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736 Introduction to Process Safety Management (PSM)
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Who is Not Covered by the PSM Standard?

The PSM standard does not apply to the following:

  • retail facilities;
  • oil or gas well drilling or servicing operations;
Image of three workers performing well drilling operations.
The PSM standard does NOT apply to oil or gas well drilling or servicing operations.
  • normally unoccupied remote facilities;
  • hydrocarbon fuels used solely for workplace consumption as a fuel (e.g. propane used for comfort heating, gasoline for vehicle refueling), if such fuels are not a part of a process containing another highly hazardous chemical covered by this standard; and
  • flammable liquid stored in atmospheric tanks or transferred which are kept below their normal boiling point without benefit of chilling or refrigerating and are not connected to a process.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

2-4. The PSM standard does NOT apply to _____.