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Over the last couple of year I have led a small team writing a compendium of Trevor Kletz's work on behalf of IChemE. I am very pleased and excited to say it now available to buy from the publisher's website https://lnkd.in/d3uEwsY

The book showcases the work of Trevor Kletz with new case studies and insights into latest practices. It covers the topics that he identified to process safety.

Rereading all of Trevor's books and other works reminded me how much I have been influenced by him in my career. I was genuinely surprised at how much of what he said I still apply today, almost instinctively. Unfortunately we are still having accidents around the world that perfectly illustrate what Trevor was saying decades ago.

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EEMUA 201 3rd Edition 2019

 
I am very pleased to announce that a new, third edition of EEMUA 201 has just been published. I have been heavily involved in this a primary author with substantial input from a wide range of people, including Control Room Operators. 
 
We have produced a guide that will help anyone involved in designing a new control room or evaluating and/or modifying an existing one to focus on and actively involve the end users. It is particularly aimed at engineers (e.g. EPC) who may have relatively limited competence in human factors but have work to a tight budget and program.
 
The guidance covers the control building, physical aspects of the control room, working environment, console design, and control system graphics. Also, emerging issues are covered such as devices used outside of the control room and security.
 
Members of EEMUA will be able to download it directly. Everyone else can buy a hard copy or electronic version from https://lnkd.in/eY_3d2j
 
I completed this work whilst working as an Associate Consultant for Wilde Analysis. We are currently preparing a training course based on the updated guide. Further information is available here. This will complement the course I currently present with Wilde on EEMUA 191 Alarm Management.
 
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Risk - Safety - Human Factors

Andy Brazier is a risk consultant specialising in human factors and process safety.  He has a chemical engineering degree, PhD and vast consultancy experience.  He has worked as a consultant since 1996 and started his own business in 2005.  AB Risk Limited is Andy Brazier's consulting company. AB Risk has been accepted as a Registered Consultancy by the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (IEHF).

Andy uses his combination of engineering background and consultancy skills to assist companies to manage their risks in a sensible and cost effective way.  He works mainly in hazardous industries including the oil, gas, chemical, power and steel manufacture. With a few projects in other industries including air traffic control, food and drink, financial and waste.

The aim of this website is to show you the wealth of my project experience across various sectors and topics - use the menu at the right of the page to access this.  I have made various resources available including papers and articles, video animations and presentations.  You can find out a bit more about me, both in and outside work.  Also, you can see what interests me on the web via my blog.

Andy Brazier

My path to risk consultancy started at school with A Levels in maths, chemistry and physics.  I went to Loughborough University (including a year in industry working at an oil refinery) where I obtained a degree in chemical engineering (graduated 1990), followed by a PhD at Edinburgh University.  The title of my thesis was ‘Sources of data for use in human factors studies in the process industry.’

I started working as a consultant in 1996.  First for a small human factors consultancy and then for the risk and safety department of a larger company.  In 2005 I decided to go it alone, first as a sole trader, moving on to form AB Risk Limited in 2008.

I believe my combination of academic learning and practical experience; engineering and human factors knowledge makes me particularly able to assess the risks my clients have to manage.  They seem to find my recommendations helpful and effective.  Also, I seem particularly able at engaging with the workers at the 'sharp end' and facilitating multi-discipline workshops.

I am a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (MCIEHF) and Associate Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (AIChemE).  I am a member of the editorial panel for the Loss Prevention Bulletin and regularly review papers for the annual Ergonomics and Human Factors conference.

I have a very long list of past clients that include Shell, BP, Centrica, Scottish and Southern Energy, Flogas, Millennium Chemicals, Tata Steel, Corus, Ensus, Lucite, Ineos, Maersk, Petrofac, Siemens, Huntsman, Veolia, Pfizer, Dragon LNG, Novartis, ConocoPhilips, Dow Corning, Kemira, OMV, Qatar Gas, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC), Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Saudi Aramco.

Although most of my clients are based in the UK, I have worked across Europe and the Middle East.  My projects have been deployed from the Arctic circle through to Australia.

Also, I have worked with contractors and consultancies including MMI Engineering, ESR Technology, Human Engineering (Lloyd’s Register), Risktech, Entec, Human Reliability, WS Atkins, Fluor, Costain, Jacobs Engineering, Monaco Engineering Solutions (MES), Tebodin, Worley Parsons, Al Hassan, Wilde Analysis, Larson and Toubro, Wilde Analysis.

I have completed offshore survival training including Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (BOSIET) and Minimum Industry Safety Training (MIST).  Both valid until 2020

 

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