Course Description
This self-paced online course addresses the process of managing the risks associated with deadlegs – locations in piping circuits containing idle, stagnant, or intermittently flowing fluids. Participants will learn about significant industry incidents related to deadlegs, how to define and identify them, piping configurations that can be considered deadlegs, relevant industry documents, and how to assess and rank the associated risks.
The course includes strategies for managing deadlegs using the hierarchy of hazard controls, including elimination, substitution, and engineering and administrative controls. Additionally, it covers how to maintain programs through periodic reviews and updates to ensure that the risks associated with deadlegs are effectively managed.
This course includes:
- 1.00 CPDs/PDHs (certificate provided upon completion)
- 1 hour of on-demand video, including comprehension checks and an exam
- Access for 90 days upon beginning the course
- Curated articles to deepen your understanding of each training module's topics
- Downloadable notepads for you to keep notes as you progress through each module
- Slides are not available for this course
What You’ll Learn
After completing this course, you should be able to:
- Define and identify deadlegs.
- Use risk assessment techniques to prioritize strategies for managing deadlegs.
- Understand the various means to control the risks associated with deadlegs using the hierarchy of hazard controls methodology.
- Understand how to keep deadleg programs evergreen through management of change and periodic reviews.
Who This Course Is For
- API 570/piping inspectors
- Fixed equipment, reliability, and process engineers
- Fixed equipment inspection department supervisors/team leads
- Process safety management team members
- Leadership with fixed equipment MI responsibilities
- Anyone currently involved in mechanical/asset integrity
- Anyone interested in advancing to a mechanical integrity (MI) career
- Anyone responsible for auditing process safety/MI programs
Course Outline
- Introduction
- Significant Incidents
- CSB Videos
- What Are Deadlegs?
- Identifying Deadlegs
- Risk Assessment
- Risk Mitigation: Elimination and Substitution
- Risk Mitigation: Engineering/Administrative Controls
- Evergreening Deadleg Programs
- Conclusion
