The employer shall document that equipment complies with
recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices. For
existing equipment designed and constructed in accordance with
codes, standards, or practices that are no longer in general use, the
employer shall determine and document that the equipment is
designed, maintained, inspected, tested, and operated in a safe
manner.
The compilation of the above described process safety information
provides the basis for identifying and understanding the hazards of a
process and is necessary in developing the process hazard analysis
and may be necessary for complying with other provisions of PSM
such as management of change and incident investigations.