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Damage Mechanism Review Toolkit

Compliance Management: Damage Mechanism Review

One of the new elements added to the revised Process Safety Management (PSM) regulations for refineries per the California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) program / California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA) is the requirement to perform a damage mechanism review (DMR). While industry already conducts damage mechanism assessments and DMRs, this is the first instance in which specific regulations have addressed this topic as an explicit requirement of a PSM program. 

To support the Oil, Gas and Chemical industry with compliance management related to DMR, our process safety engineers have developed the following technical guidance resources.

Online Resources:

 

Technical Paper: A Checklist Approach for Addressing Damage Mechanism Review Results in a Process Hazard Analysis

Presented at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2017 Spring Meeting and 13th Global Congress on Process Safety; this paper describes the application and contents of a checklist the PHA team can use to help identify DMR issues

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Cal/OSHA's PSM Regulation: Damage Mechanism Reviews

Webinar and video content providing an overview of the DMR requirements and addressing how a damage mechanism review is performed and how to use a DMR to improve process safety

How to Perform a Damage Mechanism Review
By Tazim Rehmat, Principal Engineer of Process Safety, and Randy Montgomery, Senior Director of Midstream and Downstream

Performing a DMR has become an important step in developing an effective mechanical integrity plan in the refining and chemical processing industries; this article outlines a process for performing DMRs

Presentation: Damage Mechanism Assessment 101
By Randy Montgomery, Senior Director of Midstream and Downstream

Defining the purpose and scope of a damage mechanism assessment and how it can benefit an inspection plan

What You Need to Know about Damage Mechanism Reviews
By Randy Montgomery, Senior Director of Midstream and Downstream

Covering the new safety element added to the proposed revisions to PSM regulations for refineries and what you need to know to comply 

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