Process Safety Information - doe-hdbk-1101-20040155

DOE-HDBK-1101-2004

(3)

Employers shall provide to employees and their representatives access to process hazard

analyses and to all other information required to be developed under this standard.

(d) Process Safety Information.

In accordance with the schedule set forth in paragraph (e)(1) of this section, the employer shall

complete a compilation of written process safety information before conducting any process

hazard analysis required by the standard. The compilation of written process safety information

is to enable the employer and the employees involved in operating the process to identify and

understand the hazards posed by those processes involving highly hazardous chemicals. This

process safety information shall include information pertaining to the hazards of the highly

hazardous chemicals used or produced by the process, information pertaining to the technology

of the process, and information pertaining to the equipment in the process.

(1)

Information pertaining to the hazards of the highly hazardous chemicals in the

process. This information shall consist of at least the following:

(i)

Toxicity information;

(ii)

Permissible exposure limits;

(iii)

Physical data;

(iv)

(v)

Corrosivity data;

(vi)

Thermal and chemical stability data; and

(vii)

Hazardous effects of inadvertent mixing of different materials that could

foreseeably occur

Note: Material Safety Data Sheets meeting the requirements of 29 CFR1910.1200 (g) may be

used to comply with this requirement to the extent they contain the information required by this

subparagraph.

(2)

Information pertaining to the technology of the process.

(i)

Information concerning the technology of the process shall include at least

the following:

(A) A block flow diagram or simplified process flow diagram (see

Appendix B to this section);

(B) Process chemistry;

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