OSHA has posted a breakdown of PSM citations so you can compare industry groups that have been cited by Federal OSHA during the period October 2010 through September 2011.
I plugged this data into Excel and ran some numbers between SIC codes for Ammonia Refrigeration process and the Petrochem facilities – it was not surprising that the results were as follows:
There’s essentially no significant difference there. If you are one of those people who believe that “Ammonia refrigeration” is not really a PSM process, you should know that OSHA doesn’t share your beliefs.
Please note that this data ends directly BEFORE the Chemical National Emphasis Program went nation-wide. The data I’ve seen since then shows these numbers have gone up significantly in both number of citations and the amounts of the fine.
