Table 1.1 Overview of PSM Elements - doe-hdbk-1101-20040018

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Table 1.1 Overview of PSM Elements

Employee Participation

Ensure that workers and their representatives are consulted

and have access to information regarding all PSM

elements.

Process Safety Information

Maintain complete and accurate information on the process

technology, process equipment, and hazardous

characteristics and physical properties of all chemicals and

intermediates for all covered processes.

Process Hazard Analysis

Identify and assess process hazards for each covered

process, and take action to manage risk.

Operating Procedures

Provide clear written instructions for safely conducting

activities at each covered process that address operating

limits, safety and health considerations, and safety systems

and their functions.

Training

Provide initial and refresher training with a means of

verifying employee understanding for all employees

involved in operating a covered process.

Subcontractor Safety

Ensure that subcontractor operations do not compromise

the level of safety on or in the vicinity of a process using

HHCs.

Pre-Startup Safety Review

Perform safety reviews for new and modified facilities

prior to operation when the modification is significant

enough to require a change in the process safety

information.

Mechanical Integrity

Ensure the integrity and safe operation of process

equipment through inspection, testing, preventive

maintenance, and quality assurance.

Nonroutine Work Authorizations

Ensure that appropriate measures are taken any time

nonroutine operations are performed on or near covered

process areas that might initiate or promote a release.

Management of Change

Establish and implement written procedures to manage

changes(except for replacements in kind) to process

chemicals, technology, equipment, and procedures, and to

facilities that affect a covered process.