WHAT IS RAGAGEP?
This is an acronym standing for Recognized and Generally Accepted Engineering Practice. It is applied in safety systems management, a regulation for enforcement of engineering processes approved by OSHA. Process Safety Management Systems references three RAGAGEP provisions as stated below:
Equipment documentation compliance.
Inspections and tests on safety process equipment compliance.
Inspection and tests equipment frequency compliance to manufacturer’s recommendations and good practice.
Where design codes, standards, or practices used in the design and construction of existing equipment are no longer in general use. Determine and document that the equipment is designed, maintained, inspected, tested, and operating in a safe manner.
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Examples of RAGAGEP:
Widely adopted codes
Widely adopted national, state, and municipal standards and codes of practices such as – National Building Codes, NFPA 101 Life Safety, and NFPA 70 National Electric codes.
Consensus documents
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) follows the American National Standards Institute’s (ANSI) Essential Requirements as they have broad committee membership. Example of this is – ASME B31.3 Process Piping Code. Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) guidelines and regulations adopts British Standards and codes of practices.
Non-consensus documents
These documents are developed by not conforming to the ANSI or BS standards requirements. These are widely accepted engineering practices.
Internal Standards
Some faculties are allowed to developed internal standards and procedures peculiar to their operations.
Why RAGAGEP?
Any standard recognized by OSHA as “good engineering practice” must be followed as if they were law.
These standards and procedures have to be followed from design through construction to long-term maintenance or through the engineering product cycle.
Failure to meet any RAGAGEP can be cited and fined by an inspector.
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