An Overview of the Risk-based Approach to PSSR

This guideline offers several examples of qualitative tools to help a PSSR leader and his or her team determine whether a PSSR can be done simply (for example, a visual inspection and documentation of completion using a minimal checklist) or whether it needs to be performed in a more complex fashion due to the hazards and potential risks involved. For example, a major addition to a unit might involve several PSSR team meetings and reviews with some action items to be completed after startup. 

Detailed examples for your PSM manager and PSSR team leaders to consider are provided in Chapter 4 - A Risk-based Approach to Pre-startup Safety Review and throughout the book. 

4 WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF A PSSR PROCESS SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL, QUALITY AND PERSONNEL SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS 

For this guideline s purposes, a pre-startup safety review is considered to be applying a systematic method to confirm that the startup team and process equipment are prepared for startup. Startup may be considered to be the point at which chemicals or energy is introduced into the system. This practice is key to any loss prevention effort in the manufacturing realm. 

It is a final check to confirm that a process or facility has been built as designed, all procedures are in place, training is complete, and all action items from the process hazard analysis for the activity have been resolved. 

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