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Hazard Identification

A Hazard Identification (HAZID) study is a qualitative technique used early in project development to identify potential hazards, threats, and operability problems that could affect people, the environment, assets or reputation. The HAZID study involves assembling a multi-disciplinary team to identify hazards, causes, consequences, and safeguards using a structured approach and checklists. Identifying hazards early allows risks to be addressed when design changes have lower costs and provides essential input for project development decisions.

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Hazard Identification

A Hazard Identification (HAZID) study is a qualitative technique used early in project development to identify potential hazards, threats, and operability problems that could affect people, the environment, assets or reputation. The HAZID study involves assembling a multi-disciplinary team to identify hazards, causes, consequences, and safeguards using a structured approach and checklists. Identifying hazards early allows risks to be addressed when design changes have lower costs and provides essential input for project development decisions.

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Hazard Identification (HAZID) Study is a qualitative technique for the early

identification of potential hazards and threats effecting people, the environment, assets or
reputation. The major benefit of a HAZID study is to provide essential input to project
development decisions. It is a means of identifying and describing HSE hazards and threats at
the earliest practicable stage of a development or venture.
The HAZID study is a technique for early identification of hazards and threats and can
be applied at the conceptual or detailed design stage. Early identification and assessment of
hazards provides essential input to project development decisions at a time when a change of
design has a minimal cost penalty. A HAZID study is carried out by an experienced multi-
discipline team using a structured approach based on a checklist of potential hazards. Potential
problems are highlighted for action outside the meeting. Typical process hazards are considered
such as environmental, geographical, process, fire and explosion, health (Halliburton, 2015).

Figure 1.1 Hazid Process


(Source: Halliburton, 2015)

HAZID studies has its objectives, as listed down below:


1. Identify to the host facilities due to design, and evaluate potential consequences should
the hazards be realized.
2. Establish safeguards to manage hazards, identify areas where further understanding of
safeguard effectiveness is needed.
3. Make recommendations to reduce the likelihood of hazard occurrence or mitigate the
potential consequences.
HAZID studies method, accepted as one of the best techniques for identifying potential
hazards and operability problem, involves the following:
1. Assembly of a team of experienced project personnel.
2. Presentation detailing the scope of the HAZID.
3. Identifying hazards, cause, consequences and safeguards.

Tabel 1 Hazard Severity Parameter for HAZID

Parameter Minor Major Severe


Human Resources No injury Medium injury fatal injury
Assets Losses under USD Losses around Losses over USD
100,000 USD 100,000- 1,000,000
1,000,000
Environment No environmental small Massive
damage environmental environmental
damage damage
(Source: McKay, 2017)

Tabel 2 Hazard Frequency Parameter for HAZID

Parameter Most Likely Likely Unlikely


Frequency Unlikely (Once or not at all Likely (1-10 Very Likely
in 10 years) times in 10 years) (more than 10
times in 10 years)
(Source: McKay, 2017)

Hazard identification is then simulated by the guidewords, which formulates the


scenarios where the design intent might be violated and therefore centers on the lateral thought
processes. The objective is to define how an event could happen and what would then be the
consequences. Hazard index is then measured as the product of severity and frequency, as
stated below.
Tabel 3 Hazard Index Based on Frequency and Severity

Severity
Frequency
Minor Major Severe
Very Likely Medium High Extreme
Likely Low High Extreme
Unlikely Low Medium High
Source: Queensland Coke & Energy, 2005
The HAZID analysis of the plant is described as the following.

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