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Hazard Evaluation
Procedures
Second Edition with WorkedExamples
It is sincerely hoped that the information presented in this document will lead to an even more impressive
safety record for the entire chemical industry; however, neither the American Institute of Chemical
Engineers, its consultants, CCPS Subcommittee members, their employers, their employers' officers and
directors, nor JBF Associates, Inc. warrant or represent, expressly or implied, the correctness or accuracy
of the information presented in this document. Furthermore, the chemical process plant described in Part
II of this book, as well as the people and companies, is fictitious; any similarity to existing plants or
companies or to living people is purely coincidental. Therefore, the users of this document accept any legal
liability or responsibility whatsoever for the consequence of its use or misuse.
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The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) thanks all of the members of the
Hazard Evaluation Procedures (HEP) Subcommittee for providing technical guidance
in the preparation of this document. CCPS also expresses its appreciation to the
members of the Tfechnical Steering Committee for their advice and support.
The chair of the HEP Subcommittee was Dennis C. Hendershot of Rohm and
Haas Company and the CCPS staff liaison was Ray Witter. The Subcommittee had
the following additional members:
JBF Associates, Inc. (JBFA) prepared this edition of the Guidelines for Hazard
Evaluation Procedures, Second Edition with Worked Examples. These Guidelines are
divided into two parts: Part I—Guidelines for Hazard Evaluation Procedures and Part
II — Worked Examples for Hazard Evaluation Procedures. J. Steven Arendt was
JBFAs Project Manager and lead author of the HEP Guidelines. David F. Montague
was lead author of the HEP Worked Examples. The other principal authors on
JBFAs team were Myron L. Casada, Donald K. Lorenzo, and David A. Walker.
William G. Bridges, David J. Campbell, John Q. Kirkman, and David 1C Whittle also
contributed to these Guidelines.
Pan I —HEP Guidelines contains several new chapters covering topics such as
hazard identification methods, preparation for hazard evaluation studies, and follow-
up considerations. The remaining chapters of Pan I are extensively revised versions
of the material from the first edition, developed in 1985 by Battelle Columbus
Laboratories and the following members of the original HEP Subcommittee:
Their insight and suggestions helped ensure a balanced perspective for the Guidelines.