Tools recommended for use in the hazard identification process include the following:
i. Hazard review: is a process that is used to determine if there are potential hazards and risks involved with a procedure.
ii. Hazard checklist: contains questions or topics intended to prompt consideration of a range of safety issues. It is a review of the installation against a list of hazards that have been identified in previous hazard assessments.
iii. What-if analysis: a flexible review technique, which can be applied by experienced individuals to any installation, operation or process, to identify hazards.
iv. Hazard Identification/Environmental Issues Identification (HAZID/ENVID): a structured approach to the identification of the possible causes and consequences of hazardous events.
v. Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA): an analytical technique used to identify hazards which, without adequate precautions, will give rise to a hazardous event.
vi. Hazard and Operability Analysis (HAZOP): a systematic approach to determining potential problems that may be uncovered by reviewing the safety of designs and revisiting existing processes and operations.
vii. Procedural HAZOP: a version of HAZOP applied to safety-critical operations such as drilling, rig-moves, heavy lifts etc.
viii. Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA): a systematic review of facility equipment items, their potential failure modes and the effects of these failures on the equipment or facilities.
ix. Inspections and Audits: visual examinations of a facility and its operating procedures to identify potential hazards.