Common Bowtie Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

January 13, 2022

Bowties provide a graphical representation of an incident pathway connecting the causes of events to their consequences. In many instances, the..

Managing Low-Likelihood, High-Consequence External Events

December 14, 2021

Process safety deals with the low-likelihood, high-severity scenarios, typically in the realms of occurring once every 1,000 to once every 1,000,000..

What elements should be included as SCE

December 13, 2021

The definition of what equipment makes up an SCE can in some situations be subjective. Whether you define SCE as individual pieces of equipment (a..

Are you over cooking your Safety Critical Elements?

December 13, 2021

There is a lot of debate and variation in the process of deciding what should be categorised as an SCE. If you have too many SCE you're at risk of..

Process Safety Due Diligence for Executive Leadership

October 18, 2021

For more serious incidents or near misses, a root cause analysis is to determine the technical and organisational causes. Companies that lack safety..

How reliable is consequence modelling?

October 5, 2021

At Safety Solutions we are no strangers to consequence modelling. One of the most common queries we get is around model uncertainty, and when it..

What Is Process Safety? Key Definitions and Incident Lessons

September 27, 2021

When most people think about workplace safety, they think about the general hazards that they are personally exposed to in the workplace, which..

Isolation Control in High-Risk Operations

June 16, 2021

An isolation procedure is at the core of any permit to work system, requiring rigorous application and an intolerance of abuse. I am not a fan of..

Revalidation of Process Hazard Analyses

May 3, 2021

PHA revalidation is a key requirement within a company’s site or corporate procedures and risk management processes. Revalidating previous PHA..

Understanding SCE Verification: From Design to Operation

March 2, 2021

Managing risk in a facility requires a clear understanding and verification of: Our significant hazards and their potential consequences The..