Industrial risk: Seveso, QRA/HAZOP and self-protection plans

Risk studies are documents read on two days: when they are submitted and when something happens. We write them to be useful both times, with defensible assumptions and measures the operation can actually sustain.

What's included

• Determination of whether the major accident regulations apply, and inventory calculation.
• Quantitative risk assessment: scenarios, consequences and risk curves.
• HAZOP operability studies and other hazard identification techniques.
• Safety report, prevention policy and safety management system.
• Self-protection plans under Spanish RD 393/2007 and support with implementation.
• Drills, training and periodic review of the documentation.

When you need it

• A change in inventory could bring you within the scope of Seveso.
• Civil protection or the authorities have asked for the plan or its review.
• You are introducing a new process or substance and the risk has to be reassessed.
• You have had an incident and the safety barriers need reviewing.

How we work

It is done by process engineers, not just document writers: accident assumptions are discussed with the people who run the plant. The measures we propose have to be sustainable with the team you have.