Background
In response to continued rapid growth in safety needs for the chemical and nuclear industries, Fauske & Associates, LLC (FAI) offers a complete range of On-Site Safety Services including Combustible Dust Hazard Analysis (DHA) Explosion and Fire Hazard Evaluation, Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), Hazard Identification Risk Analysis, Consequence Analysis, Safer Process Scale-up, Process Safety Management (PSM) Program Development, and Relief System Design Review.
Increasingly, savvy customers come to us to get a jump on construction projects. With our team’s preliminary review, we are able to make recommendations to meet required standards while anticipating facility safety needs. We also provide desktop reviews (in addition to walk downs) and assist in the development of safety management plans. We can develop Combustible Dust Management Programs or processes to help in personnel shifts/changes as well as comprehensive Process Safety Management (PSM) plans. Bring us any of your safeguard, risk reduction, risk mitigation and explosion protection requests. We will help your team get and stay on top of it.
FAI experts provide onsite Combustible Dust Hazard Assessments (DHAs), Process Hazard Analyses (PHAs), OSHA Combustible Dust NEP compliance support, training and other services related to characterizing, preventing and mitigating combustible dust explosion and fire hazards. An onsite assessment provides an experienced engineer to visit a facility, evaluate its compliance with relevant national, local and industry standards and provide recommendations for risk reduction. Additional services include deflagration vent sizing calculations, desktop reviews, equipment selection guidance, training of personnel on combustible dust hazards as well as
A PHA is a systematic evaluation of the hazards involved in the process. PHAs are required for initiation of a process and at least once every five years after that. It is important to address normal operating conditions as well as start-up, normal shut down and emergency shutdown procedures during the PHA. The PHA team should be multi-disciplinary, including operations, engineering and maintenance. To properly conduct a PHA, the process safety information (PSI) must be as complete as possible. FAI can provide PHA services including PHA auditing / review, revalidating PHAs and facilitating.
FAI has performed PHAs for compliance to OSHA PSM requirements as well as combustible dust related PHAs for compliance per national National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) guidelines: NFPA 654, NFPA 664 and NFPA 484.
FAI provides a full range of PHA services, using a variety of techniques including, hazard and operability (HAZOP) analysis, what-if, checklists, failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) as well as quantitative risk assessments such as layer of protection analysis (LOPA).
FAI offers services for safer scale-up of batch, semi-batch and continuous processes. Consultation is available for process development groups involved in the scale-up of chemical processes throughout the development cycle. Areas of expertise include the following topics.
FAI can review or develop process safety programs to support chemical manufacturing facilities or development programs. This can be performed for facilities including a kilo lab, pilot plant, medium scale and commercial scale plants. Services include:
Dr. Hans K. Fauske served as the principal investigator and leader of the Design Institute of Emergency Relief Systems (DIERS) research project team. The team of subject matter experts at FAI continues to participate in the DIERS users group and contribute to developments in relief system design technology. Years of testing experience provides FAI the unique capability to consult on this topic with proficiency.
