Pre-Startup Safety Review
It is important that a safety review takes place before any highly
hazardous chemical is introduced into a process. PSM, therefore,
requires the employer to perform a pre-startup safety review for new
facilities and for modified facilities when the modification is significant
enough to require a change in the process safety information.
Prior to the introduction of a highly hazardous chemical to a process,
the pre-startup safety review must confirm that the following:
• Construction and equipment are in accordance with design
specifications;
• Safety, operating, maintenance, and emergency procedures are
in place and are adequate;
• A process hazard analysis has been performed for new facilities
and recommendations have been resolved or implemented
before startup, and modified facilities meet the management of
change requirements; and
• Training of each employee involved in operating a process has
been completed.