Management of Change

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Overview

The proper management of change (MOC) lies at the heart of any successful risk management or process safety management program. It can be taken for granted that everyone associated with the design and operation of any industrial facility wants to do a good job. Yet, in spite of their best intentions, accidents continue to happen; people get hurt, production is lost, and the environment is polluted.

Incident Investigation and Root Cause Analysis

Overview

The thorough investigation and analysis of incidents (both actual events and near misses), along with the appropriate follow-up, provides one of the most effective means of improving the safety and reliability of process facilities through the effective use of incident investigation. Other risk management programs, such as hazards analysis and management of change, are directed toward anticipating problems so that corrective actions can be taken before an event occurs.

Consequence Analysis

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Overview

Risk has four elements:

  1. A hazard;
  2. The consequences of that hazard should it occur (safety, environmental and economic);
  3. The likelihood of occurrence of the hazard; and
  4. Safeguards that reduce consequences and/or likelihood.

The relationship between the first of the above three terms is shown in the following Equation.

Frequency Analysis

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Frequency Analysis

This material in this ebook describes risk quantification. It shows how to estimate how often incidents may occur. Topics covered include risk ranking, fault tree and event tree analysis, Monte Carlo simulations, Markov models, safeguards and Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA). Also discussed are the sources and management of failure rate data.

Managing a Risk Program

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This ebook  to do with risk management in the process and energy industries describes how a risk program in the process industries can be managed so as to maximize safety and efficiency while keeping costs under control. It describes how to determine the program's objectives, create the organization, develop metrics and a baseline and then implement the plan.

Asset Integrity

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Overview

This ebook shows how the topics of Asset Integrity and Mechanical Integrity are an integral part of a process safety management (PSM) program. Topics discussed include the development and use of engineering standards, the principles of inherent safety and the different types of safety systems (active and passive) and RAGAGEP (recognized and generally accepted good engineering practice).