Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Defense Services

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:

• Environmental – Ecological resources, transportation, waste management, noise, socioeconomic, air quality, geology and soils.
• Safety – OSHA-related safety issues, structural safety, equipment safety, fire safety
• 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 program showing detailed system safety tasks.