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Table 3: Roles and responsibilities of PHA team members
Head of Department Sectional head of Managers and supervisors: Executives and Operators
Department Operation, Technical, Main-
(Team leader) tenance, Safety, other experts;
(Team members)
Maintain up to date & Continuously upgrade the Participate in PHAs and Participate in PHAs as and
staggered plans for base line skills in continuously upgrade skills. when required and share
and cyclic PHAs. doing PHA. relevant field observations,
e.g., maintenance/isolation
issues, incidents, near-misses etc.
Ensure availability of multi- Participate in PHAs and facili- Provide information on all the Know about changes in SOPs/
discipline teams for PHAs. tate availability of area repre- hazards, consequences, and risk SOCs/SOLs/SMPs in relation
sentatives for conducting PHA. mitigation steps involved in to uncovered hazards identifi ed
operations. during PHA.
Review and respond to PHA Include all hazards, conse- Ensure availability of area op-
recommendations and ensure quences, and risk mitigation erators/executives as and when
implementation. steps involved in operations required during PHA.
during PHA.
Ensure PHAs for all MOCs (tech- Understand and implement PHA Understand and implement
nology & facility), mothballing recommendations. recommendations of PHAs.
and dismantling of process facili-
ties.
Maintain availability of PHA Seek support from PHA experts
expertise in the plant. of the complex.
Ensure up to date documen-
tation of PHAs.
Ensure communication of
PHAs results.
Step 5 involves identifying risk buildings intended for occupancy  Ensuring timely completion of PHA

reduction alternatives by: that fail to meet the building siting recommendations.
 Preventive measures to reduce fre- evaluation criteria and develop miti-
quency such as: providing higher gation plan which can be passive, Guideline for PHA team staffi ng
reliability controls and interlock; active or procedural. PHA is conducted by team of
providing redundancy in safety sys- Technical Expert, Maintenance
tems; increasing the frequency of ins- Role of Management in PHA process Expert, Safety Expert as well as
pections and testing; and enhancing Management practices play a very Operation Expert. One of the Operation
the effectiveness of PSM elements. vital role for successful PHA: or Technical Expert is expected to
 Preventive measures to reduce  Annual planning and chartering for work for the same or similar tech-

consequence such as: reducing the PHAs; nology for at least 10 years. Team is
magnitude of event at source; miti-  PHA team staffi ng and resource facilitated and led by a senior person
gating the event as it is occurring planning; who is trained in PHA methodology
(water spray, deluge system); and  Periodic tracking of PHA progress; as well as various PHA procedures.

preventing the exposure (blast wall,  Review and acceptance of PHA PHA team leader/facilitator can

fi re wall, relocate persons, tempo- reports and recommendations; associate the required expertise as and
rary safe haven, conduct hazardous  Communication of PHA fi ndings to when required.

operations during off-shift). affected employees;
 Assignment of recommendation PHA is teamwork and each one
For every facility, there are de- timing and responsibility; needs to participate in this activity.
sign standards. Every site needs  Periodic tracking of PHA recom- Roles and responsibility of each posi-

to develop and prioritize list of all mendations; and tion is given in Table 3.

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