Preface
This is the first edition of CSA Z767, Process safety management.
CSA Group acknowledges that the development of this Standard was made possible, in part, by the financial support of the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada (CIAC), Canadian Natural Resources Limited, Cenovus Energy, the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE), Enbridge Gas Distribution, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Nexen Energy, NOVA Chemicals, Suncor Energy, and the Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA).
CSA Group would like to thank the CSChE for the use of Process Safety Management Standard (2012) as a seed document in the development of this Standard.
This Standard was prepared by the Technical Committee on Standards for Process Safety Management (PSM), under the jurisdiction of the Strategic Steering Committee on Business Management and Sustainability, and has been formally approved by the Technical Committee.
This Standard has been developed in compliance with Standards Council of Canada requirements for National Standards of Canada. It has been published as a National Standard of Canada by CSA Group.
Scope
1.1 Facilities and workplaces impacted
This Standard identifies the requirements for a PSM system for facilities and worksites handling or storing materials that are potentially hazardous, either due to an inherent chemical, biological, toxicological, or physical property of those materials, or due to the material’s potential or kinetic energy.
1.2 Minimum lifecycle requirements
This Standard applies throughout the lifecycle of a facility or worksite, including
a) conceptual design;
b) facility siting;
c) preliminary and process design;
d) detailed engineering design;
e) construction;
f) commissioning and start-up;
g) operations/maintenance;
h) revamps/modifications;
i) decommissioning; and
j) site closure.
1.3 Polices, practices, and procedures
This Standard identifies the various policies, practices, and procedures that may be used to implement a PSM system.
Note: It is not the intent of this Standard to define prescriptive solutions that will meet the needs of every organization. Each facility or worksite, within an organization, is unique and the user of this Standard will find that a particular policy, practice, or procedure that is effective at one site might need to be modified or rewritten for it to be effective at another site. An organization may include these minimum requirements in an integrated health, safety, environmental, and risk management program or in a stand-alone PSM program in preventing incidents at facilities that manufacture, store, handle, or otherwise use potentially hazardous materials. An organization may also use this Standard as an audit tool of their PSM system.
1.4 Terminology
In this Standard, “shall” is used to express a requirement, i.e., a provision that the user is obliged to satisfy in order to comply with the Standard; “should” is used to express a recommendation or that which is advised but not required; and “may” is used to express an option or that which is permissible within the limits of the Standard.
Notes accompanying clauses do not include requirements or alternative requirements; the purpose of a note accompanying a clause is to separate from the text explanatory or informative material.
Notes to tables and figures are considered part of the table or figure and may be written as requirements.
Annexes are designated normative (mandatory) or informative (non-mandatory) to define their application.
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