Health, safety, environment (HSE) and quality professionals in the oil and gas industry must juggle competing and complex priorities on a daily basis. From conducting inspections to maintaining compliance with countless regulations, it can be difficult to proactively manage all of your HSE and quality risks while also ensuring the success of your day-to-day operations and the safety of your ...
AppliTek participated to the 9th Technical Seminar & WCC Global Safety Workshop 12th-14th of November 2014 in Sí£o Paulo, Brazil.Executive VP Chris Du Bois focused on safety critical monitoring systems, as well as analytical technogy to decrease operational costs in the chemical industry.On Friday, November 14th the World Chlorine Council Global Safety Team (WCC GST) organized ...
Having a well-defined and well-thought-out process is critical to evaluating and implementing changes successfully. This is true whether you’re implementing Management of Change as part of a larger set of Process Safety Management (PSM) requirements, or you’re simply following Change Management principles as a best practice. Change is not only a necessary evil, it is an essential ...
Houston, TX – Steve Arendt, Vice President, Organizational Performance and Assurance, ABS Consulting, will give a keynote address on safety and security at ISA EXPO 2007 in Houston, Texas. Arendt will deliver the opening address on Tuesday, October 2, 2007, at 12:00 pm. His presentation, 'Safety and Security Performance—Establishing the Right Culture,' provides key concepts that will ...
Diversified CPC International Inc. has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 15 serious violations of the process safety management standard* at the chemical manufacturer's Sparta production facility. The August 2013 inspection was initiated under OSHA's Process Safety Management Covered Chemical Facilities National Emphasis Program. The ...
Innovia Films Inc. has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 19 safety violations. The Tecumseh plant, which produces films used in packaging, has been cited for exposing workers to flammable chemicals. OSHA has proposed penalties of $112,500. The inspection was initiated in July 2013 under OSHA's Process Safety Management Covered Chemical ...
OSHA has released three guidance documents to help employers comply with the agency’s Process Safety Management (PSM) standard, (29 CFR 1910.119), which contains requirements for the management of hazards associated with processes using highly hazardous chemicals. “Unexpected releases of toxic, reactive, or flammable liquids and gases in processes involving highly hazardous ...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is extending the public comment period on the request for information on potential revisions to its Process Safety Management standard and related standards for an additional 21 days to March 31, 2014. In response to requests for an extension, the deadline to submit written comments is being extended from March 10 to March 31 to allow ...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Commerce, Calif.-based 99 Cent Only Stores Texas Inc. with 19 serious safety and health violations at the company's Houston distribution center that are related to process safety management, including exposing workers to anhydrous ammonia while storing frozen products in refrigeration units. OSHA's inspection ...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Michael Angelo's Gourmet Foods Inc. for six serious safety violations of the agency's process safety management standard. The company exposed workers to chemical hazards from an ammonia release in July 2013 at its plant in Austin. Proposed penalties total $42,000. "A process safety management program is meant ...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced a request for information seeking public comment on potential revisions to its Process Safety Management standard and related standards, as well as other policy options to prevent major chemical incidents. The RFI is in response to executive order 13650, which seeks to improve chemical facility safety ...
Austin Powder Co. has been cited for 22 serious and one repeat safety and health violations by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for failing to correct multiple deficiencies in its chemical process safety management and other workplace safety hazards at its East Camden facility. The proposed penalty totals $178,400. "OSHA's process safety management ...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Pilgrim's Pride Corp. in Lufkin with three repeat and four serious violations following a June inspection as part of the agency's Process Safety Management Covered Chemical Facilities national emphasis program. Proposed penalties total $99,000. "Process safety management prevents the unexpected release of ...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Lazarus Energy LLC for 11 safety violations, with proposed penalties totaling $43,400, mainly for exposing workers to chemical hazards at its Nixon refinery. The inspection, which began in July 2013 after a referral from the Environmental Protection Agency, focused on the refinery's process safety management ...
Employer name: Seaboard Foods LLC Inspection site: Guymon, Oklahoma Date Inspection Initiated and What Prompted the Inspection: The targeted inspection, which began October 2014, is part of OSHA's National Emphasis Program on chemicals, and focuses on OSHA's Process Safety Management standards containing specific requirements for preventing or minimizing the consequences of catastrophic ...
Employer's name: Baze Chemical Inc., headquartered in Odessa, Texas Citations issued: Aug. 31, 2015 Investigation findings: Baze was cited for 20 serious violations, most of them related to the Process Safety Management standard, which involves the management of hazards associated with processes using dangerous chemicals. This includes failing to conduct a process hazard analysis prior to ...
The U.S Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Brenntag Northeast Inc. with 14 safety violations, including chemical hazards found at the company's Reading facility. OSHA's September 2012 inspection was initiated as part of the agency's National Emphasis Program on process safety management for covered chemical facilities. The inspection resulted in $64,665 ...
Houston, TX – During testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works, Steve Arendt, Vice President, Organizational Performance and Assurance, ABS Consulting, recommended that any future process safety regulation should incorporate a risk based approach to process safety management (PSM). In the hearing entitled 'Lessons Learned from the Chemical Safety Board (CSB) ...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited AmeriGas Propane L.P. with 21 serious violations following a November 2012 fire that required three workers to be hospitalized and four workers to be treated and released. The Conroe plant inspection was expanded to include the national emphasis program on Process Safety Management Covered Chemical Facilities. ...
Williams Olefins LLC in Geismar was cited for six process safety management standard violations, including one willful, by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration after an explosion in June killed two workers and injured 80 people. Process safety management encompasses a detailed set of requirements and procedures employers must follow to address hazards ...