OSHA has just released a new PSM Booklet titled “Process Safety Management for Petroleum Refineries,” which contains “Lessons Learned” from their Petroleum Refinery Process Safety Management National Emphasis Program (NEP). This publication is a MUST READ for any practicing process safety professional, regardless if your process(s) is a refinery or not! The publication focuses on five (5) PSM elements: 1) Process Safety Information, 2) Process Hazards Analysis, 3) Operating Procedures, 4) Mechanical Integrity, 5) Management of Change. The publication discusses the trends OSHA found in their Refinery NEP inspection, but let’s not fool ourselves into thinking these problems are only in refining! The publication offers suggested RAGAGEPs for these five (5) PSM areas, as well as provides some great discussions on some of the RAGAGEPs finer points, such as:
OSHA’s new publication “Process Safety Management for Petroleum Refineries”