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David A. Moore, PE, CSP AcuTech Consulting, Inc. 100 Pine Street, Suite 2240 San Francisco, CA 94111 (415)772-5972 www.acutech-consulting.com
risk - How safe is safe enough? Due diligence - What price for safety? Risk Management - What are the options to reduce risk? Managing smart - What is the optimal solution considering costs?
Challenging economic situation given new world economy More competitive business situation in a faster moving economy More regulations and performance-based requirements to comply with for safety, environment, health, and quality Regulations are not always specific as to requirements leading to challenging decisions
Health, Safety, and Environment are more of concern to the public than ever before
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is shaping public opinion and is setting higher standards of care is an indicator of the new awareness of safety public involvement in risk decisions
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Liabilities
potential for legal action jury awards for punitive damages against higher standard of care
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What is Needed:
Goals:
can you manage risks that are either not known or not well understood?
Regulations
Industry practice
Company practice
Engineering judgement
Regulations
Industry practice
Company practice
Engineering judgement Risk-based decision making based on systematic methods and risk criteria including consideration of costs
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Intermediate Events
Release From Tank
Final Event
Level Increases
Dependent Events
System Description
Hazard Identification
Risk Determination
Risk Acceptance
Operate System
Other Techniques: Event Tree Analysis Fault Tree Analysis Human Reliability Analysis Job Safety Analysis
a structured and systematic examination of the hazards of a process Attempts to recognize all hazards
Employee participation
Gathers
real input from the employees Concerns are discussed and documented Team is more informed about hazards Paramount to management/employee relationship
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to assess if risks are acceptable Can be used to develop the most effective strategy to reduce or eliminate risks Provides a means to compare risks of different designs or operations Worst First risks can be defined and addressed
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Benefits of HA (contd)
Ultimate outcomes
Improved
safety performance resulting in less risk to the public, employees, property and the environment Assists with regulatory compliance Minimizes business interruption Improves relations with the public and employees
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EPAs Premise
hazards they are exposed to programs in place to prevent releases emergency plans and procedures
public informed of these hazards a cooperative effort of emergency planning trust of the community
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may be misled by the presentation of worst case and alternative case scenarios Not a risk assessment only one or two cases No assessment of likelihood Subjective rules for alternative cases
Recommended to prepare to understand risk more exactly and to prepare for further communications with the public
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Its everywhere!!
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appearance of high exposure to the public Actual high incident frequencies (including nuisance problems) Multiple fatality or serious injury accidents Incident which result in actual exposure to community No or poor detection, mitigation, and emergency planning for worst case scenarios
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Develop a risk-based (vs. only minimum regulatory based) risk management program Risk-Based Decision-Making processes can be employed to:
Determine
the risk Identify and evaluate the risk reduction options Help management with the decision on best solution Make more consistent and justified decisions Manage public concerns
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Conclusions
Risk Based Decision-Making is required in todays business environment It involves a multitude of issues including:
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full evaluation of risk The identification of options The evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of options Decision-making under uncertainty
Companies need to be prepared for a greater demand for better risk information
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Contact Us...
Eastern Consulting Group 116 Village Blvd, Suite 200 Princeton, NJ 08540-5799 Tel: (609) 951-2211 Fax: (609) 951-2281
Corporate Headquarters & Western Consulting Group AcuTech Consulting, Inc. 100 Pine Street, Suite 2240 San Francisco, CA 94111 Tel: 415-772-5972 Fax: 415-772-5975
Canadian Consulting Group AcuTech Consulting, Inc. 300-1055 West Hastings St. Vancouver, BC V6E 2E9 Tel: 604-609-6168 Fax: 604-608-9880
http://www.acutech-consulting.com
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