OSHA plans to move forward on an update of its Process Safety Management Standard (1910.119) and pursue other potential rule changes within the next year - all part of an interagency federal effort to improve safety and security at chemical facilities, the agency stated in a June 6 report to President Barack Obama. Last year, Obama issued an Executive Order directing federal agencies and departments to improve chemical facility safety following a series of recent tragedies, including the April 2013 explosion that killed at least 14 people at a fertilizer plant in West, TX.
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