Chemical hazards safety management

C. Non-Fatality/Catastrophe for Hazards Due to the Potential Release of a Highly Hazardous Chemical (Process Safety Management)... 

C. Non-Fatality/Catastrophe Criterion for Hazards Due to the Potential Release of a Highly Hazardous Chemical (Process Safety Management). An inspection in which OSHA finds three or more willful or repeated violations or failure-to-abate notices (or any combination of these violations/notices), based on high gravity serious violations related to hazards due to the potential release of a highly hazardous chemical, as defined in the PSM standard. 

Highly hazardous chemicals, process safety management.64(n),. 64... 

Accidental Release Conditions. The CAAAs include requirements for preventing and minimizing the consequences of accidental releases of hazardous substances. Part of the law required the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to promulgate a chemical process safety management standard to protect workers from hazards associated with accidental releases of extremely hazardous chemicals in the workplace. The final standard, called the Process Hazard Safety Standard, was published in the Federal Register on February 24,1992. 

Process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals... 

Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals Tide 29, Subtitie B, Chapt. XVII, Part 1910, Subpart H, Paragraph 119, of the Code ofFederal Regulations (29 CER 1910.119), FederalRegisterhl >()) 6403, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Feb. 24, 1992). 

Government regulations reqmre hazard and risk analysis as part of process safety management (PSM) programs. These are part of the process safety programs of many chemical process facilities. 

Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) (Dowell, 1994, pp. 30-34.) The OSHA rule for Process Safety Management (PSM) of Highly Toxic Hazardous Chemicals, 29 CFR 1910.119, part (e), reqmres an initial PHA and an update every five years for processes that handle listed chemicals or contain over 10,000 lb (4356 kg) of flammable material. The PHA must be done by a team, must include employees such as operators and mechanics, and must have at least one person skilled in the methodology employed. Suggested methodologies from Process Safety Management are listed in Table 26-1. 

Drake, E. M. and C. W. Thurston. 1992. A Safety Evaluation Eramework for Process Hazards Management in Chemical Eacilities with PES-Based Controls. Process Safety Management Paper 73d. AlChL 1992 Summer National Meeting, August 1992, Minneapolis, MN. 

Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals (PSM) OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119... 

Process Safety Management (PSM) A program or activity involving the application of management principles and analytical techniques to ensure the safety of chemical process facilities. Sometimes called process hazard management. Each principle is often termed an element or component of process safety. 

Qccupational Safety and Health Administration (QSHA) (1992). 29 CFR Part 1910. Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals Explosives and Blasting Agents Final Rule. Federal Register 57, 36 (February 24), 6356-417. 

Employee - According to 29CFR1910.119, Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals," an hourly, salaried, or contract person who works at a facility and is subject to I he process hazards. 

Highly Hazardous Chemical - Toxic, reactive, flammable, or explosive substances, as defined in Appendix A of 29 CFR 1910.119, "Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals."... 

Most or the incidents described were the result or not rollowing good engineering practice. Some violated the law, and many more would if they occurred today. In the United States, they would violate OSHA 1910.147 (1990) on The Control of Hazardous Energy (Lock Out/Tag Out) and the Process Safety Management (PSM) Law (OSHA 1910.119, in force since 1992). which applies to listed chemicals above a threshold quantity. The PSM Law requires companies to follow good engineering practice, codes, industry consensus standards, and even the company s owm standards. OSHA could view failure to follow any of these as violations. 

The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) defines PSM as "The application of management systems to the identification, understanding, and control of process hazards to prevent process-related injuries and incidents."... 

Hurst, N. W., Bellamy, L. J., Wright, M. S. (1992). Research Models of Safety Management of Onshore Major Hazards and Their Application to Offshore Safety. Proceedings of a Conference on Major Hazards Onshore and Offshore. IChemE Symposium Series No. 130. Rugby, UK Institution of Chemical Engineers. 

Process Safety Management (PSM) is the application of management systems to identify, understand, and control chemical and manufacturing process hazards and to prevent process-related injuries and incidents. 

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