the #2 most cited element of the PSM standard.  Here is a breakdown of those citations…… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

OSHA’s fiscal year 2022 saw a significant change in the leading PSM element for citations.  As far as I know, Mechanical Integrity has been the most cited element every year for the past 20 years.  And it held that spot convincingly for those years.  Last year, SOPs took the top spot with…… Membership Required You...

November 20, 2022 was the anniversary of Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) regulations.  And although it is not as well known as OSHA’s PSM and EPA’s RMP standards, it is a standard that many PSM/RMP practitioners deal with, so I thought it would be fitting to look at the CFATS numbers…… Membership Required You must...

In a recent training course, the EPA answered the “One Big Question”… (one that I have written about many times) Does the facility rely on emergency responders to stop the release of the regulated substance(s)? If the facility answers Yes, they are saying the local first responders will respond and stop the release.  This means…...

Here are the six (6) triggers that will get your RMP Inspection Case referred to DOJ:… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

In the CSB’s final report on a refinery incident, the agency calls on OSHA to: Develop guidance documents for performing process hazard analysis on operating procedures to address transient operation hazards in facilities with Process Safety Management (PSM) covered processes. A PHA is a critical element of the process safety management system; unfortunately, we see…...