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As a leading provider of risk assessment and process hazard analysis (PHA) services, Cognascents offers comprehensive solutions to ensure the safety and compliance of your operations.
Process Safety Services
Process Hazard Analysis (PHA)
What is a Process Hazard Analysis and why is it necessary?
A Process Hazard Analysis is a systematic and thorough evaluation of potential hazards associated with a process to identify, evaluate, and control these hazards effectively. It is a crucial step in maintaining the safety and integrity of your operations.
In 1992, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued the Process Safety Management (PSM) mandate (1910.119), which requires employers to perform a PHA for each PSM-covered process. The PHA ensures proper hazard identification, evaluation, and control.
At Cognascents, our facilitators and engineers are well-versed in PHA requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.119 and 40 CFR 68. We are here to assist your company in complying with these regulations and ensuring the safety of your personnel and facilities.
How does a Process Hazard Analysis work?
A Process Hazard Analysis typically involves a structured and systematic approach to assess potential hazards. Our experienced team at Cognascents utilizes various methods and techniques, such as:
- Hazard and operability studies (HAZOP)
- Layer of protection analysis (LOPA)
- Design hazard reviews
- What-if reviews
- Checklist reviews
- Hazard identification reviews (HAZID)
- Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA)
- Failure mode, effects and criticality analysis (FMECA)
- Safer technology and alternative analysis (STAA)
- Root cause analysis (RCA)
- Fault tree analysis (FTA)
- Bow-Tie analysis
By employing these techniques, we can comprehensively analyze your processes, identify potential hazards, evaluate their risks, and develop effective control measures to mitigate those risks.
Benefits of a Process Hazard Analysis
A Process Hazard Analysis offers numerous benefits to your organization:
- Identification of potential hazards: PHA helps in identifying potential hazards that may pose risks to personnel, facilities, and the environment.
- Safety analysis: PHA provides a thorough risk analysis, ensuring a safer working environment.
- Compliance with regulations: PHAs meet the regulatory requirements set by OSHA and other governing bodies.
- PHA documentation: Our team provides comprehensive documentation of the PHA process, including findings, recommendations, and action plans.
- Process risk assessment: PHA enables a detailed assessment of process risks, allowing you to prioritize and implement appropriate risk management strategies.
Optimize Process Safety with Cognascents
When it comes to risk assessment and process hazard analysis, partnering with Cognascents can provide you with a competitive advantage. Our experienced engineers are adept at hazard identification and risk assessment, focusing on identifying initiating events, developing credible consequences, and safeguarding vulnerabilities.
Whether you require risk assessments for grassroots designs or need assistance with existing facilities, our experts will work closely with you to develop an action plan to address any identified deficiencies. We can help you manage the resolution of all action-plan items while implementing a PHA sustainability assurance program.
Our multi-disciplinary engineers bring extensive experience across the oil, gas, and chemical industries. We have successfully guided numerous clients through regulatory scrutiny and have in-depth knowledge of compliance expectations.
At Cognascents, our facilitators and engineers are well-versed in PHA requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.119 and 40 CFR 68. We are here to assist your company in complying with these regulations and ensuring the safety of your personnel and facilities.
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Take a proactive step toward ensuring the safety and compliance of your operations. Contact us today to discuss how our risk assessment and process hazard analysis services can benefit your organization.