As a member of the design team for a BSL-3 chemical and biological warfare agent laboratory, ISSi developed a comprehensive risk assessment, including agent analysis, and a system safety plan. Risk management, which is meant to include the components of risk identification/hazards analysis, risk assessment and risk mitigation, was implemented in several components of the preliminary facility design to include:
Health – Worker health, surrounding population health.
Operational – Frequency of use, personnel entry and egress, hazard notification, emergency
response, security.
Maintenance – Procedures for routine maintenance, maintenance logs, personnel access.
Performance – Equipment- and process-specific variations in performance.
Security – Physical security, data and IT security, controlled access, incident reporting.
ISSi developed a comprehensive system safety plan (SSP) for the facility that includes process hazards and fire hazards analyses. The hazards analysis identifies mishap potential; provides the basis for mishap risk assessment; and establishes prevention criteria and operational constraints to eliminate or control mishaps. The SSP:
Identifies the system safety tasks and responsibilities necessary to support the project from
design to operation.
Discusses the System Safety Administration.
Addresses how system safety engineering is involved with the design process.
Contains an overview detailing the system safety milestones.
Provides a safety task schedule that includes a complete schedule of the entire system safety
