OSHA Process Safety Management Regulations

These five requirements are all part of the OSHA Process Safety Management regulation discussed in chapter 3. 

OSHA process safety management regulations require process hazard analysis. 

This guideline assumes the reader is already familiar with the fourteen basic elements of process safety as defined in the OSHA process safety management regulation and the EPA risk management program rule. These are ... 

Overall, then, the only additional RMP requirement for plants already covered by the OSHA process safety management regulation is the hazard assessment (including offsite consequence analyses of worst-case and non-worst-case accidental release scenarios). This hazard assessment must not be confused with the process hazard analysis (PHA). The hazard assessment is a study of what will happen in the event of an accidental release and usually includes, for exanple, air dispersion simulations. The PHA (e.g., HAZOP) studies the hazards present in the process and seeks to minimize them through redesign or modifications to operating procedures. 

The OSHA process safety management regulation requires that the actions assigned be taken in a timely manner and that all process hazard analyses be updated at least every five years. 

Laws and Regulations 64 Creating a Law 64 Creating a Regulation 64 OSHA Process Safety Management 68 EPA Risk Management Plan 71... 

The purpose of this chapter is to raise awareness. Details to consider for a Management of Change Program suitable to satisfy OSHA s Process Safety Management regulation will follow in Chapter 11. 

Contractors are discussed as a stand-alone topic in the OSHA Occupational Health and Safety (OSHA) Process Safety Management (PSM) rule. That rule (with some internal references removed see Table 6.6) and the associated guidance (see Table 6.7) are provided here entitled OSHA Regulation—Contractors and OSHA Guidance—Contractors. 

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