29 CFR 1910.119 — Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals

What the authority record establishes

The PSM standard establishes an integrated program for covered highly hazardous chemical processes, including process-safety information, hazard analysis, procedures, training, contractors, pre-startup review, mechanical integrity, hot work, management of change, incident investigation, emergency planning, compliance audits, and trade secrets.

Binding federal regulation within scope

The exact official title, issuing body, jurisdiction, version or application record, and linked source define the scope of this page. Readers should not transfer the authority's status to a commercial product or infer transaction-, patient-, system-, site-, or organization-specific applicability from this summary.

Why it matters to this market

Process-safety technology must connect controlled technical records, changes, actions, assets, contractors, procedures, and assurance without implying that workflow software substitutes for engineering or competent judgment.

Affected operating stages

• Process Scope
• Hazard Analysis
• Procedure And Training
• Control Of Work
• Management Of Change
• Mechanical Integrity
• Incident Investigation
• Audit

Capabilities to examine

Hazard Identification And Risk Assessment

Ask how the system or service identifies the controlling source and version, applies customer-specific interpretation, handles exceptions, preserves human judgment, and retains evidence for hazard identification and risk assessment.

Permit To Work And Control Of Work

Ask how the system or service identifies the controlling source and version, applies customer-specific interpretation, handles exceptions, preserves human judgment, and retains evidence for permit to work and control of work.

Contractor Safety And Prequalification

Ask how the system or service identifies the controlling source and version, applies customer-specific interpretation, handles exceptions, preserves human judgment, and retains evidence for contractor safety and prequalification.

Process Safety And Management Of Change

Ask how the system or service identifies the controlling source and version, applies customer-specific interpretation, handles exceptions, preserves human judgment, and retains evidence for process safety and management of change.

Incident And Near-Miss Reporting

Ask how the system or service identifies the controlling source and version, applies customer-specific interpretation, handles exceptions, preserves human judgment, and retains evidence for incident and near-miss reporting.

Audits And Assurance

Ask how the system or service identifies the controlling source and version, applies customer-specific interpretation, handles exceptions, preserves human judgment, and retains evidence for audits and assurance.

Management-System Records And Document Control

Ask how the system or service identifies the controlling source and version, applies customer-specific interpretation, handles exceptions, preserves human judgment, and retains evidence for management-system records and document control.

Affected buyer audiences

• chemical and process-industry operators
• process-safety leaders
• maintenance and reliability teams
• contractor and operations leaders

Implementation questions

• Which entities, products, populations, transactions, systems, sites, or jurisdictions are actually within scope?
• What is binding, what is guidance, and what is a technical or consensus standard?
• Which publication, adoption, effective, application, transition, and enforcement dates differ?
• Who owns legal, clinical, quality, regulatory, policy, or operational interpretation?
• How will a source revision affect open work and historical decisions?

Interpretation boundary

The publication does not determine whether a process is covered or whether an engineering control satisfies the standard.