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Timestamp: 2019-04-25 18:30:11+00:00

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The University of Akron is establishing this PSM program in order to comply with the OSHA Standard regulating the process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals, and to enable all affected researchers and staff to be able to identify and understand the hazards posed by the presence of those chemicals on our campus. The program will help prevent the occurrence of and minimize the consequences of accidental release of these chemicals.
The PSM will be reviewed regularly and updated to reflect new or modified research project tasks and procedures.
A copy of the program will be accessible to all pertinent people on the payroll of the University of Akron and to other persons in accordance with applicable OSHA requirements.
Each research project involving a chemical listed on Table I at or above its specified threshold quantity.
Each research project involving a flammable liquid or gas as defined in 29 CFR 1910.1200, on site in one location in a quantity of 10,000 pounds or more, except for hydrocarbon fuel used solely for workplace consumption and flammable liquids stored in atmospheric tanks.
It does not apply to oil or gas drilling or servicing operations.
A Safety Committee involving the Lead Researcher, Experts in the field, and Safety Officers will conduct the Process Hazard Analysis.
The analysis will identify, evaluate, and control the hazards involved in the process.
The process hazard analysis will be updated and revalidated at least every five years by the same or equally competent Committee.
A qualitative evaluation of a range of possible safety and health effects of failure of controls on those in the area.
Retain the process hazard analysis, all updates, and revalidation of each process for the life of the research project.
Each researcher and employee involved in the process or before working on the project, will be trained. The training will include emphasis on specific safety and health hazards, procedures, and safe practices.
B. There will be a refresher and supplemental training for those involved in the project every three years or whenever it is necessary in order to ensure that those involved understand and adhere to the established safe operating procedures.
This section of our Program applies to contractors performing maintenance or repair, turnaround, major renovation, or specialty work on (or adjacent to) a covered process. It does not apply to contractors providing incidental services that do not influence process safety, such as janitorial work, food and drink services, laundry, delivery or other supply services.
When selecting a contractor, we will obtain and evaluate information regarding the contract employer's safety performance and programs.
Maintain a contract employee injury and illness log for those OSHA- recordable injuries and illnesses sustained by contractor employees that are related to the contractor's work in process areas.
Advise us of any unique hazards presented by the contract employer's work, or of any hazards found by the contract employers' work.
Whenever we establish new projects or modify projects for which the modification necessitates a change in the process safety information, we will perform a pre-startup safety review.
Operating procedures are in place, and training of each operating employee has been completed.
Each employee involved in maintaining the ongoing integrity of those items of process equipment will be trained in an overview of the process and its hazards and in the procedures applicable to the employees' job tasks in order to assure that the employee can perform the job tasks in a safe manner.
(e) The results of the inspection or test.
Deficiencies in equipment that are outside acceptable limits (defined by the process safety information mentioned in Part IV of this Program and §1910.119(d) of the OSHA standard) must be corrected either before further use, or in a safe and timely manner provided necessary means are taken to assure safe operation.
4. Maintenance materials, and spare parts and equipment, meet design specifications.
The permit must document that the fire prevention and protection requirements in 29 C.F.R. §1910.252(a), the OSHA standard that specifies the precautions for fire prevention in welding or cutting work, have been implemented prior to beginning the hot work operations.
Each such permit shall indicate the date(s) authorized for hot work and identify the object on which hot work is to be performed.
The permit shall be kept on file until completion of the hot work operations.
All contemplated changes to a process must be thoroughly evaluated in order to assess their potential impact upon the safety and health of employees and to determine what modifications to operating procedures may be necessary. We have therefore established written procedures to manage those changes to process chemicals, technology, equipment, procedures and facilities that affect a covered process. Those procedures will not, however, cover "replacements in kind,” as defined in Part III. I.
Authorization requirements for the proposed change.
Employees involved in operating a process and those maintenance and contract employees whose job tasks will be affected by a change in the process will be informed of, and trained in, the change prior to start-up of the process or affected part of the process.
If such a change results in a change to the process safety information covered by this Program and 29 C.F.R. §1910.119(d), that information will be appropriately updated.
If such a change results in a change to the operating procedures or practices covered by Part VI of this Program and 29 C.F.R. §1910.119(f), those procedures and practices will be appropriately updated.
All incidents will be investigated that have either resulted in a catastrophic release of a highly hazardous chemical in the workplace, or could reasonably have so resulted.
Each such incident investigation will be initiated as promptly as possible, but not later than 48 hours following the incident.
The Safety Committee will investigate and analyze each such incident.
Any recommendations resulting from the investigation.
We will establish a system to promptly address and resolve the incident report's findings and recommendations. All corrective actions and resolutions that are taken in response shall be documented.
The report of the investigation team will be reviewed with all affected personnel, whose job tasks are relevant to the incident findings, including contract employees where applicable.
All incident investigation reports shall be retained for five years.
We have established an Emergency Action Plan for the entire campus in accordance with the provisions of 29 C.F.R. §1910.38(a), the OSHA standard that provides for the adoption of an Emergency Action Plan. Our Plan also includes procedures for handling small releases. In the event that we are covered by similar OSHA requirements (such as the OSHA hazardous waste and emergency response standard), we will establish whatever plans or programs those OSHA standards may require.
The evaluation will be conducted at least every three years.
It will be conducted by at least one person knowledgeable in the process.
A report of the findings of the audit will be developed.
We will promptly determine and document an appropriate response to each of the findings of the compliance audit, and will document that deficiencies have been corrected.
The two most recent compliance audit reports will be retained in our records.
Without regard to the trade secret status of such information, all information that is needed in order to comply with the OSHA standard will be made available to the members of the Safety Committee.
Those persons provided access to information that is classified as a trade secret, however, may be required to enter into confidentiality agreements against disclosure of such information as provided in the OSHA Hazard Communication standard, 29 C.F.R. §1910.1200.
Subject to the rules and procedures contained in that standard (see §§1910.1200(I)(1) through 1910.1200(I)(12)), employees and their designated representatives shall be permitted access to trade secret information contained within our process hazard analysis and other documents that are required to be developed by the OSHA Process Safety Management standard, 29 C.F.R. §1910.119.
This Program is designed to be a written statement of overall University of Akron Process Safety Management rules and policies. There are a number of additional work rules, procedures, requirements, documents, reports, and separate programs that apply in particular situations or that are required by particular laws or regulations (for example: hazard communication/right-to-know). Some of them are in writing and some are not. Others will be added from time to time in the future whenever required by applicable local, state or federal law or regulation or when deemed necessary by the company.
All employees of the University must observe those rules and programs just as they are required to observe the provisions of this Program.

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