CGA P-86 PDF

For the purpose of CGA P-86, process safety management refers to providing guidance to improve process safety in industrial gas facilities. It is not meant to refer to the OSHA Process Safety Management regulations.

The process safety management framework may be applied to all processes within the industrial and medical gases industry. It is designed to address process safety hazards and be equally suitable for the processes that are found in the industry including:

• air separation units (ASU) and nitrogen generator facilities;
• hydrogen and carbon monoxide (HYCO) production facilities including electrolysis facilities;
• hydrogen purification units;
• acetylene production facilities;
• nitrous oxide production facilities;
• carbon dioxide production facilities;
• cylinder and container filling facilities;
• specialty gas production, package filling, and storage facilities;
• chemical handling and transport facilities;
• pipelines;
• transportation; and
• customer installations.

A facility may include not just the main production plant but all other ancillary equipment that has process hazards.

The decision to apply various process safety management elements to a given process needs to be made by evaluating the tolerance of risk and agreeing on the management approach. For example, transportation and pipeline risks may be managed by applying national and international codes and might not require all the elements of the process safety management framework to be applied.

In some countries, there can be existing regulatory requirements for process safety management systems. This framework is not intended to replace these requirements but may be used to supplement them for all industry regardless of regulatory requirements.