(121c) Risk Based Process Safety Program in R & D Facility
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
2016
2016 AIChE Spring Meeting and 12th Global Congress on Process Safety
Global Congress on Process Safety
Process Safety Management Systems – Risk Based
Tuesday, April 12, 2016 - 2:30pm to 3:00pm
Research & Development facility comprises of pilot plants & laboratories which are designed & constructed to perform new experiments/advancement processes to investigate the critical aspects of process, which will be replicated into the commercial Processes/plants. There may be a general perception that the R & D facilities are less hazardous, safer than the commercial plant & they don’t require the same precautions/safety management systems as commercial plants. However with the new, unknown & changing technology, numerous unknown chemicals, less information about the material & processes, frequent modifications for experiments, lack of waste characterization, limited automatic safety interlocks make R & D, a complex system. This complexity & Flexibility in R & D leads to significant hazard potential that can cause injuries, fatalities, property damages & environment excursions. Therefore it is a very challenging task for R & D organizations to develop a comprehensive & standardized set of Process safety program covering all potential scenarios which may lead to process safety incidents.
This paper attempts to provide a risk based process safety program for R & D facilities based on its four pillars which certainly helps to understand the potential Hazards & their identification, assessment & mitigation pathway in R & D Facility which are mentioned below,
- Commitment to Process safety.
- Management commitment towards Process Safety
- Operation consistent with Standards & Procedures
- Employee involvement
- Understanding of Hazard & Risk.
- Design safety Review
- Hazard Identification & Assessment
- Process Information/knowledge
- Managing risk.
- Safe Work Practices & Operating Procedures
- Management of Change
- Emergency Response Planning & Management
- Training & Performance Assurance
- Learning from the past incidents.
- Incident Investigations
- Learning from past incidents
- Auditing
- Management review
Risk Based Process Safety Program is providing the structured, strategic, Functional & Technical baseline to R & D Facility to achieve sustainable safety.
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