Process safety management: for want of a compliance audit, the facility was lost

Employers who are subject to OSH A's Process Safety Management (PSM) standard (29 CFR 1910.119) are required to evaluate their programs for compliance at least once every three years, and quickly correct deficiencies. That's what should have happened at Veolia ES Technical Solutions, a che...

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Published inSafety Compliance Letter no. 2509; p. 5
Main Author Busick, Jennifer
Format Newsletter Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Aspen Publishers, Inc 01.01.2010
Subjects
Auditing
Auditors
Audits
Compliance
Employees
Employers
Guidelines
Management
Methods
Occupational health and safety
Planning
Provisions
Safety
Safety management
Safety standards
Workforce planning
United States
United States > US
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ISSN1069-2037

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Summary:Employers who are subject to OSH A's Process Safety Management (PSM) standard (29 CFR 1910.119) are required to evaluate their programs for compliance at least once every three years, and quickly correct deficiencies. That's what should have happened at Veolia ES Technical Solutions, a chemical processing company in West Carollton, Ohio. But the company failed to implement multiple provisions of the process safety management standard, including the audit provisions. The result was disastrous.
ISSN:1069-2037