Chemical processing management practices

Do apply all basic process management practices, such as management of change (MOC), to accurately assess any chemical reactivity hazards that might be introduced into the process. 

Process Safety Code of Management Practices Chemical Manufacturers Association, Washington, D.C., Sept. 11,1990 M Resource Guide for the Process Safety Code of Management Practices Oct. 1990. 

PSM, which appiies a management systems approach to process safety, is required by OSHA 1910.119. The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) has issued guidelines for recommended PSM practices. 

The Chemical Manufacturers Association s Code of Management Practice for Process Safety is oriented toward the chemical industry, and describes the elements of a process safety management program as part of CMA s Responsible Care program. 

Generation of data on the nutrient content of agricultural products and foods forms the basis for estimating nutrient intakes of populations via dietary surveys, nutritional labelling for consumer protection, nutrition education for consumer food choice, home and institution menu planning and food purchase, and for research in nutrient requirements and metabolism, toxicant chemical composition is used to assess effects of farm management practices, crop culture, and food processing on chemical content and implications for human health. 

Management systems for chemical process safety are comprehensive sets of policies, procedures, and practices designed to ensure that barriers to major incidents are in place, in use, and effective. The management systems serve to integrate process safety concepts into ongoing activities of everyone involved in operations— from the chemical process operator to the chief executive officer. 

Chemical Process Safety, offer guidance on auditing methods and practices. Additional reference material can be found in CCPS s Guidelines for Technical Management of Chemical Process Safety (Ref. 1). 

Promulgation of the PSM Rule has heightened the awareness of chemical safety management issues whithin the DOE. This handbook is intended for use by DOE facilities and processes covered by the PSM rule to facilitate contractor implementation of the PrHA element of the PSM Rule. However, contractors whose facilities and processes not covered by the PSM Rule may also use this handbook as a basis for conducting process hazards analyses as part of their good management practices. 

Association (ABMA), recommendations for boiler-water limits, 23 221t American Chemical Society Committee on Nomenclature and Notation, 17 385 American Chemistry Council (ACC) 14 204 codes of management practices, 21 580 Process Safety Code, 21 831 Responsible Care initiatives, 25 337 American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH),... 

Designing and Operating Safe Chemical Reaction Processes (HSE 2000). Published by the U.K. Health and Safety Executive and directed to small to medium-sized chemical manufacturing companies using batch and semi-batch processes. It addresses chemical reaction hazards and inherently safer processes, hazards assessment, preventive and protective measures, and management practices. 

Lodi, New Jersey incident, 8, 159-160 management practices, 67-68 Paterson, New Jersey incident, 160-161 Seveso, Italy incident, 4 Springfield, Massachusetts incident, 7 Toulouse, France incident, 4,5 Castleford, UK incident, 11,156-158 Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), 183... 

Inherently safer process checklist, 167-172 Inherent safety review, chemical reactivity hazard management, 22-23 Initiation, management practices, 65-71. See also Management practices Insulated exotherm test, chemical reactivity tests, 87... 

Good management practices include not only hazard identification and evaluation early in R D, but also issues such as MOC throughout the life of the chemical manufacturing process. The existing body of... 

Both ACC and SOCMA have programs to promote good practices among their member companies in the area of chemical process safety.59 In 1989, ACC developed the Responsible Care Process Safety Code60 to prevent fires, explosions, and accidental chemical releases. The code and its accompanying resource guidelines include a series of recommended management practices. 

National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD), 2002. Responsible Distribution Process Code of Management Practice, April 2002. 

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) conducted a survey of companies that store, handle, and process chemicals. The objective of the survey was to examine current management practices with regard to reactive hazard management. Survey responses served primarily to highlight good practices, but also to point out areas for potential improvement. The survey questionnaire is posted on the CSB website at http //www.chemsafetv.gov/info/Reactives.Survev.Final.pdf. 

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