RBI Proposal Not a Hit with Labor – Standards Board Sends Refinery Inspection – Proposal Back to Committee

Opposition from the major labor union representing refinery workers prompted Cal/OSH Standards Board to send a long-sought revision of Petroleum Safety Orders (PSO) back to committee to work out objections. A proposal to allow so-called "risk-based" inspections (RBI) of refinery vessels instead of time-based inspections is toothless without an enforcement mechanism, Steve Sullivan, international representative for the