Management of Hazards Associated With Location of Process Plant Buildings

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Management of Hazards Associated With Location of Process Plant Buildings

This publication is intended to assist management in ident ifying process plant buildings of concern , understanding the associated hazard s, and managing the risk. The hazards that normally ca n affect the occupants of buildings include fire , explosion , and toxic releases.

This publication pro vides a methodology for assessing and eva luating the hazards associated with location of process plant buildings.

This publication is based on the fact that se rious accidental releases of tox ic material or an explos ion that impacts occupi ed process plant buildings are not frequent even ts. Additionally,preventing incidents in process plants is generally a bette r investment in safety than providing mitigation systems or redesigning process plant buildings . The implementation of process safe ty management, as descr ibed in API Recommended Practice 750 and the Chemical Manufacturers Associa tion's (CMA) Process Safe ty Code, is intended to improve industry's safety perform ance. Risk management involves cost-effective appl ications of risk-reduction altern atives. Because this publi cation affects many existing build