To help ensure safe and healthful workplaces, OSHA has issued the Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals standard (29 CFR 1910.119), which contains requirements for …

The following sections comprise the process safety management standard, in its entirety, as published in the Federal Register (FR 57(36):6403-6408, February 24, 1992).

As a result, OSHA developed the Process Safety Management (PSM) standard (issued in 1992), which covers the manufacturing of explosives and processes involving threshold quantities of …

Process safety management (PSM) is addressed in specific standards for general industry and construction. This section highlights OSHA standards and documents related to process safety …

PSM is critically important to small businesses with highly hazardous chemicals. Implementing the required safety programs help prevent fires, explosions, large chemical spills, toxic gas …

The employer shall develop and implement written operating procedures that provide clear instructions for safely conducting activities involved in each covered process consistent with …

Each column lists all of the elements that employers must comply with when a process falls under PSM and that specific RMP program in the column header. By clicking on an element listed in …

The PSM standard requires a comprehensive management program that integrates technologies, procedures, and management practices to help assure safe and healthful workplaces.

Process safety management is the proactive identification, evaluation and mitigation or prevention of chemical releases that could occur as a result of failures in process, procedures or equipment.

This instruction describes a federal program change that establishes OSHA’s enforcement policy for Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals, 29 CFR § 1910.119 (PSM …