A proactive approach, coupled with properly planned and implemented safety and risk management systems can help you comply with local, state and federal PSM regulations, as well as minimize loss of life, environmental impact, equipment damage, citations and litigation.
ioMosaic pioneered many of the current risk assessment techniques for processes that handle hazardous chemicals.
Our experts support every aspect to ensure that your facility runs safely and efficiently.
Expertise to help you minimize your exposure to fire, injury, property damage, and litigation.
Integrating best practices with cost-effective solutions to address program deficiencies.
Helping manage risk with facility siting studies, assessments and recommendations.
Senior knowledgeable engineers facilitate PHAs or DHAs in nearly all sectors of the process and processing industries.
Decades of experience leading incident investigations for process industry companies.
We prepare expert opinion reports and provide expert testimony for process incident cases.
Experienced engineers who have performed LOPAs on a wide range of facilities and terminals.
Our experts are at the forefront of pipeline Process Safety Management proficiency.
Proven track record of performing QRAs for facilities, pipelines and transportation routes.
Well versed in assisting global companies with their sustainability reporting communications.
Decades of experience mitigating hazards for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.
The chemical company of a large integrated energy company was developing a corporate standard for LOPA, which incorporated a risk ranking matrix. The company was interested in obtaining an independent review of the design of the risk matrix, and in benchmarking the underlying risk tolerability criteria with generally accepted industry norms.
A major pulp and paper manufacturing company in Mississippi determined that its process safety management (PSM) program had to do more than merely follow OSHA regulations; they wanted it to also be effective in preventing accidents.
If your facility uses, stores, manufactures, handles, or moves flammable or highly hazardous chemicals on site above the threshold quantity (TQ), OSHA does require PSM implementation. Learn the facts about process safety management.
Dr. Melhem is internationally renowned in the areas of pressure relief and flare systems design, chemical reaction systems, process safety and risk analysis. As the founder of ioMosaic, he has over 30 years of engineering and process safety experience, and has participated in numerous risk management, consequence analysis and quantitative risk assessment studies for commercial and government clients. Dr. Melhem has provided litigation support and expert witness testimony to domestic and international cases including disputes over recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices, design practices for flare systems and effluent handling and numerous major fire and explosion events. Dr. Melhem is also the author/co-author of multiple books, many technical papers and presentations and more than 300 technical reports regarding various aspects of risk assessment.
Northeastern University Ph.D. Chemical Engineering Northeastern University M.S. Chemical Engineering Northeastern University B.S. Chemical Engineering, Minor in Industrial Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology Knowledge-Based Expert Systems Harvard Business School Executive Training, Finance and Strategic Sales Management
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