Mechanical Integrity (MI) is the management of the critical processing equipment that ensures the equipment design, manufacture, installation, and maintenance to perform as per the desired function. Mechanical Integrity is one of the Process Safety Management (PSM), driven by the OSHA 1910.119 standard.
Reference Definition by Ice.com: Mechanical integrity (MI) is just one of the 14 elements included in Process Safety Management (PSM), driven by the OSHA 1910.119 standard, but it is significant in terms of the asset coverage involved. For example, MI includes any and all equipment/assets used to produce products made from specific quantities of defined hazardous materials on the list covered by the PSM standard.
Related Definitions in the Project: The Operation and Maintenance; Process Safety Engineering
