Today the US
Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) announced a National Emphasis Program (NEP)
for petroleum refineries. The NEP calls for inspections of
all refineries with 40% to be targeted the first year of the
program and the remaining 60% to be targeted for the second year
of the program. The NEP directly references the BP Texas
City incident as one of the recent incidents of fatal and
catastrophic injuries that led to this increased enforcement
action.
AcuTech can
assist refinery facilities to prepare for OSHA's inspections.
AcuTech was nominated by BP and approved by OSHA to serve as the
“PSM Expert” to carry out a comprehensive PSM audit at the Texas
City Refinery and perform various other activities aimed at
reviewing and evaluating the robustness of PSM and related
programs and management systems. AcuTech also performed a PSM
audit of BP’s Chemical Plant at Texas City at the same time.
To read more
about this NEP, download the
Refinery PSM Directive (PDF).
For
assistance with audits, inspections and gap analyses, contact
the AcuTech nearest you or call 866-427-0863. You can also
contact us via email at
help@acutech-consulting.com.
