Process safety assessment and management guidance - Genius Engineering Consultants

Article 15 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act stipulates that workplace engaging in petroleum cracking, petrochemical industries, and those manufacturing, disposing, or using hazardous chemicals in quantities exceeding the amount specified by the central competent authority shall regularly implement process safety assessments and prepare process safety assessment reports for the record of the labor inspection agency.In workplaces where the amount of hazardous chemicals is more than the amount specified by the central competent authority, the business unit shall regularly conduct process safety assessments and prepare process safety assessment reports to be submitted to the labor inspection agency for record.

Collect, compile, and establish accurate and sufficient process safety information, and use it to identify and evaluate potential hazards in the workplace and take necessary control measures to ensure safe process operations.

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Process Safety Evaluation Methods ：

if - result analysis.
Checklist.
If-results analysis/checklist.
Hazard and operability analysis.
Failure mode and impact analysis.
Fault tree analysis.
Other safety assessment methods recognized by the central competent authority as having the same function.

The content of the process safety information management program is recommended to include at least the following items：

Purpose and scope of application.
Process safety information items and content.
Organization planning and personnel rights and responsibilities.
Process safety information promotion process.
Supervision, management and updating mechanism.
Data retention and storage location.