Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-67 - Safety standards for process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals › Part B › Section 296-67-307 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
Affected person.
Anyone who controls, manages, or performs
				process-related job tasks in or near a process.
(2)
Change.
Any alteration in
				process chemicals, technology, procedures, process equipment, facilities or
				organization that could affect a process. A change does not include
				replacement-in-kind.
(3)
Damage mechanism.
The mechanical, chemical, physical,
				microbiological, or other mechanism that results in equipment or material
				degradation.
(4)
Decontamination.
The application of chemical agents, inert gas,
				steam, or other material in vessels, piping, or other process equipment in
				order to eliminate the hazards that residual chemicals or materials present to
				workers who open process equipment.
(5)
Employee representative.
A
				union representative, where a union exists, or an employee-designated
				representative in the absence of a union. The employee representative must be
				on-site and qualified for the task. The term is to be construed broadly, and
				may include the local union, the international union, or a refinery or contract
				employee designated by these parties, such as the safety and health committee
				representative, where the person works on-site at the refinery. Employee
				representative may partner with an employee representative who does not work
				on-site when designated by the union, employees in the absence of the union, or
				when their participation is requested by the employee representative.
(6)
Facility.
The plants, units,
				buildings, containers or equipment that contain(s) or include(s) a
				process.
(7)
Feasible.
Capable of being accomplished in a successful manner within a reasonable period
				of time, taking into account health, safety, economic, environmental, legal,
				social, and technological factors.
(8)
Flammable gas.
As defined in
				WAC 296-901-14024 (B.2), Appendix
				B-Physical hazard criteria.
(9)
Flammable liquid.
As defined in WAC
				296-901-14024 (B.6), Appendix
				B-Physical hazard criteria.
(10)
Hierarchy of hazard controls.
Hazard prevention and control
				measures, in priority order, to eliminate or minimize a hazard. Hazard
				prevention and control measures ranked from most effective to least effective
				are: First order inherent safety, second order inherent safety, and passive,
				active and procedural protection layers.
(11)
Highly hazardous chemical or
				material.
A flammable liquid or flammable gas, or a toxic or reactive
				substance.
(12)
Hot
				work.
Work involving electric or gas welding, cutting, brazing, or any
				similar heat, flame, or spark-producing procedures or operations.
(13)
Human factors.
The design
				of machines, operations and work environments such that they closely match
				human capabilities, limitations and needs. Human factors include:
(a) Working environment factors;
(b) Organizational and job factors;
(c) Human and individual characteristics such
				as fatigue that can affect job performance, process safety, and health and
				safety.