The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) this week sent its official comments to OSHA on the agency's Request for Information (RFI) to the Process Safety Management (PSM) Standard, which was published in the Federal Register on December 9, 2013, Volume 78, No. 236, beginning on Page 73756.
OSHA said the RFI was in response to an Obama Administration request that the agency identify issues related to modernization of its PSM standard and related standards necessary to meet the goals of preventing major chemical accidents. While this RFI is in response to several uncontrolled releases of highly hazardous chemicals over the past several years, the most recent event occurred in West, Texas, on April 17, 2013, resulting in the deaths of at least 15 individuals.