Over the last several years, OSHA has asked, in the annual Supplement B questionnaire, specific questions designed to help share information about the site’s safety and health management systems (SHMS), but mainly about the critical areas of PSM programs and established procedures used to maintain, collect, and analyze PSM systems/process metrics. In 2016, OSHA developed […]
Background: CP rectifiers protect pipes against corrosion. Their use is mandated on liquid and gas pipelines by the Department of Transportation’s (DOT), 49 CFR § 195.573 (liquid pipelines) and § 192.465 (gas pipelines). While 29 CFR 1910.147 standard may control the hazards associated with the operation of CP rectifiers, it does not eliminate the other
Does § 1910.37(b)(7) permit the display of the ISO’s international emergency exit symbol as defined in ISO 7010 beside the mandatory EXIT text on an existing exit sign?
The Respondent owns an alkoxylation process at the Facility. Respondent manufactures a range of specialty surfactants for use predominantly in the oil and gas industry. The process of ethoxylation involves reacting ethylene oxide with various common chemicals , such as fatty alcohols and phenols, to produce a variety of products. The plant can also use
In OSHA’s fiscal year (October 2021 through September 2022), the agency conducted 18 HAZWOPER inspections and issued 29 citations, with penalties totaling $124,086. 42469 / Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers was #1 in Citations with 5 42469 / Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers, 32521 / Resin and Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing, and 33231
In OSHA’s fiscal year (October 2021 through September 2022), the agency conducted 1,172 LOTO inspections and issued 2,131 citations, with penalties totaling $15,475,561. 31161 / Animal Slaughtering and Processing was #1 in Citations with 66 32619 / Other Plastics Product Manufacturing was #1 in Inspections with 35 31161 / Animal Slaughtering and Processing was #1 in Penalties
In OSHA’s fiscal year (October 2021 through September 2022), the agency conducted 92 Permit-Required Confined Space inspections and issued 240 citations, with penalties totaling $1,637,458. 56221 / Waste Treatment and Disposal was #1 in Citations with 11 32739 / Other Concrete Product Manufacturing was #1 in Inspections with 4 81119 / Other Automotive Repair and
In OSHA’s fiscal year (October 2021 through September 2022), the agency conducted 66 PSM inspections and issued 347 citations, with penalties totaling $2,803,676. 32411 / Petroleum Refineries was #1 in Citations with 38 32411 / Petroleum Refineries was #1 in Inspections with 6 32551 / Paint and Coating Manufacturing was #1 in Penalties with $727,093
In the fiscal year 2022 (October 2021 through September 2022) the Chemical Manufacturing sector got 220 inspections with 752 citations totaling $3,843,200.
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