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7 Process Safety Management at Bayer CropScience
Pages 131-140

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... from both a general perspective and with specific reference to the system implemented at Bayer CropScience (Bayer) and considers the context in which this system operates in Institute, WV.
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... ; see Table 7.1. Within the United States, OSHA administers Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals standard 29 CFR § 1910.119, which defines requirements for handling of those materials.
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... . TABLE 7.2 Bayer CropScience System for PSM of Hazardous Chemicals Focus Element Commitment 1.
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... In the course of reviewing the materials provided by Bayer CropScience regarding the alternatives assessment performed by Bayer and the previous owners of the facility and the design of the post-2008 facility redesign, it was clear that safety considerations did come into play in the analysis. However, the focus of the alternatives assessments and the redesign was primarily directed toward managing the hazard rather than eliminating or reducing it, which is con sistent with the focus on passive, active, and procedural controls within the PSM.
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... • Bayer followed ISP principles in modeling and analyzing the opera­ tional impacts of reducing MIC inventory. • Bayer MIC Unit Layers of Protection strategy contains mostly passive and active and some inherent safety elements.
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... Bayer CropScience did perform PSM assessments, however, Bayer and the legacy companies did not perform systematic and complete ISP assessments on the process for manufacturing MIC or the processes used to manufacture pesticides at the Institute site. Bayer and the previous owners performed various hazard and safety assess ments and made certain business decisions that resulted in MIC inventory reduction, elimination of aboveground MIC storage, and adoption of various passive, active, and procedural safety measures.
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... have highlighted the need to improve links between workforce preparation and industry knowledge of inherently safer strategies for risk reduction. In the United States, companies are required to have PSM systems in place for handling of highly hazardous chemicals.
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... , and as a policy matter does not mandate ISP. Nevertheless, companies dealing with hazardous chemicals must develop accident prevention plans during hazard emergency response planning, but this policy does not extensively involve stakeholders outside of firms (CCPS, 2009)
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... 2006. Incorporation of inherent safety principles in process safety management.
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