Effectively Manage Process Hazard Analyses Using Process Safety Enterprise®

Process Safety Enterprise^® (PSE), a cloud-based platform, helps ensure compliance with the 14 elements of the Occupational Health and Safety's (OSHA's) Process Safety Management (PSM) standard. This white paper details the key features of PSE, with a focus on Process Hazard Analyses (PHAs), including:

• Document Control System: Easily stores and retrieves documents
• Intelligent Form Builder: Creates customizable forms
• Action Tracking System: Manages all tasks related to PHAs
• Reporting and Dashboard/KPI: Provides real-time insights into activities
• Process Hazard Analysis Workflow: Guides users through initiating a PHA, assigning team members, approving the work, preparing the data, completing the PHA in the PSMPro™ software, documenting the completed PHA, performing a quality check, approving the final PHA, assigning and completing all recommendations after electronic transfer from PSMPro, and completing the workflow.

A case study highlights the consequences of not conducting PHAs and understanding the hazards of a process. It emphasizes how the PSE software with the Management of Change (MOC) and PHA workflows could have helped to prevent this disaster.

Introduction

Process Hazard Analysis is crucial to OSHA's PSM 29 CFR 1910.119 standard. PHAs identify viable scenarios and associated process hazards and determine how to mitigate or eliminate them using appropriate layers of protection and safeguards.

Businesses often encounter challenges managing PHAs since they involve large amounts of Process Safety Information (PSI), approvals, the execution of the PHA, quality checks, and the initiation and completion of many action items to address the PHA recommendations Overlooking these responsibilities risks the safety of employees, plant assets, the community, and the environment. Moreover, an accident could lead to production interruptions.

An effective PHA process should include identifying the activities above and tracking them to completion. Training should also be tracked for employee awareness of the PHA process and PHA leaders and participants. The PHA HAZOP Leader course can prepare your qualified people to lead PHAs. For new safety professionals or others who will assist with PHAs, the Basic PHA eLearning course will help them understand the basic structure of typical risk assessments.

Process Safety Learning^® (PSL), powered by ioMosaic, is an eLearning platform for process safety training. For new participants on a PHA team, such as operators and engineers who are not safety professionals, the PSL eLearning course on Hazard Identification and Process Risk is a great introduction to the essentials of Process Hazard Analysis. The Refinery Hazards Fundamentals eLearning course is also available.

Effective PHA systems help companies document, plan, execute, and store required risk assessments and the action items they generate. This workflow can help companies comply with the PSM requirements of the 29 CFR 1910.119 standard.

An effective PHA process tied to related PSM elements can help companies document, plan, execute, and store required PHAs while accessing required PSI and other related documentation. The workflows can help companies comply with the PSM requirements of the 29 CFR 1910.119 standard.

For businesses serious about implementing a comprehensive PSM compliance system, ioMosaic offers the Process Safety Enterprise^® (PSE) (Figure 1). PSE is a cloud-based platform enabling easy ongoing management of process safety data, helping businesses achieve compliance, manage risk, and remain competitive. Unlike any other system available today, PSE is a centralized web-based application that integrates all PSM elements and workflows, making it THE ultimate solution for managing PHAs effectively. This white paper delves into the key features of the PHA workflow and how it benefits companies seeking to improve and elevate their systems to manage process hazards while complying with PSM.

To help you better understand the requirements of the PSM standard, we recommend a PSM Essentials eLearning course like the one offered by Process Safety Learning^®.