Process safety management implementation

Initial process safety management implementation usually focuses on your own production operations. However, there are a variety of related activities that teneht from similar approaches to safety. 

In the United States, as in many European countries, there is a level of awareness of process safety based on industry history and experience, public perception (as influenced by the news media), and regulatory activity. This level of awareness provides a foundation for the process safety management implementation processes. 

Protection of Employees. In 1986, shortly after the Bhopal disaster, OSHA contracted to develop a federal standard on process ha2ards management. A proposed standard was issued in 1990, and the Process Safety Management of Highly Ha2ardous Chemicals standard was issued and implemented in 1992 (36). 

Accidental Release Provisions. The 1990 CAAA includes provisions similar to OSHA s process safety management standard for minimi2ing the accidental release of air toxics. Based on types and quantities of ha2ardous chemicals on-site, a faciUty is required to develop and implement... 

CCPS G-25. Guidelines for Implementing Process Safety Management Systems. American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Center for Chemical Process Safety, New York. 

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. 

Section 304 of the Clean Air Act Amendments states that employers are to consult with their employees and their representatives regarding their efforts in developing and implementing the process safety management... 

Employers shall develop a written action plan that implements employee participation in developing and conducting process hazards analyses and other elements of process safety. management. 

To assist you in looking beyond this book. Chapter 9 addresses the expansion of process safety management programs and techniques to cover transportation and other business activities requiring environmental, health, and safety control. Chapter 9 also raises some of the issues that readers should consider in implementing process safety management internationally. 

Implementing process safety management (PSM) is a process, each of whose phases builds on previous steps. This book s organization reflects this process chronologically. Chapters 2 through 8 of this book present a step-by-step... 

V thout such a commitment from management, process safety management will be far more difficult and time-consuming to implement. An initiative that lacks a collective sense of utgency and priority is likely to be carried out piecemeal, despite the best efforts and intentions of its champion. Over time, piecemeal implementation is a false economy, since it is likely to take longer and cost more most important, it is very likely to be less effective. PSM is a continuous process, not an event, or a series of discrete activities. Without continuity, the process can easily break down. 

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

Develop a plan. Based on established goals and current status, the teams will develop detailed plans for implementing a process safety management system, including projections of time and staffpwer requirements and other resource needs. When completed, these plans will be our blueprint for PSM implementation, subject to refinement based on experience. 

Develop specific process safety management systems. Working within the pian, the task groups will develop specific systems and procedures for implementing PSM. The Division A team will focus on its own operations, while (name s) group will direct its efforts toward the other divisions. 

This document presents cm approach for implementing Process Safety Management (PSM) within our company, prepared for the Core Management Group s review. It is organized to include the following sections ... 

This model is unique in its description of what constitutes a management system, and its effort to address the planning, organizing, implementing, and control aspects of process safety management systems. 

Process safety management has been applied primarily in the chemical process industries. However, the concepts of PSM, and the approaches used for implementing PSM, can be applied equally well to any manufacturing process that uses chemical products. Manufacturing industries as diverse as semiconductor manufacturing 2md food processing can, and do, apply PSM to improve safety and operations. 

Process safety management can be applied worldwide, but the implementation of PSM cannot succeed simply by taking U.S. programs and attempting to install them unchanged in other parts of the world. Management styles differ in different cultures and PSM systems must be designed to respect th> )se differences. 

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. 

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