#421 – PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT, RISK, AND COMPLIANCE – BILL POMFRET PH.D.

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In the early morning of April 8, 2021, an explosion and fire took place at the Yenkin-Majestic Paint Factory in Columbus, Ohio. While the official cause of the explosion, which took one worker’s life and resulted in over $1 million in property damage, still needs to be determined by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) had previously cited and fined Yenkin-Majestic Paints in 2011, 2012, and 2015 for safety violations. Continue reading