Category: Environmental

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EHS Hotline allows subscribers to submit questions and receive timely, thorough, and plain-English answers from our team of experts—complete with resources and references. This question focuses on fit tests for employees who choose to wear respirators.

Despite the PSM regulations, numerous fatalities and catastrophic process-related incidents prompted OSHA to establish a PSM Covered Chemical Facilities National Emphasis Program (PSM NEP), which targets PSM facilities for OSHA inspections. As a result, OSHA enforcement of the PSM standards is very active, often resulting in six-figure fines. To ensure your company stays compliant, avoids fines, and continues to improve employee safety, use the following tips to give your PSM program a boost.

EHS software is important in most industries, as it gathers and leverages data to create more effective systems for organizations. This means less work, fewer incidents, reduced insurance costs, and more funds allocated to these organizations’ bottom line.

Without the legal and financial resources to combat lawsuits and claims of regulatory violations, even a single serious incident can leave them bankrupt. Additionally, the absence of compliant EHS-related recordkeeping can expose these companies to “small” but still significant penalties that erode profits.

By properly implementing your SPCC plan, you can train employees effectively and organize inspection checklists and records. It’s not enough to just write an SPCC plan—its procedures must be followed in order to comply with SPCC regulations.