Integrated Consultants for Health & Safety LLC
Integrated Consultants for Health & Safety LLC
Group company of Petrotech Safety Solutions - India (LP 1013), ICHSE is empowered with a team of experienced process safety engineers, our comprehensive services in process safety management bring together engineering and management skills to manage workplaces safely and efficiently in Abu Dhabi, UAE and across the region.
A major engineering project such as an offshore platform or a chemical plant is intended to benefit the society in which it is built, by generating wealth, providing employment and producing useful products or services.
Physical situations that have the potential to cause harm are known as hazards. Chemical processing, nuclear power generation, production of oil and gas can be regarded as hazardous activities.
Accidents are the actual realisation of a hazard. They are sudden unintended departures from normal conditions, in which typically some degree of harm is caused.
Risk always has two dimensions — likelihood and consequence. The likelihood may be expressed either in terms of a frequency or in terms of a probability.
Safety is the inverse of risk. Complete safety is a worthwhile goal for engineers, but is practically impossible in an intrinsically hazardous activity.
Frequency or probability of occurrence
Degree of harm caused by the event
A realistic target is to reduce risk of accidents until the safety of the activity is acceptable, bearing in mind the benefits that it brings.
Integrated Consultants for Health & Safety LLC conducts process safety reviews on various aspects of risk and safety. It is a disciplined framework for managing the integrity of operating systems and processes that handle hazardous substances.
Hazard Identification Tools (HAZID) for early identification of Major Accident Hazards (MAH)
The HAZID Study aims to identify all Major Accident Hazards (MAH) associated with the facilities and pinpoint suitable mitigative measures to control risks to people, environment and assets based on the process and layout.
Identification and understanding of MAHs also serve as a key input to the Formal Safety Assessment (FSA) of the facilities. The major benefit of HAZID is that early identification and assessment of the critical HSE hazards provides essential input to project development decisions.
This will lead to safer and more cost-effective design options being adopted without recourse to later more costly design changes.
Environmental Impact Identification (ENVID) Review for comprehensive environmental hazard assessment
ENVID is an essential part of the facility risk management process where environmental hazards from operational emissions and discharges to air and water as well as waste management are identified to provide input for further risk assessment and allow for design improvement.
The ENVID Study takes into account direct or indirect environmental impact of facilities. Direct impacts include polluting impacts and the impacts of resource extraction under direct control of the organization, whereas indirect impacts covers matters related to supply and customer chains.
Hazard and Operability study using systematic and highly structured approach
The Hazard and Operability HAZOP is undertaken using a systematic and highly structured approach to examine process and engineering intentions of the design.
The HAZOP Review aims to assess the potential for malfunction or mal-operation of the system/equipment and the consequential effects of the hazardous events (impact on personnel, environment or asset), or operability problems (impacts on process efficiency or productivity) on the field development as a whole.
It is based on the premise that a hazard is not realised if the process is always operated within its design intent.
Safety Integrity Level Classification using Layer of Protection Analysis approach
The SIL Classification Exercise is undertaken in accordance with IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 requirements employing the Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) approach to determine the Integrity Levels (ILs) for all identified safeguarding process loops.
This systematic approach helps determine the required safety integrity levels for safety instrumented systems to achieve acceptable risk levels.
Inherently Safe Design Review for comprehensive safety issue management
Inherently Safe Design (ISD) Review is a brainstorming exercise to address the safety issues in the hydrocarbon processing plant in order to manage, reduce, or eliminate the risk to people, environment, property, business, and process equipment.
The ISD Strategy implements five (5) elements including intensification, substitution, attenuation, limitation of impact, and simplification/error tolerance. These strategies are implemented to achieve:
Pictorial representation of threat-barrier relationships for risk control measures
In the oil and gas industry, the bowtie approach is increasingly used to understand and communicate key risk control measures at a whole range of facilities, from an offshore oil and gas platform to a mine or manufacturing plant.
Bow-Ties are a pictorial representation of the relationship between potential threats, preventive/control barriers in place and the ultimate consequences associated with each MAH.
Bow-Tie diagrams also identify potential escalation factors that could defeat or reduce the effectiveness/reliability of a barrier, as well as control barriers in place to prevent or mitigate the effect of these escalation factors.
Get NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Process Safety Management in Abu Dhabi, UAE from Integrated Consultants for Health & Safety LLC. This globally recognized qualification equips professionals with knowledge and skills to manage process risks effectively.
The NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Process Safety Management is a globally recognized qualification, developed in collaboration between NEBOSH and Great Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
This course equips professionals working in high-hazard industries, such as oil and gas, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals, with the knowledge and skills to manage process risks effectively.
Process safety leadership, management of process risk, hazard control, fire and explosion protection
Multiple-choice question assessment completed online with results within 20 working days
Minimum 28 taught hours plus 20 hours private study (48 hours total)
SCQF Level 7 with 5 credits (Comparable to RQF Level 4)
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Common questions about process safety management and our training programs
Process safety is a disciplined framework for managing the integrity of operating systems and processes that handle hazardous substances by relying on good design principles, engineering, and operating and maintenance practices.
PSM is a systematic approach to managing the integrity of operating systems and processes handling hazardous substances. It deals with the prevention and control of events that have the potential to release hazardous materials and energy, which could result in serious incidents including fatalities, injuries, property damage, lost production time or environmental damage.
HAZOP stands for Hazard and Operability study. It is a systematic and highly structured approach to examine process and engineering intentions of the design to assess potential for malfunction or mal-operation of systems and equipment.
LOPA (Layer of Protection Analysis) is a methodology used to determine Safety Integrity Levels (SIL). SIL Classification is undertaken in accordance with IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 requirements to determine the Integrity Levels for all identified safeguarding process loops.
ALARP stands for "As Low As Reasonably Practicable." It is a principle used in risk management to reduce risks to the lowest level that is reasonably practicable, taking into account the costs and benefits of further risk reduction measures.
HAZID (Hazard Identification) is used for early identification of Major Accident Hazards during the conceptual design phase, while HAZOP (Hazard and Operability) is a more detailed study conducted during the detailed design phase to systematically examine potential deviations from design intent.
