Design Project for Chemical Engineer
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Occupational Safety and Health Administration& Process Safety Management
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is an agency to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance.The Occupational Safety and Health Act allows OSHA to issue workplace health and safety regulations. These regulations include limits on chemical exposure, employee access to information, requirements for the use of personal protective equipment, and requirements for safety procedures.
OSHA is responsible for enforcing its standards on regulated entities. The agency sends Compliance Safety and Health Officers to work sites, where they carry out inspections and assess fines for regulatory violations. Inspections are planned for work sites in particularly hazardous industries. Inspections can also result in response to workplace incidents, worker complaints or referrals by other individuals. In certain industrial processes, standards do exist for preventing employee exposure to certain specific toxic substances. They focus on routine and daily exposure emergencies, such as spills, and precautions to prevent large accidental releases.
Process safety management is an analytical tool focused on preventing releases of any substance defined as a "highly hazardous chemicals" by the EPA or OSHA.Process safety management is a regulation, promulgated by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). A process is any activity or combination of activities including any use, storage, manufacturing, handling or the on-site movement of highly hazardous chemicals (HHCs) as defined by OSHA and the Environmental Protection Agency.
OSHA published the final rule "Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals" on 24 February 1992. This standard is performing general requirements for the management of hazardous chemicals.
1.1 Occupational Safety and Health Administration& Process Safety Management
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is an agency to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance.The Occupational Safety and Health Act allows OSHA to issue workplace health and safety regulations. These regulations include limits on chemical exposure, employee access to information, requirements for the use of personal protective equipment, and requirements for safety procedures.
OSHA is responsible for enforcing its standards on regulated entities. The agency sends Compliance Safety and Health Officers to work sites, where they carry out inspections and assess fines for regulatory violations. Inspections are planned for work sites in particularly hazardous industries. Inspections can also result in response to workplace incidents, worker complaints or referrals by other individuals. In certain industrial processes, standards do exist for preventing employee exposure to certain specific toxic substances. They focus on routine and daily exposure emergencies, such as spills, and precautions to prevent large accidental releases.
Process safety management is an analytical tool focused on preventing releases of any substance defined as a "highly hazardous chemicals" by the EPA or OSHA.Process safety management is a regulation, promulgated by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). A process is any activity or combination of activities including any use, storage, manufacturing, handling or the on-site movement of highly hazardous chemicals (HHCs) as defined by OSHA and the Environmental Protection Agency.
OSHA published the final rule "Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals" on 24 February 1992. This standard is performing general requirements for the management of hazardous chemicals.
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