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Preliminary Hazard Identification & Analysis Guide: Free

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Contents:

  • Introduction …………………………….1
  • Aim …………………………………………1
  • Description ………………………………2
  • Method ……………………………………3
  • Guidance …………………………………4
  • Inspect the Workplace ………………7
  • How to find hazards …………………8
  • Review available information ……8
  • Consult Your Workers ……………..10
  • When to Consult with Workers …10
  • Hazard Checklists ……………………12
  • Functional Safety Analysis ……….16
  • FMEA/FMECA ……………………….21
  • SWIFT …………………………………..28
  • HAZOP ………………………………….42
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Preliminary Hazard Identification & Analysis Guide – Introduction

Hazard Identification has been defined as: “The process of identifying and listing the hazards and accidents associated with a system.”

Hazard Analysis has been defined as: “The process of describing in detail the hazards and accidents associated with a system and defining accident sequences.”

Preliminary Hazard Identification and Analysis (PHIA) is intended to help you determine the scope of the safety activities and requirements. It identifies the main hazards likely to arise from the capability and functionality being provided. It is carried out as early as possible in the project life cycle, providing an important early input to setting Safety requirements and refining the Project Safety Plan.

PHIA seeks to answer, at an early stage of the project, the question: “What Hazards and Accidents might affect this system and how could they happen?”

Aim

The aim of the PHIA is to identify, as early as possible, the main Hazards and Accidents that may arise during the life of the system. It provides input to:

  1. Scoping the subsequent Safety activities required in any Safety Plan. A successful PHIA will help to gauge the proportionate effort that is likely to be required to produce an effective Safety Case, proportionate to risks.
  2. Selecting or eliminating options for subsequent assessment.
  3. Setting the initial Safety requirements and criteria.
  4. Subsequent Hazard Analyses.
  5. Initiate Hazard Log.

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You can also get the Guide with the PHIA Triple Lesson Bundle.

Preliminary Hazard Identification & Analysis Guide: Free