Safety Management Responsibilities

One of the six elements of Responsible Care is the Codes of Management Practice, and one of the codes is the Process Safety Code of Management Practices (34). This code emphasi2es management commitment and accountabiUty, information sharing, and community relations, but also includes 11 of the 14 specific elements of the legislated process safety management standards developed later. 

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. 

Responsible Care Management Systems for Health, Safety and Environment (2nd edn) (1995)... 

Site-specific health and safety requirements and site personnel, including contractors, are typically held responsible for managing and conducting all activities safely. Every worker should understand that he or she is responsible for sharing in the commitment to a safe workplace. In addition, employees should perform their work in accordance with any applicable laws, regulations, contract provisions, and established site-specific requirements. 

The site manager (SM) is typieally the on-site representative and is responsible for maintaining eontaet with the host (elient, eustomer, ete.), the PM, and the health and safety manager (HSM). The SM is also responsible for implementation of the HASP. The SM reports to the PM and works direetly with the elient in most eases. 

The regular HSS was on a month s leave. Responsibility for management of site safety and health at Site A was assigned to several individuals ineluding the response manager, the Teehnieal Assistanee Team (TAT), health and safety oflfieer (HSO), and the on-seene eoordinator. It was not elear at the time of the audit whieh of these individuals aetually fulfilled the role of full-time HSO, nor was it elear how these individuals would eoordinate and eommunieate on overlapping health and safety issues. 

The Chemical Manufacturers Association s Code of Management Practice for Process Safety is oriented toward the chemical industry, and describes the elements of a process safety management program as part of CMA s Responsible Care program. 

The Task Force s mission is to design a state-of-the-art process safety management system that will support all of Company X s varied business operations, and to install it at a pilot site to be determined. The team will maintain ongoing communication with Division C s Facility Managers Council, which has accepted responsibility for focusing on the division s process safety management systems. 

Facility Safety Manager Andy Zahner is responsible for overseeing all aspects of PSM training in connection with the pilot. Andy will report to Ray. 

The general approach that has been advocated in this chapter is that it is the responsibility of an organization, through its safety management policies, to create the systems, environment, and culture that will minimize human error and thereby maximize safety. 

Traditional Safety Engineering A safety management policy that emphasizes individual responsibility for system safety and the control of error by the use of motivational campaigns and punishment. 

A safety management system for implementing the prevention policy has been put into effect. The policy should include the organizational structure, responsibilities, practices, procedures, processes, and resources for determining and implementing the policy. 

Several voluntary industry initiatives, such as ACC s Responsible Care and NACD s Responsible Distribution Process (RDP), provide guidance on process safety management for chemical manufacturers and distributors. However, no voluntary industry initiatives list specific codes or requirements for reactive hazard management. 

The reader should note that there are a number of important terms that should be noted when dealing with hazardous materials. These terms include important properties of general classes of chemicals and of a few commonly used industrial chemicals. This section will attempt to familiarize the reader with the main points. This section is not intended for practicing industrial chemists, nor is it intended as anything other than a refresher for those with strong backgrounds in chemistry. It is intended to provide a brief introduction to chemistry for the safety manager who must, as a part of his responsibilities, deal with hazardous materials issues. 

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