Safety management assessment

FIGURE 4-1. Process Safety Management Assessment Framework Source Arthur D. Little, Inc. 

Kirwan B., 1998b. Safety management assessment and task analysis - a missing link , in Hale et al. (Eds ), Safety Management the challenge of change, Pergamon, Oxford. 

Refer to Figure 14.1, Basic Safety Management Assessment Process . 

The objectives relate to opportunities for improvements, are identified in a safety management assessment, and/or when using other comparable assessment tools. 

Hee, D. D., B. D. PickreU, R. G. Bea, K. H. Roberts, and R. B. Williamson. 1999. Safety Management Assessment System (SMAS) A process for identifying and evaluating human and organization factors in marine operations with field test results. Reliability Engineering and System Safety 65 125-140. 

Each PSM system can then be examined to determine what system modifications (if any) are needed to address the new issues. For example, the process hazard assessment system might be modified to include participation by industrial hygienists to identify potential sources of exposure. Some process safety management systems (e.g., process documentation) may require no modification to support a wider scope. 

Gustin, J. L., "Thermal Stability Screening and Reaction Calorimetry—Application to Runaway Hazard Assessment and Process Safety Management," /. Loss Prev. Proc. Ind., 6,275 (1993). 

Keller, A., E. Heinxle, and K. Hungerbuhler (1996). "Development and Assessment of Inherently Safe Processes in the Fine Chemical Industry. " International Conference and Workshop on Process Safety Management and Inherently Safer Processes, October 8-11, 1996, Orlando, FL, 213-223. New York American Institute of Chemical Engineers. 

Additional models and software are identified in A Guide to Quantitative Risk Assessment for Offshore Installations (Spouge, 1999) which address offshore risk analysis, explosion modeling, evacuation and rescue analysis, reliability analysis, accident databases, event tree analysis, and safety management. 

Process Safety Management (Control of Acute Hazards), Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA), Washington, D.C., 1985. This booklet presents a number of ideas on hazard identification, hazard assessment, and hazard control in just 47 pages. 

During 1990 and 1991 the proceedings of the CEC-sponsored meeting were edited and published (Van der Schaaf, Lucas, and Hale, 1991). Also a survey amongst Dutch companies was held, both to test the outcomes of the workshop in relation to safety managers experiences and to assess the state of the art in near miss reporting in the Netherlands (see Chapter ),... 

---