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The new T/O program formalizes the “Test Only” process by providing National Board certification to organizations conducting in-service testing of pressure relief valves. The program includes an adjustment for restoring nameplate set pressure and provides customer and inspector confidence in testing capabilities.  T/O Certificates of Authorization will be extended to current VR certificate holders. New applicants can obtain a T/O Certificate of Authorization by…...

Last week I posted a June 2016 OSHRC decision in which an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) sided with OSHA on a number of PSM citations regarding a fatal boiler explosion that occurred within a PSM-covered process.  Since that posting, I have received dozens of e-mails asking for more explanation and how I suggest managing this…...

This case is not final orders of the Review Commission as it is pending Commission Review! This decision can have HUGE impacts throughout the PSM/RMP community, as many covered processes are “interconnected” to a boiler and many may also be “co-located” such that a boiler explosion could impact the covered process.  This case involved a boiler…...

This week I was privileged to be able to present as ASSE’s Safety 2016 on a topic near and dear to me… Line Break/Process Opening.  In our presentation, we mentioned “Routine vs. Non-Routine Openings” and how we manage these different openings.  One of the requests we received afterward was for “routine openings” that resulted in…...

This is the latest version of the Chemical Reactivity Worksheet (CRW) 4.0.0, which was posted on March 3rd, 2016 . Follow these instructions for downloading, installing, and running the CRW. NOTE: With the release of CRW 4.0 in March 2016, the ongoing management and distribution of the CRW have been transitioned to The Center for…...

Every once in a while we come across process vessels that are operating well above 15 psi and yet the vessel has no recognized design criteria and is far from being an ASME “coded vessel”.  Most of the time the client is happy we discovered this, but there are those who will always challenge the…...

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