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29 CFR 1910.119(d): Process safety information. In accordance with the schedule set forth in paragraph (e)(1) of this section, the employer shall complete a compilation of written process safety information before conducting any process hazard analysis required by the standard. The compilation of written process safety information is to enable the employer and the employees involved in operating the process to identify and understand the hazards posed by those processes involving highly hazardous chemicals. This process safety information shall include information pertaining to the hazards of the highly hazardous chemicals used or produced by the process, information pertaining to the technology of the process, and information pertaining to the equipment in the process. On or about and prior to November 15, 2023, the employer did not have a completed compilation of written process safety information (PSI) (as required for hazards of the chemicals, technology of the process and equipment in the process) for managers, engineers, operators, contractors and maintenance employees involved in operating and maintaining the process to understand the hazards of the process and equipment involving or affecting highly hazardous chemicals. The employer had not compiled and managed PSI for covered equipment prior to conduct of an initial process hazard analysis; had not prepared files for each piece of covered process equipment and populated those files with the process safety information (PSI) required by 1910.119(d)(1)-(3). Additionally, the employer failed to document and compile PSI documenting that covered process equipment complies with recognized and generally accepted engineering practices (RAGAGEP) and other process information, such as records of equipment operating conditions and records of mechanical integrity activities used to collect process safety information.