Archive for the ‘Regulations’ Category
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
According to a recent report (Aug. 2008) from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Chemical Safety Board (CSB) is not in compliance with its statutory mandates. The CSB is an independent federal agency charged with investigating industrial chemical accidents and has been in operation since 1998. GAO report states that ...
Posted in Incident Investigation, Process Safety, Regulations | 1 Comment »
Sunday, May 17th, 2009
OSHA is currently working on regulation for preventing dust explosions.
The first reported dust explosion was in 1890 in a sugar mill in Chicago. According to the CSB investigation, dust explosion has resulted in 130 deaths and 780 injuries since 1980. According to Combustible Dust Institute research of news reports, there ...
Posted in Dust Explosions, Fires and explosions, Regulations | 2 Comments »
Sunday, April 19th, 2009
In 2007, after investigating the explosion and fire at BP's Texas City facility, the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) recommended OSHA to launch a PSM National Emphasis Program (NEP). The objective of the NEP was to reduce the hazards associated with petroleum refineries. As a part of ...
Posted in OSHA PSM, Regulations | 1 Comment »
Sunday, February 8th, 2009
Under Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act, the Chemical Accident Prevention Provisions require facilities that produce, handle, process, distribute, or store certain chemicals to develop a Risk Management Plan (RMP), and submit it to EPA. The following presentation provides a brief overview of EPA RMP.
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Starting 2009, EPA RMP ...
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Sunday, April 27th, 2008
In 1992, OSHA promulgated the final rule for Process Safety Management (PSM) of Highly Hazardous Chemicals. PSM standard has 14 elements intended to eliminate or mitigate the consequences of releases of highly hazardous chemicals which may be toxic, reactive, flammable, or explosive. The presentation below briefly describes the 14 elements ...
Posted in OSHA PSM, Process Safety, Regulations, Risk Management | 2 Comments »
Sunday, April 27th, 2008
Chemical industry has evolved dramatically since the first sulfuric acid manufacturing plant was established in the 18th century. Modern day chemical plant is an engineering marvel producing valuable chemicals necessary for the societal progress. Although safe for the most part, chemical industries have witnessed a few significant accidents in the ...
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