By Susan Frizzell When it comes to clean air and threshold quantities (TQ’s), are you Team OSHA or Team EPA? Please take a deep breath, and let’s discuss it. The Clean Air Act of 1990 set the requirement for Team OSHA and Team EPA…
By Susan Frizzell When it comes to clean air and threshold quantities (TQ’s), are you Team OSHA or Team EPA? Please take a deep breath, and let’s discuss it. The Clean Air Act of 1990 set the requirement for Team OSHA and Team EPA…
By Susan Frizzell The NAPE Summit 2020 was held Feb. 3-7, 2020 in Houston, Texas. It was my first year to attend and was so much more than I ever expected. My day started at 75-degree Fahrenheit temps in Lafayette, LA. The temperature was supposed…
By Adele Mayeaux Does your process safety management (PSM) audit have you concerned, and are you unsure what to do? Well, you have come to the right place. We have sat on both sides of the audit table, and we can give you a…
By Susan Frizzell Instead of cooking, could you do a PHA (Process Hazard Analysis) in Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen? What if a facilitator called everyone names, screamed “shut it down” and walked out? As I sit watching Gordon Ramsay in Hell’s kitchen, I contemplate…
By Susan Frizzell Is this the year your PSM program quits smoking and loses weight? As we enter a new year and a new decade, we all contemplate New Year’s Resolutions to be a better self. We decide to adopt healthier eating habits and…
Is a soft tissue massage in your first aid kit? Some days you trudge through voluminous OSHA regulation hopelessly trying to find a needle in haystack provision that you once read in your youth. Then there are other days where you stumble across a…
If you had any doubts about coming to the LAGCOE 2019 Conference this year, forget them and get to New Orleans today and tomorrow. LAGCOE 2019 is one of the best opening days that I have experienced with a schedule packed with informative sessions and great…
Are you most likely to have a fatal accident at work? As an engineer, I love numbers. As an attorney, I love facts. As both, I love numerical facts. The US Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics website reports each fatal accident at…
Who invited PSM to the party? As I sit here reviewing Process Safety Management audit results, I reminisce on the birthday of the PSM scheme as we know it today. Many of those reading this will instantly proclaim 29 CFR 1910.119. However, the Code…