In compliance audits all over the country, we’re finding that the requirements for documenting the relief systems are not being met in many PSM programs. First, let’s take a minute to make sure we understand the difference between design and Read more
Several large food manufacturing companies have now started implement PSM on their boilers with in the facility for best practices. GCAP believes that PSM will be a requirement on high/or low fire boilers, fire/water tube, across the US in the Read more
Certain instruments used in the refrigeration system are relied on for the information they provide. These include Thermometers, transducers, and gauges. Control computer actions, system operation changes, and maintenance are often based on these values. With this much depending on Read more
What makes a compliance audit compliant? The PSM/RMP requirements for compliance audits aren’t that hard to meet but we often find they are missed. Remember that the requirements are the minimum and it’s likely you will want to go above Read more
January 15, 2014, East Rutherford, NJ – Today the U.S. Chemical Safety Board released a safety bulletin intended to inform industries that utilize anhydrous ammonia in bulk refrigeration operations on how to avoid a hazard referred to as hydraulic shock. The safety Read more
Hot Work Designated areas? Most facilities we audit have specific areas (usually maintenance shops) designated as areas where Hot Work can be performed without a Hot Work Permit. These areas ARE allowed but there are specific requirements that have to Read more
The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) will convene a public meeting on January 15, 2015, starting at 6:00 p.m. at the Hilton Meadowlands Hotel, Two Meadowlands Plaza, Diamond Court Ballrooms A&B, East Rutherford, New Jersey 07073. At the Read more
Refresher Training and SOPs A recent email we received is all too common: I’m being told we have to train operators on all SOP’s annually along with our annual recertification of all of our SOP’s. I was only aware we Read more
The video entitled “Reflections on Bhopal After Thirty Years” chronicles how on December 2, 1984, water inadvertently entered a storage tank containing more than 80,000 pounds of methyl isocyanate, or MIC, which reacts react violently with water. A subsequent runaway Read more
Washington, DC, December 1, 2014 – Today the U.S. Chemical Safety Board formally announced that to “Modernize U.S. Process Safety Management Regulations” is the Board’s newest Most Wanted Safety Improvement, concluding that implementation of key federal and state CSB safety recommendations will result Read more
