Expert risk management for the chemicals industry
The chemicals industry presents complex major accident hazard risks, particularly from toxic substances that can pose significant societal risk due to the large dispersion distances. Effective risk assessment is essential to identify potential scenarios that could lead to toxic release, and ensure sufficient high-integrity safeguards are available. More advanced risk assessment methods such as Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) become necessary to support regulatory expectations but also adds value through risk prioritisation, cost-benefit analysis and planning for emergency response. At Equarisk, we help chemical operators assess, manage, and reduce these risks proportionately, ensuring safer outcomes and reputational protection.
Our experience
Our experience in the chemicals industry encompasses a diverse range of facilities and project stages
- Chemical manufacturing, processing, and storage facilities, including bulk storage and distribution
- Modelling of toxic releases such as anyhdrous ammonia, hydrogen sulphide, chlorine and hydrogen fluoride
- Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) and Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) to support ALARP decisions
- Societal risk assessment and calculation of Expectation Value and FN curves
- Escape, Evacuation, and Rescue (EER) analysis
- Shelter in place (SIP) and toxic gas ingress studies
- Toxic dose and lethality modelling though application of established probits and similar vulnerability models (e.g. SLOT and SLOD)
- Hazardous substance consent and land use planning using QRA methods
- Emission modelling and air quality assessment using ADMS
- Emergency response planning
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