Process safety management system development

It is incumbent upon the toller to develop and follow internal management systems as appropriate to support business needs, production needs, process safety, environmental responsibility, and worker health. The selection process should have considered whether or not satisfactory systems are in place. Nevertheless, the contract or auxiliary documents may be the vehicle used to help ensure that the system reviewed is the system actually used for completing the toll in question. Within the process safety management system, the management of change and training elements are essential subsystems. 

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. 

This book addresses the design, development, and installation of process safety management systems, but does not address subsequent operation and maintenance of those systems. The book s goal is to help you put together a workable, effective program and put it in place within your com pany or plant. 

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. 

The CCPS book Guidelines for Auditing Process Safety Management Systems provides guidance on developing PSM audit programs and conducting... 

DEVELOP SPECIFIC PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS... 

This book complements previous work by CCPS in describing how to undertake the design, development, and installation of process safety management systems. 

This chapter addresses all these issues. As with several of the earlier chapters, the overall approach to developing a plan should be modeled on that described in Chapter 5 of the CCPS publication Guidelines for Implementing Process Safety Management Systems. The approach recommended there is summarized in the following paragraphs. 

The following list of hazards is not comprehensive and is not a substitute for a formal hazard analysis that is part of the safety management system development process. 

Another book in this series is called Process Risk and Reliability Management. It describes the development and application of process safety management systems in detail. Therefore, rather than repeat the contents of that book... 

Employees who participate in safety management system development are more likely to support and use the process. 

This book has attempted to provide an overview of the topic of offshore safety management—with a particular focus on technical and process safety, and the avoidance of catastrophic events. The development of process safety management systems such as SEMS and technical safety systems, such as the Formal Safety Assessment part of safety cases, has been discussed in depth. Although it is diffictilt to pin down how much improvement such systems have generated, there can be little doubt that they have been effective at reducing the number and severity of offshore accidents. 

To develop a safe design, it is necessary to first design and specify all equipment and systems in accordance with applicable codes and standards. Once the system is designed, a process safety shutdown system is specified to assure that potential hazards that can be detected by measuring process upsets are detected, and that appropriate safety actions (normally an automatic shutdown) are initiated. A hazards analysis is then normally undertaken to identify and mitigate potential hazards that could lead to fire, explosion, pollution, or injury to personnel and that cannot be detected as process upsets. Finally, a system of safety management is implemented to assure the system is operated and maintained in a safe manner by personnel who have received adequate training. 

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