SFAIRP in Practice: How to Prevent Over‑the‑Top Safety Measures
April 20, 2024
What SFAIRP Means in Safety Management A few years ago – around the time the Health & Safety at Work Act was coming into effect here in New Zealand –..
Auditing Permit to Work Systems: Key Findings and Practical Insights
November 17, 2023
What a Permit to Work System Audit Is Permit systems are an important part of work control at operating facilities where equipment is handed over..
Sodium Hypochlorite vs Chlorine: Safety and Risk Considerations for Water Treatment
May 23, 2023
Understanding Chemical Disinfectants in Water Treatment
What Makes a Safety-Critical Element (SCE) Suitable?
May 9, 2023
Why Suitable SCE Matters in Safety Cases The MHF regulations require that safety-critical elements (SCEs) are verified to be suitable, but what does..
Common Alarm Management Failures and How to Identify Them
April 6, 2023
Why Alarm Management Matters With the advent of modern control systems, we have the unlimited capacity to configure alarms. This has resulted in many..
What makes a competent hazardous area classifier?
March 29, 2023
History of hazardous area classification Hazardous area classification dates back to the 18th century when the demand for energy to power the..
What are Hazardous Areas and how are they classified?
January 17, 2023
Understanding Hazardous Areas in Industrial Settings Many areas may contain hazards, but the term “Hazardous Area” is specifically applied to..
Preparing for Safety Case Resubmission: A Practical Guide
January 13, 2023
Why Safety Case Resubmission Matters The main objective of a safety case regime is for a facility to demonstrate (to a regulator) that appropriate..
Consequence Modelling in Process Safety: From Fires to Toxic Releases
October 20, 2022
What Is Consequence Modelling in Process Safety? Consequence modelling is used to determine the worst-case scenarios that could occur due to a loss..
How to Build and Execute a PSM Competence Program
June 28, 2022
Why a PSM Competence Program Is Important An effective Process Safety Management (PSM) program requires specific attention to the competence of its..