While the regulations of other countries e.g. The concept is formally recognized in the PSM regulations in the USA (ref 1,2). The concept of handover is implicit in a pre-startup safety review, and it provides the team taking over the opportunity to accept or decline taking ownership until certain aspects are corrected. Marking a critical milestone in determining the completion of work such that safe operations may commence. Acknowledgement that due diligence has been carried out by both the issuer and receiver prior to handover. A formal point at which contractual or organizational responsibilities may be passed from one group to another. There are many instances where a handover, or transition between phases of a project or construction, require: a. 2.2 HISTORICAL AND LEGAL SETTING The need for a PSSR, in concept, is not limited to the process industry. Good management practices in this context include front end engineering design (FEED), construction practices, quality assurance, process hazard analysis (PHA), management of change (MoC) and PSSR. Poorly planned or executed startups can result in loss or wastage of materials, and other inefficiencies which can damage profitability. Such losses include, but are not limited to, incidents involving fire, explosion, environmentally damaging spill or gaseous release, or incidents involving injury to employees or members of the public. A number of elements of good process safety management practice and capital project design include measures to reduce the risk of loss on startup. BACKGROUND 2.1 VALUE OF THE PSSR PROCESS Startup of new or modified equipment is a particularly vulnerable time for safety incidents and other unplanned events which can cause significant loss, both financial loss and damage to human life and health. The attributes demonstrated in this Position Paper can be used to support and define risk improvement recommendations and can also provide detailed advice to clients seeking to improve their management systems. The objective of this position paper is to define the key attributes that would be rated by Marsh as very good for a PSSR in the oil, gas and petrochemical industry. OBJECTIVE A pre-startup safety review (PSSR) is carried out to confirm that all appropriate elements of process safety management have been addressed satisfactorily and that the facility is safe to startup.
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