Process Safety Management

HAI has established a well organized team of professionals who can help you develop, implement, maintain, audit, or improve your PSM program. Having an effective PSM program is an essential part of your Loss Control strategy. As our past and present customers will tell you, Hughes' Process Safety Management professionals are experienced in many areas.

PSM/RMP Program Development

HAI can assist you in developing a practical, effective, and compliant program. This program can include a complete PSM/RMP analysis of the plant operations or can be limited to individual components of a PSM/RMP. Below you will find the typical elements of a PSM/RM program in which HAI offers unique assistance:

Applicability – defining the portions of your process/facility subject to the PSM program requirements with a documented rationale for inclusion/exclusion.
Process Safety Information
Employee Participation
Process Hazard Analysis
Operating Procedures
Operator Training
Mechanical Integrity
Management of Change and Pre-startup Safety Reviews
Contractor Safety
Safe Work Practices
Audits
Incident Investigations
Hazard assessment

Process Hazard Analysis

HAI can provide an experienced team leader to prepare for, lead your team through, and document a process hazard analysis. We provide expertise in process safety or loss prevention to supplement your PHA team. HAI assists you in developing a system for tracking the resolution of PHA (and other) findings. Additionally, HAI trains your personnel on how to organize, lead, and document your PHAs internally.

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Audits

HAI can provide an audit team to conduct periodic audits of your PSM/RM program. We offer the ability to provide an entire independent team or provide an individual to lead a team of your personnel through the audit.

Training

Training can be provided in any aspect of process safety. Our training capabilities cover the entire realm of process safety topics (e.g., "Overview of Process Safety Management") or focus on an individual element (e.g., "Process Hazard Analysis Team Leadership")

Incident Investigations

HAI has considerable experience working on incident investigations, either as the lead investigator or as part of a team. Training can also be provided for your personnel on conducting effective incident investigations.

Hazard Assessment

HAI works with your personnel to identify realistic worst-case and alternative-case release scenarios. We conduct the analysis for you, evaluate consequences and, where needed, determine the likelihood of release scenarios.

Levels of Protection Analysis (LOPA)

We can help you develop an approach for analyzing levels of protection or help you perform LOPA on existing projects.

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Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS)

HAI personnel help you perform Safety Integrity Level (SIL) analyses, develop a methodology for implementing SIS considerations into your existing PSM program, and help you comply with ISA S84.01 or IEC-61511.

Security Vulnerability Analyses

HAI is a certified CCPS SVA Partner and can assist you with analyzing your security vulnerabilities using the CCPS SVA methodology.

Whatever your process safety/risk management program needs, Hughes Associates, Inc. has the experience, capabilities, and personnel to efficiently and effectively assist you in resolving them. We strive for pragmatic solutions to process safety issues that balance your need to continue operating and to comply with regulations. Through state-of-the-art commercial and proprietary modeling programs and experienced practical engineering, we help you attain continuous improvement in your Process Safety Management/Risk Management Program.

For more information contact:

Jack Woycheese
jwoycheese@haifire.com
925-935-6483

Bob Wheeler
rwheeler@haifire.com
925-314-7910 x21