Earlier this year, Process Engineer Ryan Gibson completed a comprehensive PHA Facilitator training for project leaders in Houston, TX. OSHA expects that process hazard analysis (PHA) team leaders be qualified to lead PHAs using such methods as the hazard and operability (HAZOP) study. This 40-hour course prepared team leaders to facilitate PHA study teams and equipped them with the tools they need.

Participating team leaders received expert instruction on the technical and managerial procedures involved with leading a PHA team and utilized PHAWorks during workshop sessions. Leaders left knowing how to organize and lead process hazard analysis studies, including PHA Revalidations, using the HAZOP and “What-If” techniques. Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Major Hazards Analysis (MHA), Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PrHA), Event Tree Analysis (ETA), Cause/Consequence Analysis (CCA) and Bow Tie Analysis (BTA) methods were also reviewed.

“This certification will allow me to better assist clients through the concepts and standards taught during the PHA for team leaders program,” said Ryan. “With this training, I can effectively organize and lead process hazard analysis studies and guide the team through the PHA keeping them on track and focused on the tasks at hand.”

Ryan is excited to begin helping clients improve their PHA program by identifying and addressing potential process hazards and verifying the necessary safeguards to mitigate these safety risks are implemented and monitored correctly.