Process safety management objective

Accountability is the obligation to answer for one s performance with respect to expectations, goals, and objectives. It is an important element of an effective process safety management system. To improve safety, the risk associated with human errors must be reduced. The work situation is the predominant cause of human errors and management has control over the work situation. 

On February 24, 1992, the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) promulgated a final rule, 29 CFR Part 1910.119, Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals. OSHA administrates regulations whose objectives are primarily involved with protecting workers. This can be regarded as inside the fence line. This is a safety issue and is addressed in this section. The rule requires employers to effectively manage the process... 

In the performance of hot work in the workplace, OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119, Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals, requires the following The employer shall issue a hot work permit for hot work operations conducted on or near a covered process (including confined spaces). The permit should document that the fire prevention and protection requirements in 29 CFR 1910.252(a), Fire Prevention and Protection, have been implemented prior to beginning the hot work operations it should indicate the dates authorized for the hot work and it should identify the object on which hot work is to be performed. The permit must be kept on file until completion of the hot work operations. 

This is the Process Safety Management (PSM) standard. OSHA originally promvdgated the PSM standard in 1992 in response to a number of catastrophic chemical-release incidents that occurred worldwide. The incidents spvu-red broad recognition in the safety community that accidental releases of highly hazardous chemicals can result in multiple worker injuries or fatalities. The main objective of the PSM standard is to prevent or minimize employee exposure to the hazards associated with uncontrolled releases of highly hazardous chemicals. 

Safety Management System (SMS) A set of related elements that establish or support loss prevention policies, programs, objectives and mechanisms to achieve those goals in order to maintain and improve an organizations safety culture and achieve high levels of safety performance. See also Process Safety Management. 

This report, Hazard Investigation Improving Reactive Hazard Management, by the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), examines chemical process safety in the United States—specifically, hazardous chemical reactivity. Its objectives are to ... 

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