PROCESS SAFETY PLANS

Parsons provides the full range of services to produce Process Safety Plans as outlined by OSHA Title 29 Code of Federal Regulations Part 1910.119. The standard prevents or minimizes the consequences of catastrophic releases of toxic, reactive, flammable, or explosive chemicals. The rule is a comprehensive management program that integrates technologies, procedures, and management practices. The Process Safety Management addresses 14 elements:

• Compilation of process safety information
• Technology of the process
• Employee participation in process safety management
• Process hazardous analysis using one of the following methods:
• What-if
• Checklist
• What-if and checklist
• Hazard and operability (HAZOP) studies
• Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA)
• Fault tree analysis
• Operating procedures
• Operator training
• Contractor management and safety
• Pre-startup safety reviews
• Mechanical integrity
• Hot work permits
• Management of change
• Incident investigation
• Emergency planning and response
• Compliance audits

Before the standard's inception, Parsons best practices design methodologies incorporated many of these management practices to:

• Ensure productivity and quality
• Reduce design and construction costs
• Aid equipment operations, shutdown, and repair
• Reduce design and construction costs
• Control changes to the process and equipment
• Improve plant safety
• Comply with existing OSHA safety and recording standards

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