1. What is a Major Accident Event? A Major Accident Event (MAE) is defined in the UK Safety Case Regulations (SI 1992 No. 2885) as follows: A fire, explosion or the release of a dangerous substance involving death or serious personal injury to persons on the installation or engaged in an activity on, or in connection…
What is Fire and Gas (F&G) mapping study? Prior to the release of a risk-based standard for the design of Fire and Gas System (FGS) in 2010, designs were traditionally implemented using rules of thumb and engineering heuristics. However, they often suffered from the main flaw which was that FGS were often unable to detect…
There are many SEN’s clients which work in a wide variety of industries all with a very different approach to health, safety, and environment (HSE) management systems. This article is written down from our experiences of hundred projects which had done before. Whether you are a safety employee for a small to midsize manufacturer, or…
Defensive driving is a set of road skills, techniques and strategies that assist you in defending yourself against possible collisions. Sharing the road with other drivers can be difficult. And besides the normal people on the roadways, you also must be aware and prepared to safely handle bad drivers, drunk drivers, and poor weather conditions.…
All process safety management programs cover the same basic requirements, although the number of program elements may vary depending on the criteria used. Regardless which government, company or association source document is used as a guide, there are a number of basic requirements which should be included in every chemical process safety management program.
The SIL level of a product is determined by three things: The Systematic Capability Rating, The Architectural Constraints for the element, The PFDavg calculation for the product. The Systematic Capability Systematic Capability is established by having your quality management system audited per IEC 61508. If the QMS meets the requirements of 61508 a SIL Capability…