The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently made several major changes to its Process Safety Management (PSM) standard for highly hazardous chemicals, which previously had ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2016 - Agricultural retailers – and the media that cover them – may have been too hasty last month in announcing a long-term congressional reprieve from Occupational Safety and ...

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 ...

HOUSTON, June 24-- The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration sent letters to refinery managers emphasizing the need to comply with all applicable OSHA standards, particularly the process ...

OSHA has announced it will host a virtual meeting in October on the Process Safety Management (PSM) standard. The standard, originally published in 1992, “requires employers to implement safety ...

Proposed modifications could mean that many new sites will be covered and will need to formally adopt PSM as defined in the OSHA regulation. Process safety excellence still eludes most process ...

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 23, 2016 – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration acted illegally when it imposed new safety requirements on fertilizer dealers without giving them a chance to comment, ...

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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 ...