Safety management system treatment

Refer to Appendix V, Example Safety Management System Assessment and Action Plan for an example outline that provides the various activities that might be included in the assessment of a safety management system. It follows a strategy, measurement, treatment outline to establish how the assessment would be organized, the metrics required, and how hazards and associated risk would be treated. 

Like OSHA s Process Safety Management (PSM) Program, which is designed to protect workers from accidental releases of hazardous substances, the RMP rule addresses specific chemicals/materials (compounds) RMP addresses the accidental release of over 100 chemical substances that are listed in an appendix to the rule. The RMP chemicals listed include 77 acutely toxic chemical compounds, 63 flammable gases, and others. Threshold quantity levels range from 500 pounds to 20,000 pounds. EPA estimates that over 140,000 sources are covered by the rule. The universe includes chemical and most other manufacturers, certain wholesalers and retailers, drinking water systems, wastewater treatment works, ammonia refrigeration systems, chemical wholesalers and end users, utilities, propane retailers, and federal facilities. 

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