Hazard analysis contractors

Employee Participation Process Safety Information Process Hazard Analysis Operating Procedures Training Contractors... 

As with most of a company s information where proprietary, trade secrets, or a facilities security may be involved, process hazard analysis reports may be considered confidential information. Release outside the company should be discussed with the legal staff or by the contractor agreements made with outside personnel participating in the study. A suitable distinction should be applied to the cover of any review produced documents whenever the confidentiality requirement is required. 

In the United States, the OSHA standard 29 CFR 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals requires that a hazard analysis must be carried out for any process involving certain listed chemicals (see Appendix A of the standard) or involving more than 10,0001b (4535.9 kg) of flammable gas or liquid. Employers must involve employees in the hazard analysis, and it must be made available to employees and updated at least every 5 years. Employees and contractors must be trained in safe work practices associated with the identified process hazards. Eull details of these and other legal requirements as well as descriptions of the information that must be included in the analysis can be found in the standard. The most recent version of this standard and all other OSHA regulations are available at www.osha.gov. 

Hazards analysis, worker communication and training, implementation requirements, standard operating procedures, and contractor requirements. 

Common techniques for hazard analysis are the failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) and fault tree analysis (FTA). Many of the other techniques listed in Chapter 17 are also used. TTie FMEA is considered a reliability tool and used, in most NASA and NASA contractor organizations, by a separate reliability division or branch. The FMEA is used to generate another popular NASA tool, the critical items list (CIL). 

Please describe the PSM elements in place at the site (do not duplicate if included elsewhere in the report, such as under contractors, preventive maintenance, emergency response, or hazard analysis). B. Occupational Health Care Program and Recordkeeping... 

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Hazards analysis S provided to the operator. Note MSDS information is not explicitly identified in RP 75. However, RP 14C requires MSDS for hazards analyses. The contractor may participate in those... 

S—the contractor will support the operator as required. For example if the painting tasks are considered to be a system change, the contractor will participate in, but not lead, a Management of Change analysis. Similarly for Hazards Analysis, the painting contractor would participate in a HAZOP as requested, but would not be expected to lead or initiate that activity. 

A contractor, on the other hand, is hired to execute a specific task such as leading a hazards analysis or writing a set of operating procedures. A contractor is not asked to help with policy setting. 

This Field Work Review and Hazard Analysis system is encompassed within two pages. It was provided by a safety professional employed by a specialty construction contractor that has several crews active in various places at the same time. Note that the names of employees on a job are to be recorded as having been briefed on the work to be done. The checklist included in the form pertains to occupational, public, and environmental risks. 

Before any plant modification or installation of a new process system, the plant must perform a study to identify the hazards that could result from this installation. Section 4.4.2 discusses management of change. The outside contractor can be invited to contribute to this study and to the hazard analysis. Section 7.1.1 mentions some of the various approaches to hazard analysis. 

Orientation training for new, relocated, transferred, and contractor employees. Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), i.e.,Job Hazard Analysis (JHAs), Hazard recognition and control. 

As part of the planning process, each contractor shall perform a task hazard analysis before beginning work on any complex task or potentially hazardous task. All task hazard analyses shall occur as close to the time the task will begin as is feasible. 

A typical requirement is given in MIL-STD-882D The contractor shall perform and document a system hazard analysis to identify hazards and assess the... 

Hazards Analysis S The contractor may participate in those parts of a HAZOP to do with fire retardant equipment. 

The Corps ofEngineers uses a form of the JHA process called Activity hazard analysis (AHA) on all construction sites. Before beginning each work activity involving a type of work presenting hazards not experienced in previous project operations or where a new work crew or sub-contractor is to perform the work, the Contractor(s) performing that work activity shall prepare an AHA (Army System Safety Management Guide, 2008). 

Phase hazard analysis is a useful tool for construction and other industries that involve a rapidly changing work environment, different contractors, and widely different operations. A phase is defined as an operation involving a type of work that presents hazards not experienced in previous operations, or an operation where a new subcontractor or work crew is to perform work. In this type of hazard analysis, before beginning each major phase of work, the contractor or site manager should assess the hazards in the new phase. Appropriate supplies and support are coordinated as well... 

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Contractors projects worth at least S 10 million have to implement a safety management system covering such areas such as hazard analysis, safety policy, in house safety rules, safety inspections, safety work practices, and maintenance of machinery and equipment. 

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