Process Safety Consultancy Services

Roger Casey & Associates provide the following services in the area of process safety and major hazards

HAZOP Studies

HAZOP team leading, HAZOP training courses, Audits of HAZOP systems. Computer controlled HAZOP (CHazop).

Techniques for assessment of major projects (Hazard Study 1-6)

Seveso III (COMAH) Directive

Development of MAPPs, Safety Reports, and Emergency Plans to comply with the requirements of the Seveso III (COMAH) directive in Ireland and the UK. Land Use Planning Assessments. QRA for COMAH Land Use Planning purposes. Audit and review of MAPP, Safety Reports etc. Roger Casey has been providing Seveso consultancy services in Ireland since 1997.

Frequency Analysis / Quantitative Risk Assessment of Major Hazards

Numerical analysis of incident frequencies. Fault Tree Analysis, Event Tree Analysis, Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA), Quantitative Risk Assessment e.g. Individual Risk calculations.

Industrial Electrostatic Hazards

Electrostatic hazard audits and surveys. Incident investigation. Electrostatic measurements.

Process Safety Reviews

Review of chemical processes for potential reaction and processing hazards and recommendations for safe operation. Advice on reaction hazard testing. Initial assessment of new processes. Assistance with the development of protection measures.

Pressure Relief System Design

Worst case scenario determination and design of pressure relief devices based on DIERS. Design or assessment for fire engulfment, low pressure storage tanks etc. Relief header treatment system design. Building relief.

SIL Determination, Analysis

Risk analysis to calculate Safety Integrity Level (SIL) and Probability of Failure on Demand (PFD) calculations for Safety Instrumented Systems. 

Audits of SIS systems.

Dust Explosion Hazards

Assessment of dust explosion hazards in powder handling plant (mills, dryers etc),and recommendations for safe operation.

Design / specification of dust explosion prevention and protection systems.

Process Safety Management Systems

Development of Process Safety Management systems.

Independent Auditing and review of safety management systems.

Consequence Modelling

Consequence modelling of vapour cloud explosions, confined explosions, detonation of high explosives. Modelling of thermal radiation from BLEVE’s, pool fires, jet flames. Dispersion modelling of toxic and flammable releases.

Hazardous Area Classification / ATEX Directive

Permit Systems

Review / development of Permit to Work Systems.

Emergency Planning

Development / update of Internal Emergency Plans to comply with the requirements of the Seveso III (COMAH) directive in Ireland

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