HAZOP procedure

Improve plant safety with hazard and operability studies

HAZOP procedure

Faced with the increasing safety demands of governments and public bodies as well as pressure from competitors, owners and operators require an effective solution to determine hazards, increase plant safety and reliability, and reduce maintenance costs.

TÜV SÜD offers comprehensive consulting services and support for a systematic analysis of your plant based on the HAZOP (Hazard and Operability Study) procedure, with the aim of improving safety and ensuring compliance to relevant laws, codes and standards. Our experts ensure that brainstorming meetings are well-structured and performed systematically, encouraging creative solutions and supporting in the analysis and documentation of the HAZOP results.

Our Services

TÜV SÜD provides consulting services for the systematic analysis based on the HAZOP procedure as follows:

  • Identification of the necessary scope of the analysis and selection of the necessary documents.
  • Moderation of the HAZOP meetings by an experienced, independent team leader.
  • Recommendation of experts or specialised consultants required for the HAZOP team.
  • HAZOP study with the help of modern data processing and presentation techniques.
  • Documentation of the HAZOP study results.

We also provide support in the application of other systematic methods such as failure analysis, event sequence analysis, fault tree analysis and (semi-)quantitative risk analysis.

Your Benefits

  • Improve operational safety and availability - by reducing hazard potential and increasing the effectiveness of the plant operation with our state-of-the-art safety concepts for implementation and assuring legal compliance.

  • Minimise cost - with targeted differentiation between necessary and useful safety measures in the early design phase, creating a predictable cost base with higher accuracy, ensuring better utilisation of resources and avoiding unnecessary investment costs.

  • Benefit from one-stop solutions - with TÜV SÜD’s multidisciplinary expertise in a variety of systematic analysis methods to ensure all technical and organisational aspects of your business are covered and procedures are carried out correctly.