Reporting the Process Hazard Analysis

The format of PrHA documents must conform to the requirements of the PSM Rule and existing guidance for DOE documentation. Two documents are required by the PSM Rule. 

The first, the PrHA report, contains all necessary information except for a ...system to promptly address the team s findings and recommendations assure that the recommendations are resolved in a timely manner and that the resolution is documented ... That information is separately documented, as discussed in Section 6.0 of this handbook. Two useful references on the documentation of PrHAs are Freeman, 1991 and Hendershot, 1992. 

TITLE PAGE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. Because the PrHA must be updated at least every 5 years, the initial and all subsequent analysis dates should be recorded on the report s title page and table of contents. The title page should show the date of the latest revision and reflect the authenticity of the revision by signature(s). The table of contents should show the revision number and the effective date of the revision. The DOE contractor may wish to make the PrHA report a controlled document so that users may verify that they have the latest version. 

SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS. Recommended changes to reduce risk are recorded in the PrHA as action items. This section should report the action items and safety improvement recommendations from the analysis. These action items and recommendations are used to resolve safety issues and to implement corrective actions and safety improvements (see 

PROCESS DESCRIPTION. A separate element of the PSM Rule (paragraph [d] Process Safety Information) requires documentation of process details. These details need not be repeated in the process description. However, this section of the report should provide a brief working description of the process, perhaps with a block diagram. It should also describe the location of the process and the potential for exposure of workers. The discussion should consider workers working directly on the process and those that are co-located but not directly involved in the process. This section should also discuss the relationship between the location or siting of the process and the accident potential. 

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