Consulting
Chilworth Global is an international group of companies
providing a one-stop solution for industry's Process Safety needs. We offer consulting
services and impartial advice founded on over a decade of extensive experience.
Our specialists provide independent consulting advice on explosion prevention and
impartial guidance on choice and design of explosion protection systems (relief
venting, containment, suppression, use of inert gas, isolation techniques, etc.).
HOW CHILWORTH CAN HELP
- Incident Investigation
- Electrostatic Hazard Assessments and Audits
- Loss Prevention
- ATEX / DSEAR Compliance (See our separate web page.)
- Hazardous Area Classification
- Compliance with Guidelines and Standards
- Selection of Basis of Safety
- IEC61508/11
Function Safety (See our separate web page.)
- HazardAssessment
- Interpretation of Test Data
- Consequence Modelling (PHAST, EFFECTS, DAMAGE, ALOHA)
- Transport of Dangerous Goods
- Expert Witness Services
- Quantified Risk Assessment
- Fire Risk Assessment
- Consequence Modelling
Publications
 | Avoiding Catastrophes - Process Safety Culture
Thankfully catastrophic losses from fire, explosion and toxic chemical release do not happen frequently, but when they do they become fixed in people’s consciousness (Bhopal, Chernobyl, Buncefield, etc.). These catastrophes have often had profound effects, resulting from loss of life, damage to the environment and major economic impact.
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|  | COMAH / Seveso II Assessment
The aim of the COMAH Regulations 1999 is to prevent major accidents involving dangerous substances in the workplace and to limit the consequences of any such accidents to people and the environment. There are legally binding requirements on all sites affected by this Regulation to ensure they have a Safety Management System (SMS) in place to prevent major accidents. For sites with large quantities of dangerous substances there is also a requirement to compile a safety report, issue this to a Competent Authority and draft an on-site emergency plan. This datasheet looks at the latest changes to COMAH and how they may affect your site.
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|  | EMERGENCY PRESSURE RELIEF VENT SIZING
An emergency pressure relief system is the most frequently employed Basis of Safety option for overpressure protection in the chemical, pharmaceutical and allied industries. It can provide protection to reactors, storage tanks, dryers and other processing equipment. However, the correct specification and operation of the emergency pressure relief system is critical for the safety of staff and the environment.
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|  | Explosion in a Filter (Incident)
This paper considers an actual explosion caused by an electrostatic discharge. The company concerned had a filter to collect the material and was one of the types with numerous internal socks.
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|  | FIRE SAFETY ORDER
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order is the latest piece of legislation in the safety arena designed to simplify, rationalise and consolidate existing fire safety legislation in England and Wales (separate orders are to be introduced for Scotland and Northern Ireland at a later date). The existing legislation affected includes the Fire Precautions Act 1971 and the amended Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997. There is also a general duty of care under the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 as well as a number of more specific regulations.
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|  | HAZARDOUS AREA CLASSIFICATION DATASHEET
Any industry from chemical manufacturing, paint spraying to food processing utilises flammable gases, vapours or dusts in their process. Under forthcoming legislation it will become a legal obligation to undertake Hazardous Area Classifications (HAC).
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| .jpg) | INCIDENT INVESTIGATION DATASHEET
An incident is not generally caused by one failing, but by several. This means that one particular effect or person may be blamed for the incident when it is the entire system that has allowed many errors to build up over time.
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|  | Occupied Building Risk Assessment
Operators of chemical process plant have a legal obligation under regulations such as COMAH to demonstrate that people occupying buildings on their sites are adequately protected from process hazards such as explosions, fires, chemical reaction hazards and toxic releases. The recent publication of updated Chemical Industries Association (CIA) guidance in 2004 will see a renewed regulatory focus on this important process safety area.
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|  | Process Safety Culture
Good corporate process safety culture is demonstrated by the actual performance of the process safety management systems in the operating facilities, not by a filing cabinet full of standards and procedures, hazard studies, audit reports and other documents. Systems and procedures are important and necessary, but they do not ensure effective process safety management. The systems must be real and functioning, not just paper systems. Originally published in the Journal of Chemical Health and Safety http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/620355/description#description
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