Managements Responsibilities

The role of each of these in continuous improvement is expanded in the following sections. While these points are relatively generic to any process improvement, there are several continuous improvement opportunities which are unique to integrated PSM and ESH systems  

Evaluate your Quality Management system to identify the role each aspect of the system has in achieving continuous improvement. 

Management is ultimately responsible for defining the objectives of any activity. In the fields of PSM and ESH, top management might, for example, define the corporate objective as to be recognized as the leader in PSM and ESH performance in our industry or to be in compliance with all pertinent regulations and industry standards.  

For example, near-miss incidents in one company had not been reduced significantly despite a new, quality-based system that had been in place for more than a year. The department manager ordered that the near-misses be analyzed more thoroughly. (It should be noted that such proclamations by management must be made with care, as otherwise they may simply serve to discourage accurate reporting.) These assessments revealed improperly maintained instrumentation that was directly responsible for a majority of the near-miss incidents. 

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The former is the responsibihty of the implementation team and is required for the initial implementation and Following any modification to the interlock. The latter is the responsibihty of plant maintenance, with plant management responsible for seeing that it is done on the specified intei val of time. 

Safety is a management responsibility requiring an awareness of all relevant loeal legislation and a strategy that eomprises ... 

Process investigation manager responsible for investigating technical problems and for transferring laboratory results to plant-scale operations. 

Security issues involving access controls are typically line management responsibilities. However, it is not unheard of to have the SSHO in charge of site access or other security-related matters. However, if the field team leader or site supervisors are in charge of access issues or other security matters, they should always strive for SSHO participation. The nature of a project may warrant assigning a member of the site security staff to the project team. Key duties of the security officer may include the following ... 

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