Michael O. Brown, CSP, is a senior environmental, health and safety specialist with Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois. He can be reached at mobrown2@yahoo.com.
Since the inception of the Control of Hazardous Energy standard in 1990, complying with the periodic inspection requirements has been a challenge for many employers — especially those large-scale operations with hundreds of assets to manage. To help employers implement and successfully manage a periodic inspection program, let’s take an overview look at the periodic inspection process.