Papers and Conference Presentations
Mr. Magraw is a member of BakerRisk’s Process Safety Group. He has an extensive career of over thirty years in safety and risk management, including over thirteen years in the oil and gas sector and over eighteen years in the nuclear industry. His work focuses on the execution of the following services: Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), Safety Instrumented Systems SIS/Safety Integrity Levels (SIL), Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA), audit, insurance risk engineering, and management system development. He was previously head of environment, health, safety, and quality for an international nuclear services company. Mr. Magraw has also managed the corporate HSE management system and assurance program for a major international nuclear business with a global portfolio of nuclear and non-nuclear operations.
Mr. Sarrack is a member of BakerRisk’s Process Safety Group. His expertise is focused on process safety and risk analysis, where he has participated in hazard analysis teams, both as a contributor and as a team leader. His expertise also extends to the development of Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and Event Tree Analysis (ETA), equipment reliability studies and failure data, and has executed source term and consequence analysis.
Mr. Sarrack has developed cost vs. benefit analyses for proposed facility modifications and provided technical risk analysis expertise to numerous plant decision processes. He has also produced risk management guidelines, as well as implemented procedures for performance of Facility Siting Studies (FSS) and Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRAs) for multiple companies.
As the biofuels industry continues to expand in support of global decarbonization mandates and objectives, facility owners and developers are being challenged to balance production efficiency, operational reliability, and personnel safety.
As high hazard facilities, biofuels sites should focus on developing a fire protections strategy informed by performance-based analysis so strategies implemented meet the unique challenges found at each facility.