Safety Regulations and Compliance Flashcards
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Under OSHA's Process Safety Management (PSM) standard (29 CFR 1910.119), what is the primary trigger for coverage?
Answer: A process involves a highly hazardous chemical at or above a threshold quantity
PSM coverage is triggered when a process contains a highly hazardous chemical at or above the quantity thresholds listed in Appendix A of the standard.
Which document in an OSHA PSM program describes the conditions, limitations, and chemical hazards relevant to safe operation?
Answer: Process Safety Information
Process Safety Information (PSI) compiles data on chemical hazards, process technology, and equipment design to support safe operation and hazard analyses.
The EPA Risk Management Program (RMP) rule primarily requires facilities to:
Answer: Submit an RMP plan including worst-case and alternative release scenarios
The EPA RMP rule (40 CFR Part 68) requires covered facilities to develop and submit a Risk Management Plan that includes hazard assessments with worst-case and alternative release scenarios.
In reliability engineering, a 'safety integrity level' (SIL) is defined by which standard?
Answer: IEC 61508
IEC 61508 defines Safety Integrity Levels (SIL 1–4) as discrete levels for specifying the safety integrity requirements of safety functions.
A reliability engineer discovers that a safety instrumented function has a probability of failure on demand (PFD) of 0.08. Which SIL does this correspond to?
Answer: SIL 1
SIL 1 corresponds to a PFD range of 0.01 to 0.1, so a PFD of 0.08 falls within SIL 1 requirements per IEC 61508/61511.
Which OSHA standard specifically addresses electrical safety in the workplace for general industry?
Answer: 29 CFR 1910.303
29 CFR 1910.303 (Subpart S) covers electrical safety requirements for general industry, including wiring design, protection, and equipment standards.
The 'bow-tie' model in safety and reliability analysis represents:
Answer: A fault tree on the left and an event tree on the right, joined at the top event
The bow-tie diagram combines a fault tree (showing causes/threats) on the left with an event tree (showing consequences) on the right, centered on the top event or hazard.