Demonstrating Compliance and Managing Major Hazards

A safety case is a critical document that proves a facility is designed, constructed, operated, and maintained safely.

At Safety Solutions, we help organisations prepare, review, and maintain their Safety Cases, ensuring hazards are identified, risks are controlled, and compliance obligations are met with confidence.

The Benefits of a Robust Safety Case

  • Regulatory Compliance – Demonstrate to regulators that your facility meets all requirements for MHFs.
  • Stronger Risk Control – Identify major hazards and prove the adequacy of barriers and control systems.
  • Integration with the Safety Management System (SMS) – Show how your SMS supports hazard control and performance verification.
  • Independent Assurance – Gain confidence from consultants with decades of safety assessment and process safety experience.
  • Ongoing Confidence – Keep your safety case current through audits, updates, and reviews against best practice.

The Core Components of a Safety Case

  • Facility Description – Scope of operations, design philosophy, layout, activities, environment, and mitigation systems.
  • Formal Safety Assessment Summary – Systematic review of hazards, accident events, and risk assessments demonstrating adequacy of barriers. This involves the identification of the MAHs/ MAEs/ MIHs, risk assessment that aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of the systems and barriers in place to manage the hazards are adequate.
  • Safety Management System (SMS) Summary – Evidence that SMS elements and verification systems are in place and effective.
  • Committed Actions – A record of actions to close identified gaps and strengthen hazard management.

Our Safety Case Development Services

  • Fitness Evaluation – Benchmark your organisation’s process safety performance with audits that highlight compliance gaps.
  • Scouting Study – Identify existing documentation and systems, highlight gaps, and develop a project plan for compliance.
  • Execution Support – Blend your internal resources with our experienced consultants to deliver complete safety case projects.
  • Auditing & Review – Independent audits to ensure safety cases are regulator-ready, current, and aligned with operations.

Partner with Safety Solutions

Proven Expertise – Since 1993, our consultants have developed, reviewed, and audited safety cases for MHFs and Petroleum companies, integrating them into broader safety management systems and process safety frameworks.

Practical Focus – We provide clear, actionable pathways to close gaps identified in safety assessments and ensure your safety case is both compliant and effective in practice.

Don’t wait for regulators to uncover gaps. Let’s discuss how we can help you document hazards, strengthen controls, and maintain confidence in your facility’s safety. CONTACT US TODAY to start your Safety Case Development journey.

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