Process Safety Management measurement strategies

The key to effective safety management, once the risks have been identified, is to estabiish and impiement a controi strategy. The controi measures that are impie-mented to secure the safety of aii those at work or who may be affected by the work or work processes shouid refiect the iegai requirements, as a minimum standard, and any technoiogicai advances that have been made. 

Another systems approach to organizational safety can be instituted via Six Sigma s Deflne-Measure-Analyze-lmprove-Control (DMAIC), which is another strategy for process improvement originally developed by Motorola in 1985. This five-step management method is often used in business for the control and continuous improvement of processes (Tennant, 2001). 

In all cases, the risk management process should document clearly the reason why the safety measure(s) are necessary. It is extremely important that the rationale for accepting risk be well documented, including alternate strategies that are considered or implemented, and opportunities in the future to implement the necessary level of protection, with those findings communicated to all stakeholders in the process. 

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