Manage Risks
Companies are constantly looking for effective execution of risk based process safety tasks. Risk management can help a company to better deal with the resultant risks and sustain long-term accident free and profitable operations.
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Controlling Risk During Major Capital Projects
William Bridges
Think of process safety management (PSM) as a project deliverable, and follow these best practices for scheduling and performing process hazard analyses (PHAs) and completing other PSM requirements during key phases of a major project.
Good Engineering Practices - Inspection and Test Frequencies
Mar 15, 2011
Richard Prugh
The "Process Safety Management" standard of the Occupational Safety and Health Act [OSHA] requires that "The frequency of inspections and tests of process equipment shall be consistent with applicable manufacturers' recommendations and good engineering practices, and more frequently if determined...
Optimizing a Mechanical Integrity Program Using Risk Based Inspection – a Case Study
Mar 15, 2011
Tony Poulassichidis
The Risk Based Inspection (RBI) process delivers a calculated risk value for each fixed equipment item in a facility. Fixed equipment risk values are the product of the Likelihood-of-Failure (LOF) and the Consequence-of-Failure (COF) factors. The calculated equipment risk values are used to...
The Importance of Mechanical Integrity Inspection for Successful Capital Projects
Mar 15, 2011
Paul F. Schubert
It has been a common practice in the petrochemical industry to wait until a new process unit has been placed into service before performing the initial mechanical integrity inspection to establish corrosion rates of new piping systems and vessels. One problem with delaying inspection is that use of...
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