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Pressure Equipment Integrity Incident Investigation API Recommended Practice 585TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Purpose and Scope 4 1.1 General 4 1.2 Industry Scope 4 1.3 Flexibility in Application 4 1.4 Pressure Equipment Integrity (PEI) Focused 5 1.5 Types of Equipment Covered 5 1.6 Types of Equipment Excluded 6 1.7 Target Audience 7 1.8 Organizational Responsibilities 7 2 Normative References 7 3 Terms, Definitions, Acronyms and Abbreviations 9 3.1 Terms and Definitions 9 3.2 Acronyms and Abbreviations 12 4 PEI Incident Tracking 13 4.1 PEI Incident Types 13 4.2 Documenting PEI Incidents 15 5 PEI Incident Causes 15 5.1 Types of Causes 15 5.2 Determining Causes 17 6 PEI Incident Investigations 18 6.1 General 18 6.2 PEI Investigation Levels 19 6.3 PEI Investigation Classification Matrix 19 6.4 Initial Response to a PEI Incident 20 6.5 Types of Evidence 21 7 Conducting PEI Investigations 22 7.1 General 22 7.2 Performing Level 1 PEI Investigations 22 7.2.1 PEI Level 1 Investigation Personnel 23 7.2.2 Collecting/Examining Evidence 24 7.2.3 Analyzing Evidence and Determining Causes 24 7.2.4 Action Items 25 7.2.5 Reports 25 7.2.6 Determining effectiveness of Action Items 25 7.3 Performing Level 2 PEI Investigations 26 7.3.1 Beginning the Level 2 PEI Investigation 26 7.3.2 PEI Level 2 Investigation Personnel 27 7.3.3 Collecting Evidence 28 7.3.4 Analyzing Evidence and Determining Causes for PEI Incidents 34 7.3.5 Developing Recommendations and Action Items 35 7.3.6 Final Report and Documentation 36 7.3.7 Tracking of Action Items 37 7.3.8 Determining effectiveness of Action Items 37 7.4 Level 3 PEI Investigations 38 7.5 Component Failure Analysis (FA) 40 8 Training and Qualifications 42 8.1 PEI Investigation Team Leaders 42 8.2 PEI Investigation Team Members 43 8.3 Site Management Personnel 43 8.4 Training for Others in the Organization 44 9 Continuous Improvement for PEI Investigations 44 9.1 Information sharing 44 9.2 Auditing of the PEI Investigation Program 45 Ann