Integrating process safety management

CCPS G-38. Guidelines for Integrating Process Safety Management, Environment, Safety, Health, and Quality. American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Center for Chemical Process Safety, New York. 

By year-end 1995 we will have implemented a fully integrated process safety management system throughout our worldwide operations. 

Guidelines for Integrating Process Safety Management, Environment, Safety, hlealth and Quality... 

Although the definition of process safety primarily involves preventing catastrophic incidents, basic worker safety and health receives attention as well when building a rigorous integrated process safety management program. 

Integrating Process Safety Management-The Purpose Behind PSM... 

Implementing an inherent safety review process is one mechanism companies can use to institutionalize inherent safety. The review process should integrate well with company systems for process safety management, new product development, and project execution. Safety, health, and environmental considerations in the new product or process development effort can be strengthened via the introduction of the inherent safety review. Companies may also build inherently safer design concepts into their existing process safety management system and process hazard reviews. 

Implementing an Integrated Error and Process Safety Management System at the Plant... 

The purpose of this chapter is to set out in concrete terms the ways in which the techniques described in the previous sections can be implemented in the chemical process plant environment. The integration of error and process safety management systems is also described. 

Read Chapter 2 of the CCPS publication Guidelines for Implementing Process Safety Management Systems, 1993, for guidance on obtaining buy-in. The principles described for obtaining support and commitment for PSM are equally applicable to integration of PSM and ESH. 

There are numerous other CCPS publications that may be helpful in your integration effort. In particular, the selection of measures to monitor the effectiveness of your integration effort and identify continuous improvement opportunities can be enhanced through the use of the results of a CCPS research and development effort to develop performance measures for CCPS s 12 process safety elements. These results will be described in the CCPS Guidelines for Developing Performance Measures for Continuous Improvement of Process Safety Management (scheduled for publication in... 

Management systems for chemical process safety are comprehensive sets of policies, procedures, and practices designed to ensure that barriers to major incidents are in place, in use, and effective. The management systems serve to integrate process safety concepts into ongoing activities of everyone involved in operations— from the chemical process operator to the chief executive officer. 

---