Process Improvement Institute Expertise in process safety management (PSM), PSM auditing, process hazard analysis (PHA), HAZOP, FMEA, PHA revalidation, root cause analysis (RCA), incident investigation, procedure writing, management of change (MOC), layer of protection analysis (LOPA), mechanical integrity, system reliability, and training in these topics.

Expertise of the Process Improvement Institute

Our consultants and instructors are internationally recognized experts in risk assessments, risk management systems, PSM, and loss prevention. They are among the very best in the field because they combine complete theoretical understanding of their topic with the experience that is necessary to discriminate between something that works only in theory and something that works in practice.

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process safety management Our instructors have trained over 6000 in PSM-related topics, including over 3500 investigators, 3200 PHA leaders, 2000 PSM experts and auditors, 1000 procedure writers, and many others on other topics. Our instructors developed many of these courses originally while at ABS Consulting. They have now redeveloped these courses for PII.

Our personnel have led over 100 PHAs (qualitative risk assessments or HAZOPs; most of these were of entire units), over 100 major investigations, and over 15 major PSM audits. They have developed and implemented effective MOC programs, procedure writing protocols, and hazard review (risk assessment) methodologies. They are among the most experienced PSM experts and instructors in the world. They have served as chair or co-chair of 10 major international conferences on PSM and have authored or co-authored over 25 articles/papers on PSM topics and were co-authors of the following definitive textbooks for AIChE’s Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS):

Guidelines for Investigating Chemical Process Incidents, 2003 (2nd edition)
Layer of Protection Analysis, CCPS/AIChE, 2001
Guidelines for Hazard Evaluation Procedures, CCPS/AIChE, 1992 (2nd edition)

And, they have co-authored 6 related standards for the US Department of Energy, as well as authoring or co-authoring the definitive papers on:

How to address human error/factors during PHAs (and HAZOPs)
How to analyze procedure steps for hazards/risks of performing steps incorrectly
How to make your PHAs comply with US OSHA’s PSM requirements
What are the Costs/Benefits of PSM compliance
How to get Near Misses Reported and Investigated
How to write effective operating and maintenance procedures
How to develop trouble-shooting guides from HAZOP tables
How to implement an effective LOPA program
How to perform incident investigations and root cause analyses

A full résumé of each expert is available upon request; and we can provide you with a long list of references (your peers) that use us and can attest to the value of our services.