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Process Hazards
Analysis For more information regarding
pricing and availability of Process
Qualitative and quantitative risk RISK MANAGEMENT Hazards Analysis services,
assesment techniques applied to your please contact:
process to minimize potential hazards.
Gary D. Dodds
Process Hazards Analysis (PHA) is a component of both Process Safety Vice-President, SMS
Management (PSM) and Risk Management Programs (RMP), to be utilized in
Regulatory Compliance Audits.

Our approach to risk management emphasizes: SMS has experience in

performing Process Hazards
1) Minimizing personnel exposure Analyses (PHAs) for several
2) Minimizing quantities of hazardous materials different process and operation
3) "Safety by Design" types including the following:
4) Accurate procedures and standards
5) Rigorous personnel training.
Automobile Air Bag Propellant
Proper risk management focuses on not only normal operations/conditions but also
Manufacturing Process
abnormal operations/conditions, equipment design, human factors, standard
Nitroglycerin Manufacturing in
Risk Management operating and contingency procedures, maintenance operations, and facility design a Commercial Smokeless
and siting. Powder Plant
Solventless Propellant
HAZOP Basis Extrusion Process
Shotgun, Rifle, Pistol, and
other Ammunition
Manufacturing Processes
FMEA Basis
Manufacturer of Solid
Propellant Rocket Motors
Waste Water Treatment Facility
Risk Assessment Matrix Sodium Azide Recovery
Process
Groundwater Treatment and
Hazardous Waste Incineration
Facility
Contained Burn Unit
High-Temperature Thermal
Treatment System
TNT Red Water Wet Air
Oxidation
Central Gas Facilities
Amine Unit (DEA)
Refinery Operations
Water-Soluble and Solvent-
Soluble Polymer Manufacturer
Chemical Explosive Fracturing
System and Field Operations
Printing Ink Manufacturing
Process
Acid Manufacturing Operations
Cycolac Catalytic Incinerators

The Safety Management Services, Inc. (SMS) approach to risk management

focuses resources on addressing critical credible failure scenarios. This is
accomplished by prioritizing operations/equipment based on perceived risk and
material type and quantity, identifying and ranking potential hazards using qualitative
methodologies, and then using quantitative methodologies to evaluate the critical
scenarios. This type of review is known to industry as risk assessment or Process
Hazards Analysis (PHA). These PHA services may be used independently or in
conjunction with our explosive characterization, incident investigation, facility siting,
and other analysis services.

The following are examples of the risk assessment and hazards analysis
methodologies that our personnel are trained in:

Qualitative Risk Assessment

Job Safety Analysis (JSA)
Logic diagrams
What-if/Checklist
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP)

Quantitative Risk Assessment

Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
Probit statistical analysis
In-process energy modeling
Event probabilities
Risk/cost trade-off

SMS has unique capabilities and experience comparing in-process energies to the
explosive response to the stimuli. We have developed effective methods for
measuring, calculating, and/or modeling the normal and potential abnormal
in-process energies in engineering units. Our methodology allows us to compare
this information with the explosive response data, which is also in engineering units.

SMS performs consequence analysis on incident scenarios to determine the

potential effects of thermal flux, fragments, and overpressure on personnel,
equipment, and facilities. Understanding the nature of potential failure scenarios,
in-process energies, material response and consequences allows SMS personnel to
make recommendations for process/equipment design, system operating
parameters, and facility design and siting.

SMS takes considerable pride in assisting our clients in identifying risk-minimizing

solutions that are based on sound engineering principles and are cost effective. We
can team up with your personnel to provide a thorough analysis of planned, modified,
or existing processes.

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