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History of process safety at OSHA
Author(s) -
Long Lisa A.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
process safety progress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1547-5913
pISSN - 1066-8527
DOI - 10.1002/prs.10317
Subject(s) - process safety management , process safety , hazardous waste , engineering , chemical safety , process (computing) , occupational safety and health , agency (philosophy) , forensic engineering , workplace safety , business , risk analysis (engineering) , operations management , work in process , waste management , political science , computer science , law , philosophy , epistemology , operating system
Occupational Safety and Health Agency (OSHA)'s first major process safety regulation, 29 CFR 1910.119, Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals (PSM) was enacted in 1992. However, OSHA's experience with process safety began in the 1980s when a series of catastrophic chemical incidents occurred. Learnings from investigations of these incidents helped to shape PSM. More than 15 years after PSM, lessons from incidents and inspection experience continue to shape the history of process safety at OSHA. © 2009 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Process Saf Prog, 2009