Edition No. 6
EORM Priority Press - October 2003
Welcome to the sixth issue of EORM's Priority Press, our quarterly e-zine that provides up-to-date information about changes in environmental, health, and safety (EHS) regulations, service profiles, important industry news, and upcoming events.
Priority Press 6 focuses on the impact of Cal-OSHA multi-employer worksite regulations and how these changes may extend to other states. Also highlighted in this issue is an overview of the Sarbanes Oxley Act and its potential impact on your company's EHS organization. To learn more about hazard and operability analysis, be sure to also read our short tutorial on risk assessment for potential hazards.
We welcome your comments on current articles and suggestions for topics you'd like to see covered in future issues. Emails to the Priority Press Editor may be sent to marketing@eorm.com.
Multi-Employer Worksites: OSHA Changes that Could Impact Your Business
Have you read the safety programs of the subcontractors working
at your site? Did you know that you’ve taken on their safety
plans and programs when you hired them? If your company is based
in California, you should be aware of recent developments in Multi-employer
Workplace regulations. If you’re not in California, be forewarned
that these regulations may be coming soon to your state.
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Risk Assessment for Potential Hazards:
A Short Tutorial on Hazard and Operability Analysis
From EORM’s perspective, there are three basic “Rules of Thumb” in choosing a hazard analysis method. First, there is no universally appropriate method for all applications, second, there is no uniquely correct method for a given application and third, there is a most appropriate method for a given application.
This tutorial focuses on introducing one of the various hazard
analysis methodologies, Hazard and Operability or Haz-Op,and how
it can be applied to systematically break down a system, equipment,or
process into a series of nodes for careful examination thereby,
providing a logical and thorough means of identifying a multitude
of process hazards.
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Truth or Consequences… Facts about the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires public companies to meet
stringent requirements in order to improve the quality of corporate
financial reporting and was passed in part to restore investor confidence
in the marketplace after the Enron and WorldCom financial scandals.
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