Lithium-ion battery manufacturing has garnered a lot of news lately, both good and bad news. Although these batteries are being manufactured in the name of being “environmentally friendly,” as is the case in many PSM/RMP-covered processes, the raw materials used in their manufacturing are anything but “friendly.” The PSM process in this manufacturing process involves the use of a CAT 2 flammable electrolyte.
OSHA agreed this is a “covered process” when they issued seventeen (17) PSM citations to a similar facility at the end of 2023…