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Setting Limits: Where Does Your PSM-Covered Process End?

Chemicals, Process Safety, Process Safety Management

Setting Limits: Where Does Your PSM-Covered Process End?

“Human genius has limits, but stupidity does not.” — Alexandre Dumas, fils Everyone we have ever worked with is accepting, if not downright enthusiastic, about managing process safety. Likewise, everyone we have ever worked with is no more enthusiastic about complying with Process Safety Management than they are about getting a root canal. In part, [...]

By Mike Schmidt|2019-03-28T15:02:10-05:00March 28th, 2019|Chemicals, Process Safety, Process Safety Management|Comments Off

Four Key Points: Applying the Meer Decision to Flammable Storage

Process Safety Management

Four Key Points: Applying the Meer Decision to Flammable Storage

“Unlike Humpty Dumpty, the Secretary may not give a word whatever meaning she chooses.” —Judge Richard DeBenedetto When the Meer Corporation took the bold and relatively unheard-of step of contesting an OSHA citation for violating the Process Safety Management standard (PSM), no one expected them to prevail. The PSM standard includes an exemption for atmospheric [...]

By Mike Schmidt|2018-11-01T18:32:21-05:00November 1st, 2018|Process Safety Management|1 Comment

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