(56q) A Holistic Approach to Sustainable Operational Risk Assessments
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
2017
2017 Spring Meeting and 13th Global Congress on Process Safety
Global Congress on Process Safety
Understanding Hazards and Risks I
Monday, March 27, 2017 - 4:00pm to 4:30pm
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The purpose of operational risk assessments are to identify and understand the hazards associated with the process being reviewed, to understand the potential resultant hazardous events, and to prevent those events by identifying all the potential routes to those events and ensuring that adequate safeguards are in place to mitigate their risk. The application of a suitable hazards evaluation methodology (e.g., Hazard and Operability [HAZOP], Failure Mode and Effect Analysis [FMEA], What If, Checklist) is a core process of the risk assessment. All of the most-used methodologies are ultimately just different ways of asking âWhat Ifâ questions. The key to success is asking (and, of course, correctly answering) the ârightâ What If questions. This paper will look at how a variation on an old theme can significantly improve the likelihood of asking all of the right questions, in a way that capitalizes on the strengths of some of the other approaches while avoiding their weaknesses. The work process mentioned in this paper will be illustrated with actual field examples and case studies.
This paper will guide operation managers, Health and Safety (HS) managers, risk assessment team in effective preparation before and during a risk assessment meeting thereby can reduce the total resources required and improve the overall efficiency.The work process furnishes a company with an effective tool for revalidating operational risk assessments and will provide a holistic and common mean of balancing risk against production at all levels of the operation.