Process Safety

OSHA Mechanical Integrity Enforcement Tightening

OSHA Mechanical Integrity Enforcement Shift + Financial Cost Quantification OSHA’s mechanical integrity enforcement just tightened. 40% of all Process Safety Management (PSM) violations in 2026 audits are mechanical integrity (MI) related—overage inspections, missing thickness-measurement records, undocumented QA on pressure vessels. With the 2026 violation cap at $9,259 per violation, a single refinery audit can stack […]

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The 50-Year Refinery Gap Just Closed — Here’s What That Means for American Engineering

For the first time since 1977, someone is building a new crude oil refinery in the United States. America First Refining broke ground this month on a 168,000 barrel-per-day facility at the Port of Brownsville, Texas. Fluor is running front-end engineering. Axens is licensing the hydroprocessing, catalytic reforming, and isomerization units. Reliance Industries is backing

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The PSM Compliance Gap Most Refineries Don’t Know They Have

[1/6] The average U.S. refinery has ~40 written engineering standards covering pressure vessels, piping, tanks, relief systems, and rotating equipment. A recent audit I walked through found that 34 of them referenced editions superseded before 2020. RAGAGEP requires compliance with “current generally accepted good engineering practice.” The gap is where $165,514 willful violations live. Per

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