By Brent I. Clark and Craig B. Simonsen

Seyfarth Synopsis: New OSHA guidance documents may provide employers in these industries with another tool for carefully measuring compliance with the PSM standards.

OSHA recently released guidance documents on Process Safety Management for Explosives and Pyrotechnics Manufacturing (PSM Explosive Pyrotechnics Guidance) (OSHA 3912-03 2017), and the Process Safety Management for Storage
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By Brent I. Clark, James L. Curtis, and Craig B. Simonsen

iStock_000011654038_LargeThe Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), has posted its Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 enforcement Facts and Figures.

During FY 2014 the Bureau conducted 4,006 explosives compliance inspections. Of those, ninety percent were either “no violations” (69.4%) or “other” (19.6). “Other” was defined as
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By Brent I. Clark, James L. Curtis, and Craig B. Simonsen

iStock_000011654038_LargeThe Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), in its recent ATF EXPLOSIVES Industry Newsletter, informed the industry of a new voluntary “process to better track industry-owned explosives storage magazines.”

The Bureau noted that during natural disasters, local emergencies, and civil unrest, the ATF assists
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