Reporting and Review of Analyses

D0E-HDBK-1100-2004

5.0 REPORTING AND REVIEW OF ANALYSES

5.1

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 Section 6.0).

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.

SCOPE OF ANALYSIS.

According to the PSM Rule, the scope of any analysis should

include receiving, storage, processing, and loading for delivery of any hazardous

chemical covered under the rule. The scope section of the report explains the extent of

the treatment of each part of the process. It may or may not include support systems,

depending on their inherent hazards and/or interactions with the process.

REVIEW OF PREVIOUS INCIDENTS.

This section discusses any incidents relevant to the

process. Incidents include releases and "near misses." Incidents should be presented in the