Are you sure that your current inspections effectively cover all the risks at your SEVESO site?
Guaranteeing the safety of your facilities while complying with regulatory requirements is a major challenge. With hazardous substances and complex processes to manage, it’s essential to be able to quickly identify critical equipment and prioritise interventions. To reduce accidents at SEVESO sites, meet regulatory requirements with a structured approach and the right tool.
Accident trends at SEVESO plants in France between 2014 and 2023
Inspection requirements for a SEVESO site
SEVESO sites must comply with enhanced regulatory requirements, including frequent inspections and detailed reporting on potential risks. Under the SEVESO directive, operators must provide documentation demonstrating their ability to control the risks associated with their activities. Site obligations thus include :
- The development and application of a major accident prevention policy within the company,
- Drawing up a notification to be sent to the authorities,
- Implementing an effective safety policy,
- Drawing up an internal emergency plan for the company,
- Communicating prevention information to the public.
For Seveso high threshold sites in particular:
- Drawing up a safety report,
- The prefect draws up an external emergency plan.
Understanding and implementing a criticality analysis for a SEVESO site
Criticality analysis classifies equipment according to its level of risk (low, moderate, high, critical). This helps to identify the most sensitive equipment, and to determine and prioritize inspection operations. Criticality is represented by the criticality matrix, based on 2 main factors, each with several levels:
- Probability of failure: analysis of the risk of an incident occurring.
- Severity of failure: impact of an incident on people and the environment.
Creation of a criticality matrix using Linspec Cloud software
Linspec Cloud, the solution for optimizing SEVESO site inspections
Linspec Cloud is designed to meet the needs of SEVESO sites, particularly in terms of the traceability and security of inspection data. Our solution enables you to meet all inspection intervals, manageequipment history and guarantee regulatory compliance. With Linspec Cloud, SEVESO site operators benefit from several advantages:
- Complete equipment traceability: Linspec Cloud offers a global view of your equipment and its lifecycle, guaranteeing rigorous tracking and making it easy to identify the criticality of each piece of equipment.
- Data centralization: Linspec Cloud centralizes all data (inspection date, action, report, etc.) in a single, secure database. All participants can make their own contributions without compromising the integrity of the information.
- Adaptability to different regulations: Linspec Cloud is designed to adapt to various European regulations (SEVESO 3, PED 2014/68/ue, etc.) or those specific to EU countries (BSEI 13-125, PMII DT96, DT 32, DT 84, DT 75, etc.).
The implementation of a criticality analysis in the development of inspection and control plans, and the use of adapted tools such as Linspec Cloud, enable us to meet the stringent risk management obligations to which SEVESO sites are subject. Visit the page dedicated to Linspec Cloud to discover its features.
