Facilities that potentially could release highly hazardous chemicals resulting in toxic fire or explosion hazards are the focus of a national emphasis program (NEP) developed by OSHA. The program ...

WASHINGTON, May 11, 2016 – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will develop regulations to update its Process Safety Management Standard but won’t exempt ag retailers from PSM ...

In an exclusive, face-to-face interview with OccupationalHazards.com, Richard Fairfax, director of OSHA enforcement programs, announced the agency intends conduct a slew of complex process safety ...

As a result of the Tenth Circuit’s ruling, time will tell if OSHA will seek to further expand the types of activities, vessels, and units that the agency believes are covered by the PSM standard due ...

Tracing audit findings back to the management system that allowed the failure to occur is an effective way to uncover deficiencies in an organization's process safety management system. Follow the ...

OSHA’s Process Safety Management (PSM) of Highly Hazardous Chemicals regulation applies to facilities that handle a threshold quantity of specific chemicals listed in Appendix A of the standard. The ...

Safety is paramount in the sheet metal workplace, and yet, hazards lurk in even the most benign environments. From slips and falls to chemical exposures, the potential for accidents is always present.

OSHA has started a new, one-year pilot program to increase inspections of facilities using certain hazardous chemicals. The strategy is to increase the number of quick inspections OSHA does to ensure ...