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Before joining the board, he was president of Environmental and Safety Risk Assessment LLC, a chemical process safety consulting company based in Morristown, N.J. Until August 2000, he was director of Environmental Risk Management for Honeywell International Inc., in Morristown, N.J. While there, he was responsible for the company's compliance with EPA's Risk Management Program regulation at 20 facilities in the United States.
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This paper reviews Paul Kleindorfer's contributions to Operations Management (OM), with a special focus on his research on risk management. An annotated bibliography of selected other contributions reviews the breadth of topics that have occupied Kleindorfer's research attention over his now 45+ years of research. These include optimal control theory, scheduling theory, decision sciences, investment planning and peak load pricing, plus a number of important applications in network industries and insurance. In the area of operations risk management, we review recent work that Kleindorfer and his colleagues in the Wharton Risk Center have undertaken on environmental management and operations, focusing on process safety and environmental risks in the chemical industry. This work is directl...
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In this final rule, OSHA is modifying its Standard (HCS) to conform to the United Nations' Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). OSHA has determined that the modifications will significantly reduce costs and burdens while also improving the quality and consistency of information provided to employers and employees regarding chemical hazards and associated protective measures. Consistent with the requirements of Executive Order 13563, which calls for assessment and, where appropriate, modification and improvement of existing rules, the Agency has concluded this improved information will enhance the effectiveness of the HCS in ensuring that employees are apprised of the chemical hazards to which they may be exposed, and in redu...
... for flammable and combustible liquids, process safety management, and most substance-specific hea...
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A United Steelworkers Union (USW) oil health and safety expert and two USW leaders who work on the North Slope of Alaska in BP's pipeline and exploration operations will be discussing process safety issues at the Chemical Safety Board (CSB) Dec. 15 hearing in Washington, D.C. on "Regulatory Approaches to Offshore Oil and Gas Safety. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080131/DC12982LOGO )
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WASHINGTON, May 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- OSHA Administrator John Henshaw today signed an Alliance renewal with The Dow Chemical Company extending the agreement for an additional two years. Working with The Dow Chemical Company over the past year and a half has shown that the progress we've made will be enhanced by continuing our Alliance," Henshaw said. "I'm pleased that Dow wants to continue working with us in a collaborative relationship.
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The federal government has warned chemical companies in North Jersey and across the nation about a series of suspicious calls earlier this month at plants in the Midwest. The calls, placed to at least three chemical manufacturers, sought information about safety procedures at the businesses and claimed to be from the Center for Chemical Process Safety, an industry group based in New York.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Jonathan L. Snare today signed an addendum adding the American Chemical Society (ACS) to the Alliance between OSHA and the Chemical Reactivity Hazards Management group. ACS will be included in the group, which consists of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; American Chemistry Council; Center for Chemical Process Safety; Chlorine Institute Inc.; Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; National Association of Chemical Distributors; and Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association.
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... elements of this safety program; namely, process safety information, integrated safety analysis, an...(ii) Chemical hazards of licensed material and hazardous chemica...
