294751 Ragagep 101

Tuesday, April 30, 2013: 8:00 AM
Street Level 103B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
James Lay1, Lisa Long2, Mike Marshall1 and Jeffrey Wanko3, (1)U.S. DOL-OSHA, Washington, DC, (2)Office of Engineering Safety, U. S. Department of Labor - OSHA, Washington, DC, (3)U.S. DOL - OSHA, Washington, DC

Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practices (RAGAGEPs) play an important role in US-OSHA’s Process Safety Management standard (29 CFR 1910.119). Numerous RAGAGEP related citations have been issued under OSHA’s Refinery and PSM Covered Chemical Facility National Emphasis Programs (NEPs).  Despite the PSM standard having been in effect for over 20 years lack of compliance with PSM’s RAGAGEP requirements remains troubling.

This paper will review RAGAGEP basics from OSHA’s perspective, using examples from NEP inspections to illustrate common RAGAGEP compliance problems.


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