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Ochuko Emetovweke • Technical Safety ensures that safety is properly implemented in

the design phase of a system. It analyses a design to find what fault can occur and
propose safety requirements that need to be in place to make the system safer. Technical
safety will include the following activities:
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- Risk analysis,
* Design and safety reviews participation and facilitation (HAZID, HAZOP, SIL),

* Hazardous area classification studies

* Passive fire-protection studies

* Active fire-protection studies

* Flammable, toxic gas and fire detection studies

* Consequence modelling

* Quantitative Risk Assessment and other Safety studies

Occupational safety covers mostly the management of personnel safety.

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Fabienne Salimi • Dear Ochuko,

Technical Safety is not limited to design phase. It is also present during operation when
one of the followings is required:
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(1) Optimisation of process conditions and procedures

(2) Modifications including like for like replacement, repair and maintenance,
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implementation of improvements and/or new technologies, etc.

During operation the life cycle of these brown field projects is shorter but they undergo full
engineering phases including conceptual, FEED and EPC.

For Greenfield projects the life cycle of project is much longer and designers may not feel
how they implement the occupational and contraction safety in their design. This is exact
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See also:

Construction design and management (CDM)

http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/cdm.htm

The Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc.) Regulations 1996
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/913/contents/made

Human factors: Permit to work systems

http://www.hse.gov.uk/humanfactors/topics/ptw.htm
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Mandar Phadke • To add to the discussion, technical safety is to be present also during
decommissioning and dismantling of plants. It is not limited only to design and operations
phases only. That is why we have the Safety Lifecycle concept. Technical Safety starts
from concept design of a new plant/facility, green field stage and ends when the plant
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becomes a green field again.
Too many times behavioral safety is given much more importance that technical safety. It
is no doubt important to wear a helmet for example, but is is more important that the
technical safety is taken care of because flaws in technical safety can remain well hidden
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Sarfraz Ali • I think Safety is divided in 3 types as Occupational Safety, Process Safety
and Technical Safety.
Occupational Safety is related to Slip-Trips matters
Process Safety is related to Hazards related to Chemicals (Comah Chemical etc)
Technical Safety is related to high level of models fire, explosions etc (BLEVE stuff).
Hope this will help.
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