Plant Safety Procedures and Regulations Flashcards
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OSHA's Process Safety Management (PSM) standard applies to facilities that:
Answer: Have highly hazardous chemicals above threshold quantities
PSM (29 CFR 1910.119) applies to facilities handling highly hazardous chemicals at or above specified threshold quantities.
Which action is NOT appropriate when a gas detector alarm sounds?
Answer: Silencing the alarm and continuing work
Silencing a gas detector alarm without investigation ignores a real hazard and violates safe operating procedures.
The purpose of a 'buddy system' during hazardous plant operations is to:
Answer: Ensure someone can respond if a worker is incapacitated
A buddy system ensures a second person can call for help or provide assistance if the primary worker is overcome or injured.
Deluge systems in a process plant are activated to:
Answer: Apply large volumes of water to suppress or prevent fires in high-hazard areas
Deluge systems release water simultaneously from all open nozzles over a protected area to suppress fires or cool vessels exposed to heat.
When transferring flammable liquids between containers, bonding and grounding cables are used to:
Answer: Prevent static electricity buildup that could ignite vapors
Bonding equalizes the electrical potential between containers while grounding dissipates static charge to earth, preventing ignition of flammable vapors.
A plant operator notices a pressure gauge reading higher than normal on a vessel. The correct response is to:
Answer: Check the reading against redundant instruments and report it per procedures
Abnormal readings must be verified with redundant instruments and reported to the control room before taking any corrective action.
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