Comprehensive Process Safety & Security Consulting

From risk reduction to regulatory compliance, our consultants support every aspect of your safety and security efforts.


Process Hazard Analysis (PHA)

Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) studies are the foundation for process safety and risk management programs. They help companies identify hazard scenarios for a process that could adversely affect people, property...




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PHA Analytics

PHA worksheets hold vital information on process risks but much of it is obscured by the vast amount of data they contain. Analytics can be used to transform the data into meaningful information and enable better decisions...




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Audits and Assessments
(PSM / RMP)

Audits and assessments provide a vital management control for Process Safety Management (PSM), Process Security Management, and Risk Management (RM) Programs. Audits employ protocols and...




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Competency Management

The ability of personnel to perform tasks according to expectations, or the competency of personnel, is crucial to every organization because of the role it plays in ensuring tasks are carried out satisfactorily and safely...




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Process Safety Management (PSM)

Companies that handle highly hazardous chemicals in excess of threshold quantities must comply with OSHA's Process Safety Management (PSM) standard, 29 CFR 1910.119 and EPA's Risk Management (RM) Program rule, 40 CFR Part 68...




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Procedures Development

Written procedures are required for many activities in a process such as operations and maintenance. Many companies assume their employees can write procedures simply by documenting what they do. However,...




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Risk Management Programs (RMP)

Companies that handle certain highly hazardous chemicals in excess of threshold quantities must comply with EPA's Risk Management Program (RMP) rule, 40 CFR Part 68. EPA's RMP rule embraces OSHA's PSM standard but applies....




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Mechanical Integrity (MI)

The MI element of a process safety management (PSM) program is intended to ensure equipment does not fail in a way that causes or affects a release of highly hazardous chemicals. Equipment is the hardware that helps contain the...




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Management of Change (MOC)

Many companies make changes to their processes on a regular basis for various reasons, such as improving yields, increasing production, reducing costs, etc. Changes to processes can lead to increased risk or produce new hazards,...




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OSHA Chemical Facility
PSM NEP Assistance

The chemical facility National Emphasis Program (NEP) is a focused inspection program by OSHA to verify compliance with OSHA's Process Safety Management (PSM) standard (29 CFR 1910.119) at covered facilities. It began in November, 2011...




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Hazard Identification (HAZID)

Hazard identification uses checklists of hazards to pinpoint material, system, process, and facility characteristics that could produce undesirable consequences through the occurrence of an incident. Possible means of eliminating...




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Facility Siting

OSHA's PSM regulations require that facility siting be addressed in Process Hazard Analysis (PHA). Facility siting involves the assessment of the possible impacts of fire and explosion on life safety, structures, and equipment as well...




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Layers of Protection
Analysis (LOPA)

LOPA is a simplified risk assessment method. It provides an objective, rational and reproducible method of evaluating the risk of hazard scenarios and comparing it with risk tolerance criteria to decide if existing safeguards are adequate,...




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Consequence Modeling

Consequence modeling involves the determination of the impacts of process accidents involving hazardous materials on people, the environment and the process. The amount and form of hazardous material...




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Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS)
(IEC 61511 / ISA 84)

ANSI/ISA-S84.00.01-2003, (IEC 61511 Mod), Application of Safety Instrumented Systems for the Process Industries, (called IEC 61511 / ISA 84 here) addresses the application of Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) to take a...




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Probability Modeling

Companies are sometimes faced with the possibility of catastrophic accident consequences and need to assess their likelihood to determine what remediation may be necessary. In such cases, the likelihood of an accident...




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Dust Hazard Analysis (DHA)

A dust hazard analysis (DHA) is required by NFPA 652:2016, Standard on the Fundamentals of Combustible Dust. The related NFPA 654:2017, Standard for the Prevention of Fire and Dust Explosions from the Manufacturing,...




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Quantitative Risk Assessment
(QRA)

QRA involves the combination of accident consequences and probabilities into various risk measures including indices, individual risk, and societal risk. Results of the analyses are presented as point estimates, risk contours, or...




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Dust Hazards Management

NFPA 652:2016, Standard on the Fundamentals of Combustible Dust, requires that a safety management system (SMS) address the hazards of combustible dusts. The management system must address topics such as employee...




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Security Vulnerability Analysis
(SVA)

Process facilities may be vulnerable to deliberate acts such as terrorism, sabotage, vandalism and theft. The risks of such acts must be assessed to determine if existing security measures and safeguards are adequate or need...




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Bow Tie Analysis (BTA)

Bow tie analysis (BTA) involves the construction of diagrams that depict how prevention and mitigation barriers and controls (i.e. safeguards) protect against threats (i.e. initiating events) that can cause hazardous events, and the...




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Cyber Security

Manufacturing and process control computer systems are often connected to business, commercial and enterprise networks that in turn are connected to the Internet. Process control systems may also contain computers with...




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Barrier Management

The term, barrier management, is used in bow tie analysis to describe the process of ensuring that the safeguards an organization intends and expects to have in place are capable of preventing losses, properly implemented, in service...




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Management Consulting

The management of process risks and safety is critical to the successful operation of any organization. Management consulting provides a cost-effective way for managers to come up to speed on key aspects of risk and safety rapidly...




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Human Factors
and Human Failures

People are key components of industrial processes. They are involved in process design, operation, maintenance, etc. No step in the process life cycle is without some human involvement. Based on human nature,...




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Expert Witness
and Litigation Support

Process safety and risk management regulations have been in place since the late 1980s at the state level and the early 1990s at the federal level. While such programs are expected to decrease the likelihood and severity of...




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Emergency Response Programs

Emergency Response Programs (ERPs) are an essential element of process safety and risk management programs. Most facilities have ERPs in place, although they may not be up-to-date. For example, they may not address...




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Due Diligence Reviews
for Mergers and Acquisitions

Due diligence reviews provide a vital tool to help companies assess the potential liabilities in mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Companies routinely address environmental liabilities but often process safety and risk management...




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