January 2012 - Page 2 of 2 - Process Improvement Institute

Which tools (software, MS Word, MS Excel or PAPER based) do folks use to perform Process Hazard Analyses like HAZOPs, What Ifs, or FMEAs?

We have license to all proprietary software and must use them based on client demands. And we also use Excel and Word. We do hundreds of PHAs each year; our staff has done more than 5000 unit-size PHAs of projects and of existing units and revalidations to date (over the past 20 years)! LEADER is [...]

Changing to a PSM role from an HSE role

Process safety is mostly about controlling direct human error (like operator errors), indirect (latent) effects of human error (main reason parts fail), and compensating for human error. There is also a lot of basic chemical engineering to learn to understand how PSM is controlled and what leads to process hazards. Many folks say that "hands-on" [...]

Monthly Archives: January 2012

Which tools (software, MS Word, MS Excel or PAPER based) do folks use to perform Process Hazard Analyses like HAZOPs, What Ifs, or FMEAs?

Changing to a PSM role from an HSE role