10th Circuit expands PSM coverage
By EsqSocial Corporation 30/10/20
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals (covering Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah) issued an opinion on Tuesday (10/27/2020) that expands the applicability of OSHA’s process-safety-management standard to interconnected processes—even when the interconnected process does not contain any highly hazardous chemicals. The Tenth Circuit reached its decision based upon a plain reading of the regulatory definition of “process.”......
By: Bracewell LLP