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Parent Category: Safety Info Posts

Category: Chemical Process Safety (PSM/RMP)

Published: 10 June 2019

Anyone who works with SAFTENG knows we are serious about facility siting and more specifically VEHICLE IMPACT PROTECTION.  This stems from my horrible luck I had with vehicles around my covered processes.  I can not even remember how many incidents I suffered while a safety engineer in the petrochemical and semiconductor industries with everything from cranes to golf-carts hitting the process.  I have mentioned "bollards" in many articles over the years and we almost always have a conversation during audits and PHAs about these devices and it never fails, someone wants to know if there is an alternative to bollards.  And the answer is, of course...

SECTION 312 - VEHICLE IMPACT PROTECTION

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312.3 Other barriers. Barriers, other than posts specified in Section 312.2, that are designed to resist, deflect or visually deter vehicular impact commensurate with an anticipated impact scenario shall be permitted where approved.

So what is an acceptable alternative design that would meet a RAGAGEP?

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