Risk Management in Process Industry – Practical Approach in Poland

Abstract

As one of the risk analysis methods HAZOP has been successively and commonly applied for many years since it enables the future user of a process installation to check the project in terms of security in a way that minimises the costs of changes. This paper refers to the weak points of risk management procedures in the process industry which may occur when applying analysis techniques during the plant life cycle and typical common errors made during the HAZOP analysis. A technical assessment of the industrial environment and installations is proposed as a background to RBI procedures.