Process Safety Information: Review

Accurate technical information is the bedrock of all process safety activities, particularly process hazards analysis, operating procedures, asset integrity and management of change. The information comes from many sources including equipment data sheets, P&IDs, instrument loop diagrams, and safety data sheets.

The term that OSHA uses — Process Safety Information ― focuses on the information that is particularly relevant to process safety.

Given this background, we have just completed a series of posts for our paid subscribers. The posts are:

• Regulations,

• Flow Sheets,

• Piping and Instrument Diagrams (P&IDs),

• Iconic Flow Diagrams,

• Equipment Data Sheets,

• Safety Data Sheets and Safety Critical Items,

• Safety Instrumented Systems,

• Hazardous Chemicals, and

• Management of Information.