270595 A twenty-year review of the effectiveness of OSHA's Process Safety Management Standard

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Bill Hoyle, Senior Investigator , Chemical Safety Board, Washington, DC
This year marks the 20th anniversary of OSHA's implementation of the Process Safety Management (PSM) Standard. Has the PSM standard reduced the number and severity of major chemical incidents? This presentation will discuss lessons on the effectiveness of the PSM standard from the experience of the Chemical Safety Board (CSB).

Facilities with major hazards are constantly changing and increasing in technical and organizational complexity. Many advanced countries use a different approach for managing major hazard operations. CSB's investigation of the Deepwater Horizon disaster includes examination of the safety case approach. The presentation will share CSB's current findings on the use of the safety case model.

Learning Areas:
Occupational health and safety

Learning Objectives:
To learn the differences between the U.S. and European regulatory approaches to preventing catastrophic incidents involving highly hazardous chemicals.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have investigated more than 30 major incidents for the U.S. Chemical Safety Board.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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