Table 1.1 Overview of PSM Elements

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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, tech-

nology, equipment, and procedures, and to facilities that affect

a covered process.