The OSHA Process Safety Management standard requires companies to prevent major releases of certain hazardous chemicals. Affected companies must comply with this complex rule by developing an in-depth ...

Learn how to interpret the performance-based requirements of the OSHA process safety management (PSM) regulation and the prevention program portion of the EPA risk management program (RMP) rule (the ...

Process safety is about understanding hazards and risk, managing risk by providing the appropriate layers of protection to reduce the frequency and severity of incidents, and learning from incidents ...

Breakdowns in PSM often stem from treating safety programs as compliance exercises rather than operational systems, leading to gaps in procedures, training, and controls. Incident investigations that ...

Trinity Consultants, a global environmental consulting firm focused on EHS regulatory compliance, built environment, life sciences, and water and ecology markets, announced it has acquired Process ...

This chapter describes recent efforts by the chemical and petroleum industries to define process safety metrics suited to the needs of their enterprises. It then discusses how such concepts can be ...