On June 9, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an alert containing agency guidance for voluntary measures that can be taken to reduce risks and improve safety at chemical plants.  The alert is the first step in a three-step process outlined to implement Executive Order (EO)13650, issued by President Obama on August 1, 2013, in response to the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas that killed 14 people and injured about 200 others.  The next two steps will be formal agency guidance and then, after consideration of feedback from the alert and… Read more