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Process Safety Management
Published in Charles D. Reese, Occupational Safety and Health, 2017
The process hazard analysis (PHA) is a thorough, orderly, systematic approach for identifying, evaluating, and controlling the hazards of processes involving highly hazardous chemicals. The employer must perform an initial PHA (hazard evaluation) on all processes covered by this standard. The PHA methodology selected must be appropriate to the complexity of the process and must identify, evaluate, and control the hazards involved in the process.
Influence of human factors on risk associated with pressure equipment
Published in International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 2023
Vesna Spasojević Brkić, Tamara Golubović, Aleksandar Brkic, Abdulghder Mohamed Alsharif
The importance of effective management system assessment has been recognized for quite a long time in preventing uncontrolled discharge of hazardous substances and integrity maintenance of process components. The American Petroleum Institute Risk Based Inspection (API RBI) procedure [1] involves assessment tools for management system parts that most directly affect the probability of a component failure. It contains a quantitative result of management system assessment by using numerous questions, and a 1000-point value (a maximum value) is equivalent to the achievement of excellent results for the problem related to process safety management (PSM), which affects the mechanical integrity [27]. However, it is not indicated that the PSM procedure should pass adequate statistical evaluation and validation. Also, there is no explanation for the manner in which the questions are defined. Quantification of the answers themselves and how the overall factor was obtained are not explained either. Furthermore, as emphasized in the API RBI [1], the objective of management system assessment is not to measure overall agreement with Standard No. API 581:2016 or Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OHSA) recommendations, but to point out the presence of problems related to mechanical integrity, the largest risk-covered area, as well as the majority of issues closely linked to mechanical integrity. In Standard No. API 581:2016 [1] the human factor is only once mentioned as a term – in the question of whether the potential process hazard analysis considers human factors.
The perspective of leadership and management commitment in process safety management
Published in Indian Chemical Engineer, 2023
Aisah Timbang, D. M. Reddy Prasad, Mohammad Hazwan Azri
There is almost equal concern ranging from 16.7 to 20.8% of respondents for Process Safety Information, Process Hazard Analysis and Document and record control and process knowledge management (Figure 3). The final goal in understanding hazards and risk is to ensure that reliable risk assessments are conducted and interpreted based on the latest information, which is made easier by managing document changes. Official documentation must be updated and its updates must be recorded. Updates to personally-kept documentation for individual use due to convenience must also reflect in the official documentation. (c) Manage risk – the third pillar of the RBPS management system
Understanding and Effectively Managing Conservatisms in Safety Analysis of Nonreactor Nuclear Facilities
Published in Nuclear Technology, 2021
Mohammad Modarres, Steven Krahn, James O’Brien
Nonreactor nuclear facility safety analysis in the United States typically utilizes a conservative safety analysis method, e.g., an integrated safety assessment or documented safety analysis.13–15 A typical first step in an NRNF safety analysis is a hazard analysis that looks at the types and amounts of hazardous material in the facility as well as the categories of events that could cause a release of the hazardous material. Several different methods (e.g., failure modes and effects analysis, process hazard analysis) can be used to perform the analysis. The outcomes of the hazard analysis are qualitative estimates of the magnitude of potential impacts of the release of the hazardous material and the likelihood of the release. This information is used to identify where worker safety controls are needed and to determine whether a more detailed/quantitative accident analysis is warranted to evaluate potential impacts to the public.