Triggersthatnecessitateahazardreview

Management of Change
i
n R&D When to
I
n
i
t
i
ate and Update a Hazard Rev
i
ew:
AllR&Dchem
i
stry,processes,andequ
i
pmentshallbeassessedforworkplacehazards.Th
i
sassessmentshall
cons
i
derhealth,safety,andenv
i
ronmental
i
mpl
i
cat
i
onsofthe
i
rworkonthe
i
rpersonalsafety,thesafetyofthe
i
r
coworkers,andtheprotect
i
onofourfac
i
l
i
t
i
es,equ
i
pmentandsurround
i
ngcommun
i
ty.

Eachgroupmustestabl
i
shasystemtoensurethatthesafetyandhealth
i
mpl
i
cat
i
onsofproposedchangesare
evaluatedandmanagedbeforeanychange
i
smadetofac
i
l
i
t
i
es,equ
i
pment,processes,ormater
i
als.The
complex
i
tyoftheevaluat
i
onandextentofdocumentat
i
onshouldbecons
i
stentw
i
ththe
level
ofther
i
sk
presentedbythechange.Achange
i
sdef
i
nedastheadd
i
t
i
onofsometh
i
ngnew,oramod
i
f
i
cat
i
onofsometh
i
ng
ex
i
st
i
ng.

Theserev
i
ewsare
i
ntendedtoensure:

Fac
i
l
i
t
i
esandequ
i
pmenthavebeenconstructedand
i
nstalled
i
naccordancew
i
thdes
i
gn
specifications
Safeworkpract
i
cesare
i
nplaceandadequate
Operat
i
ngproceduresare
i
nplaceandadequate
Ma
i
ntenanceproceduresare
i
nplaceandadequate
Emergencyproceduresare
i
nplaceandadequate
Tra
i
n
i
nghasbeenprov
i
dedtoemployees
i
nvolved
i
noperat
i
ngtheprocess
ProcessHazardAnalys
i
s(PHA)hasbeenperformedfornewfac
i
l
i
t
i
escoveredby3MPHMandrequ
i
red
act
i
ons
i
temshavebeen
i
mplemented

Certa
i
ntr
i
ggersnecess
i
tatecomplet
i
ngand/orupdat
i
ngaHazardRev
i
ew,
i
nclud
i
ngbutnotl
i
m
i
tedto
changes
i
n:


Category
Chemistry

Triggers
Newcomb
i
nat
i
ons/compos
i
t
i
onw
i
thex
i
st
i
ngchem
i
cals
Chem
i
strynewtotheD
i
v
i
s
i
onorworkarea
I
ncreases
i
nquant
i
tyofchem
i
calsut
i
l
i
zed
Changeasaresultofd
i
fferentrawmater
i
als
S
i
gn
i
f
i
cant
i
ncrease
i
nquant
i
tyofhazardousmater
i
als
Change
i
ntox
i
colog
i
calor
i
ndustr
i
alhyg
i
enedata,recogn
i
z
i
nga
newlyd
i
scoveredorsuspectedhazard

Process
Restart(
ofan
i
dle
)
Scaleup
Changewh
i
chw
i
llresult
i
nash
i
ftouts
i
deoftheapprovedprocess
parameters

Equipment
Newequ
i
pmentornewtoworkarea/employees.
Changeasaresultofequ
i
pmentor
i
nstrumentat
i
onmod
i
f
i
cat
i
on

Personnel
Change
i
npersonnel(
newortransferredemployeetotheprocess
orworkarea
)

Occurrenceofan Wheneveran
i
nc
i
dent(
unforeseenorunexpected)
eventoccurs,
Incident
andanewhazard
i
s
i
ntroduced.Th
i
s
i
ncludesrealorpotent
i
al
damagetopeople,property,ortheenv
i
ronment.Nearm
i
sses
shouldbecons
i
dered
i
nc
i
dentsthatmustberev
i
ewedtoprevent
anyrecurrencethatcouldresult
i
nmoreser
i
ousconsequences.

NewProduct
I
t
i
srecommendedthatgroupsleverage3MsNP
I
processtoassess
Introduction
(NP
I
) theneedtocompleteorupdateaHazardRev
i
ewManygroups
ProjectPhases
haveadoptedandformal
i
zedthe
i
r
i
nternalprocesstorev
i
ewthe

needforanewormod
i
f
i
edhazardrev
i
ewwhenenter
i
ngtheNP
I
Phases25(
Concept,Feas
i
b
i
l
i
ty,Development,andScaleUpor
the
i
requ
i
valent
).

Table1.TriggersthatcouldnecessitatecompleteorupdateaHazardReview