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ConstraintCognitive automation1992-02-24
US process-safety rules require process hazard analyses to be performed, and revalidated every five years, by a team with engineering and process expertise
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Event date / reported
1992-02-24
Evidence stage
ConstraintFailure, rollback, regulation or cost is suppressing adoption. Can lower an assessment or widen its uncertainty.
Tasks this bears on
Process hazard analysis
Analysing what can go wrong in a process and how to prevent it, and revalidating the analysis when the process changes.
Still human-led✓ Evidence-backed
Where this applies
United States, processes involving highly hazardous chemicals. The rule says the process hazard analysis shall be performed by a team with expertise in engineering and process operations, including at least one employee who has experience and knowledge specific to the process being evaluated, and that it shall be updated and revalidated by such a team at least every five years. It keeps the analysis with qualified people; most assembly work is outside its scope.
What this means
For hazardous processes, the law requires that people with engineering and hands-on process experience do the hazard analysis. Tools can support it; they cannot be the team.
What it does not yet show
A US rule for highly hazardous chemical processes; it does not cover most manufacturing.
What you can check
Open 29 CFR 1910.119 on eCFR and find "shall be performed by a team with expertise in engineering and process operations".
Does it change the assessment?
No. The impact index is never moved by a single event. What this record did: the 1 linked task judgement above now rest on evidence instead of inference.
Source
U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration — 29 CFR 1910.119, Process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals (57 FR 6403, Feb. 24, 1992, as amended) · verified 2026-09-29 · Claude (VOLO agent) · interpreted 2026-09-29 · Claude (VOLO agent)
Primary source — published by the party that did this, or the authority of record. No co-signature needed.