Managing Partners have collectively over 250 years of hands on engineering and management experience.

Core HAZOP Studies Expertise

Process Safety Management
HAZOP Studies
PSM Audits
Loss Prevention
Risk Management

Specialists in chemical
Safety Engineering

 

 

 

 

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HAZOP Studies

The key elements in process hazard management are hazard identification and risk assessment and control. Midland Engineering Limited is prepared and qualified to provide assistance in hazard identification and in risk assessment and control. We are also prepared to assist in assuring that the public is involved in safety and environmental issues.
Some of the techniques used in hazard identification include:

  • Fire and Explosion Index (F&EI)
  • Chemical and Exposure Index
  • ''What If" analysis
  • Checklists
  • Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOP)

Risk assessment and control takes place after hazard identification. It consists of:

  • Risk identification
  • Risk estimation
  • Analysis of alternatives
  • Hazard and risk reduction
  • Acceptance of risk or reanalysis or elimination of the process if the risk is not acceptable

Risk assessment techniques include:

  • Preliminary risk screening
  • Expert opinion
  • Fault tree
  • Failure mode and effective analysis (MFEA)
  • Consequence analysis
  • Quantitative risk assessment

The Community Awareness and Emergency Response (CAER) process of the Chemical Manufacturers Association's Responsible CARE Program is used, along with local emergency planning groups, to ensure that public comments and concerns are considered in design and implementation of the facility's process safety systems.

These processes can be adapted to both large plants and small plants with limited resources. It has been found from much experience that not only is safety performance enhanced, but cost savings through increased yields and productivity have also resulted.

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