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AFFILIATIONS
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 OSHA PSM
AUDIT LIST
by Sandra Noble, President
Noble & Associates Consulting,
Inc.
Avoid a visit from the OSHA police. Learning the rules and doing self
evaluations will help employers stay on the right side of the law.
As well as having a healthier, safer, workplace.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is responsible
for ensuring that workers can perform their jobs in a safe and non-toxic
environment. Employers are directed to set up Process Safety Management
(PSM) procedures. To avoid penalties, employers must pass OSHA audits
and inspections.
Industries
If the business is in one of these
industries:
* Aerospace & Defense
* Agricultural chemicals
* Ammonia refrigeration
* Automotive
* Batch process industries
* Coal mining
* Construction
* Electronics & semiconductor
manufacturing
* Engineering companies
* Food processing
* Municipal water treatment
* Oil and gas production and
pipelines
* Organic & inorganic chemicals
* Paints, coatings, resins and
adhesives
* Petrochemicals
* Petroleum refining
* Pharmaceuticals & specialty
chemicals
* Polymers and resins
* Propane storage and distribution
* Pulp and paper
* Rubber and plastics
* Ship Building
Processes
And one of the following applies:
* Concrete and masonry
* Confined space
* Cranes and riggings
* Electrical hazard/safety
* Fall prevention
* Fire prevention
* Forklift
* Gases, vapors, fumes
* Hand and power tools use and guarding / safety
* Hazardous materials and chemical
* Hazardous waste
* Illumination
* Iodizing and non-iodizing radiation
* Material handling
* Motorized mobile platforms
* Noise exposure
* Personal protective equipment
* Sanitation
* Scaffolding
* Signs signals barricades
* Stairs and ladders
* Steel erection (Subpart R regulation)
* Trenching and Excavations
* Ventilation
* Welding and hot work
* Workplace traffic
Compliance
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) provides
standards to ensure the health and safety of workers and performs
inspections to enforce compliance with those standards. To support
compliance, OSHA offers Process Safety Management (PSM) guidelines.
Employers need to know about these OSHA compliance areas:
- Pre-startup Safety Review-Verifies the he construction, equipment
and processes of a new facility.
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Mechanical Integrity-Mandates written procedures for the safe
operation grity of process equipment.
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Hot Work-Ensures that the proper permits are issued for welding
and hot work operations.
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Management of Change-Again, there is a requirement for written
procedures to manage changes except "replacements in kind" to facilities
that effect a covered process.
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Incident Investigation-Requires prompt investigation of incidents
which did result or could reasonably have resulted in catastrophic
releases of covered chemicals.
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Emergency Planning and Response- Compels employers to develop and
implement an emergency action plan.
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Disclosure-Sets Requires employers to make PSM information
available to employees.
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Compliance Audits-Stipulates that employers must self audit and
verify compliance with process safety requirements at least every three
years.
A self audit may avert an OSHA compliance inspection. Smart businesses
will plan these periodic self assessments and audits for PSM compliance.
A handy checklist can be found at
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/smallbusiness/chklist.html
Get
OSHA Regulation Explained
For Business
Owners & Managers
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Get
OSHA Regulation Explained For Business Owners &
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Sandra Noble MBA, CPIM, Six
Sigma, DCFS,
CDP, is president of
Noble & Associates Consulting which specializes in I.T. Needs /
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