Project Hazard Identification

The process of identifying complex tasks and other potentially hazardous tasks throughout project construction. 

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The project constructor shall perform project hazard identification using contract documents, project schedules, site assessments, drawings, plans, building information models, project specifications, etc. to identify the complex tasks that will be performed on the project. 

The project constructor shall develop a project hazard identification report. The report shall include, at a... 

The project constructor s project hazard identification report. 

Each contractor shall perform project hazard identification within its scope of work to identify the potentially hazardous tasks that will be required to be performed. 

Each contractor shall review the project constructor s project hazard identification report. Potentially hazardous tasks identified by a contractor that are not addressed in the report shall be reported by that contractor to the project constructor. 

Each contractor shall develop a project specific safety and health plan. The plan shall include provisions for addressing complex tasks and other project specific safety and health issues such as potentially hazardous tasks identified during the contractor s project hazard identification process. 

Perform project hazard identification to identify Complex Tasks 5.2... 

Project Hazard Identification Guidelines-Project Constructors/Contractors - Appendix C... 

Project Hazard Identification Guidelines for Project Constructors and Contractors... 

Generate a project hazard identification report to share with all contractors and other affected project personnel by listing the tasks that meet the criteria established in the preceding two major bullets above. Provide a detailed, written description of each of them including the anticipated hazards. 

In this study detailed fault trees with probability and failure rate calculations were generated for the events (1) Fatality due to Explosion, Fire, Toxic Release or Asphyxiation at the Process Development Unit (PDU) Coal Gasification Process and (2) Loss of Availability of the PDU. The fault trees for the PDU were synthesized by Design Sciences, Inc., and then subjected to multiple reviews by Combustion Engineering. The steps involved in hazard identification and evaluation, fault tree generation, probability assessment, and design alteration are presented in the main body of this report. The fault trees, cut sets, failure rate data and unavailability calculations are included as attachments to this report. Although both safety and reliability trees have been constructed for the PDU, the verification and analysis of these trees were not completed as a result of the curtailment of the demonstration plant project. Certain items not completed for the PDU risk and reliability assessment are listed. 

The Center for Chemical Process Safety s projects fall into a number of general topic areas that comprise a comprehensive program. These topic areas include identification of hazards and analysis of risks, prevention and mitigation of the hazards identified, and better definition of areas affected by a release of hazardous materials. This book is the latest in the series dealing with hazard identification and risk analysis. 

During the identification step, the potential hazards and methods of contact are identified and recorded. As illustrated in Table 3-5, the potential hazards are numerous, especially because the listed hazards can also act in combination. This fist of potential hazards together with the required data for hazard identification (see Table 3-6) is commonly used during the identification step of industrial hygiene projects. 

When applied to a particular site and/or project, RA procedures include several generic steps such as hazard identification, hazard assessment, risk estimation and risk evaluation. 

During the process hazards identification and definition phase of a project design, a basic process control system (BPCS) strategy is normally developed in conjunction with heat and material balances for the process. 

The MORT technique has received domestic and international recognition, and has been applied to a wide range of projects from investigation of occupational incidents to hazards identification. It is supported by detailed documentation, and has been subjected to continued development efforts since it was originally introduced. Today there are several predefined trees available from public and proprietary sources that are based, at least in part, upon tbe MORT tool. 

There exists a whole battery of methods for the identification of hazards in the literature.4 The hazard identification techniques suitable for various stages of a project are shown in Table 3.1. Among the techniques noted in Table 3.1 the most important method is safety audits, which cover the management system and specific technical features at site level and the management system at plant level. 

Table 3.1 Hazard identification techniques appropriate to different project stages...

The project s risk assessment effort followed ERA methods and established agency policy as outlined by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS, 1983) and established in final risk assessment guidelines (ERA, 1986). It involved four steps (1) hazard identification, (2) determination of dose-response relations, (3) evaluation of human exposme and, finally, (4) characterization of risks. 

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