How QRA Helps Ensure Your Buildings Are Actually Safe
July 1, 2025
When people think about process safety, they often focus on the plant, the equipment, the pipes, and the chemicals. But buildings like control rooms,..
When is the best time to use a QRA?
July 1, 2025
In today’s industrial environments, especially at major hazard facilities (MHFs), understanding and managing risk is more important than ever. As..
Process vs Occupational Safety: Incident Investigation Differences
May 28, 2025
When incidents occur in industrial settings, the approach to investigation can define not only immediate responses but also long-term safety culture.
Why Organisations Fail to Budget for SFAIRP
May 21, 2025
Throughout an Australasian operating facility’s life, it is required to have its risks in a SFARP / SFAIRP state. That is, their risks are eliminated..
How to Run an Efficient Procedural HAZOP Without Missing Real Risks
October 2, 2024
For many of us who facilitate Hazop studies, procedural Hazops come our way only rarely. Despite a decade or so of facilitating continuous process..
HAZOP Challenges Explained: From Double Jeopardy to Poor Documentation
April 24, 2024
From my experience as a HAZOP leader, there are several challenges I have experienced that could compromise the integrity of the recorded minutes...
SFAIRP in Practice: How to Prevent Over‑the‑Top Safety Measures
April 20, 2024
A few years ago – around the time the Health & Safety at Work Act was coming into effect here in New Zealand – a friend and I met for a beer. He..
Auditing Permit to Work Systems: Key Findings and Practical Insights
November 17, 2023
Permit systems are an important part of work control at operating facilities where equipment is handed over from the permit issuer to the permit..
Sodium Hypochlorite vs Chlorine in Water Treatment
May 23, 2023
Water processing facilities have a requirement to ensure the quality of the output meets consumption or discharge requirements via an appropriate..
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What Makes a Safety-Critical Element (SCE) Suitable?
May 9, 2023
The MHF regulations require that safety-critical elements (SCEs) are verified to be suitable, but what does this mean in practice? We could say it..