Equipment in the Process
The employer must document that equipment complies with recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices.
Piping Control Valves and Labeling
For existing equipment designed and constructed in accordance with codes, standards, or practices that are no longer in general use, the employer must determine and document that the equipment is designed, maintained, inspected, tested, and operated in a safe manner.
Compiling and maintaining this information is important to:
- To provide the basis for identifying and understanding the hazards of a process
- To develop the process hazard analysis
- Comply with other provisions of PSM such as management of change and incident investigations.
For existing equipment designed and constructed many years ago the employer must:
- document which codes and standards were used
- certify that the design and construction along with the testing, inspection, and operation are still suitable for the intended use.
Where the process technology requires a design that departs from the applicable codes and standards, the employer must document that the design and construction are suitable for the intended purpose.
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
3-7. When process technology requires a design that departs from the applicable codes and standards, the employer must _____.
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