Building a culture of risk mitigation and management into the chemical supply chain to reduce the probability of an incident or its impact on people or the environment is a priority for responsible managers.

Chemical company Kemira recently celebrated 25 years without a lost-time accident (LTA) at its site located in Marietta, GA.

Equipment safety features are key to maintaining plant safety and quality standards, as well as for being in compliance with OSHA and other agency regulations.

 All safeguards intended to prevent dust explosions must be recognized, understood and maintained by operating forces. 

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is commending Massachusetts authorities for improving the regulation of hazardous materials storage and processing in the state, including monitoring of high-risk facilities to ensure they are complying with key federal process safety and risk-management programs.

MarChem Corp., a producer of polyurethane and plastisol polymers, announced that through the entire 2011 calendar year, no OSHA accident was recorded at its St. Louis, MO, manufacturing plant.