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Process Safety Management
Process Safety is a framework for ensuring that the process design envelope is protected and has resilience against system failures and degradation. Process safety consequently focuses on preventing or mitigating loss of containment scenarios that could lead to fires, explosions, and accidental chemical releases at process facilities.
How we can help you
rima consultants can provide a full range of PHA services to include HAZOP studies, LOPA studies, HAZID studies, FMEA, Fault Tree Analysis, HAZOP studies, What If / checklist studies, and Bow-Tie Assessments.
Regulatory Compliance
We ensure that relevant requirements are identified, and that the correct decisions are made to avoid delays, business interruptions or accelerated costs.
Project Risk Assessment
Project risk assessment allows businesses to make the best choice from the available options needed to achieve a project’s objective.
We support organizations with tailormade training courses within all aspects of process safety. For example, We support asset owners with training for operators, functional safety management, technical safety, and planning / execution of Process Hazard Analysis
Process safety training
HAZOP
WHAT :
Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) is the most widely used Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) technique. It provides a way of systematically identifying causes of deviations from a process design intention, which in turn reveals potential hazardous scenarios and allows understanding of them and how to prevent them from occurring. HAZOP studies are performed as multi-disciplinary brainstorming workshops.
HAZID
WHY :
HAZOP studies are performed to:
Methodically examine processes and operating systems to identify how they might deviate from the design intent;
Prevent process-related accidents and incidents by evaluating process design with regards to safety (of people, the environment, or assets) and operability;
Identify deviations from related standards and project requirements;
Identify requirements for additional risk-reduction
WHAT :
A Hazard Identification Study (HAZID) is a high-level, systematic study of process hazards that uses checklists of hazards to identify materials, systems, processes, and facility characteristics that could produce undesirable consequences through the occurrence of an incident. HAZID studies are frequently used for the early identification and assessment of hazards to provide critical input for project decisions at a time when design changes would have minimum cost penalties.
WHY :
The HAZID Study is a crucial part of a project’s risk assessment and is typically a key milestone to complete in the Conceptual and Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) phases of capital projects. It is conducted by a multi-disciplinary team using a structured, brainstorming approach, guided by checklists and guide words. For each identified hazard, the team discusses potential causes, the consequences of those causes, the safeguards and mitigation measures present within the design to address those hazards, and any necessary recommendations to reduce the risk of the scenario.
FMEA - BTA
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis:
The failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) technique is a methodical study of system component failures. All failure modes for each component in a system are identified and the effect of each component failure on the overall system is evaluated. This technique is most commonly used for processes that do not involve reactive chemistry but can be effectively used for interlock and emergency shutdown (ESD) systems.
Bow Tie Assessments
Bow Tie Assessments (BTA) are a systematic method for graphically analyzing and demonstrating causal relationships in plausible high-risk scenarios involving a given hazard. Control measures are then documented to demonstrate current risk mitigations. Finally, the failure scenarios or conditions aka the ‘escalation factors’ for the control measures are identified. Bow Tie Analysis can also be effectively used in conjunction with appropriate process safety management systems to demonstrate that major hazards for an organization are being managed to ALARP (As Low as Reasonably Practicable).
Project Risk Assessment
Project risk assessment is a hands-on application of risk management to ensure that a project is meeting its targets in terms of cost, schedule and HSE. It includes identification of project risks, continuous monitoring and adjustments, as well as identification of measures to control the risk. Project risk assessment allows businesses to make the best choice from the available options needed to achieve a project’s objective.
Workplace Health & Safety Risl Assessment (WHSRA)
A WHSRA study assesses the risks to the health and safety of persons working in a facility based on factors such as noise, vibration, illumination, harsh weather or exposure to chemicals or harmful substances. A WHSRA is efficient to identify measures to achieve an acceptable working environment.
