Examination of industrial safety

Who is required to conduct an industrial safety review?

Operating organization as per Federal Law On Industrial Safety of Hazardous Production Facilities (as amended on July 29, 2018)operating a hazardous production facility is obliged to ensure that, in a timely manner and in accordance with an order of the federal executive body in the field of industrial safety, or its territorial body, are presented:

• expert examination of industrial safety of buildings and structures used at a hazardous production facility;
• industrial safety expertise of technical devices used at a hazardous production facility;
• diagnostics and tests;
• conducting a technical survey of structures and technical devices used at a hazardous production facility.

What facilities are subject to industrial safety expertise?

• chemically hazardous, explosive and fire hazardous and special chemical objects;
• oil and gas industry;
• coke industry and metallurgy;
• mining and non-metallic industry;
• coal industry;
• transportation of hazardous substances;
• using equipment operating under excessive pressure;      
• gas consumption and gas distribution systems;
• hoisting facilities;
• storage and processing of plant materials.

What work is carried out in the framework of the examination of PB?

An industrial safety review is conducted by an organization licensed by Rostekhnadzor to conduct an industrial safety review. Industrial safety expertise is carried out in accordance with Federal norms and rules in the field of industrial safety "Rules for the examination of industrial safety" order of November 14, 2013 N 538 (as amended on July 28, 2016). Stages of industrial safety expertise:

• analysis and study of design, executive, technical, repair and operational documentation about the object of examination;
• passports, certificates, technological regulations, test reports and other documentation for technical devices;
• determination of the diagnostic program taking into account the design features of the test object, operating conditions, results of previous inspections;
• Departure to the site for technical diagnostics using non-destructive and destructive testing, as well as its compliance with federal standards and industrial safety rules;
• carrying out verification calculations and tests for strength and tightness;
• research of the results of technical diagnostics;
• formation of an expert opinion with conclusions regarding the possibility of safe operation of the equipment, the degree of wear of devices, recommendations for repair and the timing of further operation.

Attention: it is very important to choose the expert organization correctly, based not on the cheapest price offer, but on the organization having all the permits and a sufficient number of qualified specialists.

What is the result of a PB examination?

The result of an industrial safety review is:

• a conclusion signed by the head of the organization that conducted the industrial safety review, and the expert or experts in the field of industrial safety who participated in the examination.
• the conclusion of the industrial safety expert examination is submitted by its customer to the federal executive body in the field of industrial safety or its territorial body, which enter this conclusion into the register of conclusions of the industrial safety expert examination within five working days from the date of its receipt;
• The conclusion of the industrial safety expert examination may be used exclusively from the date of its entry into the register of conclusions of the industrial safety expert examination by the federal executive body in the field of industrial safety or its territorial authority.