ISO/IEC 17025

Fire & Explosion

Testing Laboratory

Process Safety Services

 Process Safety Consultancy
 Dust, Gas and Vapour Flammability Testing
 Chemical Process Hazard Analysis
 Hazard & Risk Awareness Training

Supported Industries
 Pharmaceutical
 Chemical—Fine—Agro
 Oil and Gas
 Personal Healthcare
 Automotive & Aerospace
 Energy / Utilities
 Food & Drink Processing

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A Passion for Safety

Process Safety Services

Sigma-HSE Engineers and Laboratory Technical staff have many
years’ experience in the field of process safety, providing
Consultancy and Laboratory data that enable manufacturing plants
to operate safely and meet regulatory compliance.
Process Safety Management
Our core activity is the provision of services relating to PSM which
encompasses comprehensive assessment and analysis of the clients
manufacturing processes, identifying hazards and risks, reviewing
their safety training and evaluating the organisational safety culture.
 Preliminary Process Safety Audit
 PSM Gap Analysis, Benchmarking and Implementation
 Process Hazard Analysis
 Quantitative Risk Assessment
 Assessment of Safety Awareness, Training and Culture
Assessment
Sigma-HSE provide assistance and support for manufacturing
industries that need to be compliant with safety legislation either
using OSHA/ CCPS/ Company’s specific guidelines. Such industries
include Oil & Gas, Pharmaceuticals & Nutraceuticals, FMCG, Food,
Cement, Agro Commodities, Fertilizers, Paints, Petrochemicals,
Textile & Dye Stuff, Bulk and Fine Chemicals, etc.
Process Safety Consultancy
Risk(s) to people, assets, revenue and the environment arise from
engineered systems, procedures, people and surroundings of an
organisation’s operations. The modern approach to chemical
process safety is to apply risk management systems theory. This
includes recognition of the hazards posed by the process, and a
continual effort to analyse the risks, and to reduce or control them
to the lowest levels practical, while balancing other business
objectives. Process Safety related Legislation require manufacturing
plants to identify if they are working with hazardous substances that
may have a potentially explosible nature and put in place measures
to remove or mitigate the effect of potential fires and explosions.
Process Hazard Analysis and Risk
Management
 Hazard Identification Study (HAZID)
 Hazards & Operability Study (HAZOP)
 Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA)
 Fire and Explosion Risk Assessment (FERA)
 Dispersion Analysis
 Pre Start-up Safety Review (PSSR)
 Blast Overpressure Study
 Occupied Building Risk Assessment (OBRA/ BRA)
 Escape, Evacuation and Rescue Analysis (EERA)
 Emergency Systems Survivability Assessment (ESSA)
 Temporary Refuge Impairment Analysis (TRIA)
 Smoke and Gas Ingress Analysis (SGIA)
Safety Management
 Incident Investigation
 Emergency Response and Disaster Management Planning
(ERDMP)
 Comprehensive Third Party Safety Audit (as per IS 14489)
 Fire Safety Audit
 Gas Dispersion Study
 Flare Radiation Assessment
 Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH)
Functional Safety
 Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
 Safety Integrity Level (SIL)
 Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA)

Industrial Fire and Explosion Hazard

 ATEX Assessment
 Dust Explosion Risk Assessment
 Electrostatic Hazards Assessment
 Dust Explosion Vent Calculations & Sizing
 Hazardous Area Classification (HAC) and Inspection of Electrical
Assets to BS EN 60079.
 Mechanical & Electrical Equipment Ignition Risk Assessment
 Audit and Maintaining Compliance Assessments

ISO/IEC 17025 Accredited Laboratory

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Electrical Safety Process Safety
Electrical hazards are a source of continuous risk to safety of people
and property, since they can act as a source of shock and fire.
Laboratory Testing Services
Although in processing areas, electrical sparks are hazardous since ISO/IEC 17025 Accredited
they can act as a source of ignition for flammable atmosphere such Sigma HSE (UK) Laboratories provide accurate test data that can
as vapor, gas, dust cloud dispersed in air in appropriate determine whether a material is flammable or chemically reactive
concentration. However, the same electrical sparks/ short circuiting and if so what test data is required to ensure a risk assessment can
can act as a source of fire in panel rooms, server rooms, battery be performed. Typical test data are:
rooms, cable trays, etc. Fire related to electrical sparks are not only
relevant for processing industry but also for IT, telecommunication, Fire & Explosion Properties
Hospitality, Healthcare and banking industries.
Dust and Powder
 Electrical Safety Audit  Group A/B Classification or Go-No Go test
 Thermography  Minimum Ignition Energy (MIE) - with and without inductance
 Arc Flash Hazard Analysis  Minimum Ignition Temperature - Cloud (MIT)
 Relay Coordination Study  Layer Ignition Temperature (LIT)
 Lightning Risk Assessment  Explosion Severity (Pmax, Kst and St Class)
 E-HAZOP  Minimum Explosive Concentration (MEC)
 Limiting Oxygen Concentration (LOC)
Chemical Process Hazards  Thermal decomposition for the safe drying of powder
Exothermic chemical reactions are performed by companies as part  Burning Behaviour
of their normal manufacturing process for some of their products
and intermediates. These exothermic reactions have the capability Gases and Vapours
to result in devastating effects to life, property and environment, in  Flash Point
case of control malfunction leading to uncontrolled or runaway  Auto-Ignition Temperature (AIT)
reaction.  Flammable Limits (LEL & UEL)
 Design Institute of Emergency Relief Sizing (DIERS) vent sizing  Heat of Combustion
calculations
 Time to Maximum Rate (TMR), Self-accelerating Decomposition Electrostatic Hazards Testing
Temperature (SADT), etc., calculations;
 Chemical Reactivity Hazard (CRH) assessment Electrostatic charge build-up, accumulation and discharge can result
 Process Hazard Assessment (PHA) for chemical processes
in a variety of concerns from personnel receiving static shocks to
spark discharges that can ignite a dust cloud or vapour cloud,
 Consulting on scale-up of chemical processes
resulting in loss of equipment, manufacturing down time, injury or
 Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling
even fatality. Sigma-HSE can carry out electrostatic assessments and
 Engineering Design Services provide test data. Services include:

(CPH Consultancy support is provided directly by our UK Office)

 Powder Volume / Surface Resistivity
 Charge Relaxation Time for powders, bags (IBC, FIBC), liners etc.
 Volume and Surface Resistivity for bags, liners, gloves etc.
 Liquid Conductivity
 On-site electrostatics testing of pipework, flooring, Operators
(PPE), etc.

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A Passion for Safety
ISO/IEC 17025 Accredited Laboratory
Chemical Reaction Hazards Testing
Many industrial processes involve the mixing and blending of materials/chemicals where the
reactions can often produce exothermic energy which has the risk of becoming a runaway
reaction unless appropriate dosing and cooling controls are in place. Sigma-HSE can provide
scale-up and DIERS calculations to ensure your process remains safe or in the event of a
runaway reaction the effects are mitigated. Tests available include:
 Adiabatic Calorimetry (VSP2)
 Heat Flow Calorimetry (Mettler RC1)
 Isothermal Calorimetry (Mettler RC1)
 Reaction Calorimetry (Mettler RC1)
 Small Scale Screening Tests (DSC, ARC, Carius Tube, VSP, etc.)

Training
Sigma HSE can provide bespoke training packages in all the above areas of concern and can
focus the training on specific levels of management from operator level through to
management/ engineers level.

Fire & Explosion Hazard Training

 ATEX Assessment
 Dust, Gas and Vapour Fire & Explosion Prevention
 Hazardous Area Classification (HAC)
 Electrostatic Hazards

PSM & Risk Management

 Process Safety Management (PSM)
 Hazard & Operability (HAZOP)
 Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA)
 SIL/ LOPA
 Fire and Gas Mapping
 Electrical Safety
Chemical Reaction Hazard Training
 ExElect Explosion Demo
 Relief Vent Sizing
 Safe Process Scale-Up

Specialist Training
 CompEx E&I /Mechanical
 Inspections of Electrical Equipment to BS EN 60079

Our Locations:
 Delhi, India

 Mumbai, India

 Hyderabad, India

 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

(UAE)

 Winchester, United Kingdom

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