Shortly before Christmas, there was a massive fire and explosion at a fireworks market on the northern outskirts of Mexico City with a death toll of at least 32 people. This is Mexico and the pyrotechnics industry, neither of which are regulated by OSHA’s PSM standard. However, how might the fundamentals of PSM be applied elsewhere […]
Author: K and K Process
In October 2016, there was a chemical spill at a grain company in Atchison, KS where over 100 people were treated for chemical exposure. Luckily, there was no loss of life in the industrial accident. Let’s take a look at how Process Safety Management (PSM) may have been involved to keep this accident from being […]
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PSM in Space Exploration?
FALCON 9 FIRST STAGE LAND LANDING (ORBCOMM 2 MISSION) Courtesy of SpaceX.com On September 1, 2016 SpaceX attempted to launch a Falcon 9 rocket with payload and “during a standard pre-launch static fire test for the AMOS-6 mission, there was an anomaly at SpaceX’s Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40 resulting in loss of the […]