Safety management audits

FIG. 26-12 Typical steps in the process safety management audit process. (CCSP, 1993, by peimission of AlChE. )... 

Audits and corrective actions Audits for industrial hygiene compliance can be performed concurrent with, or separately from, process safety management audits... 

Audit scores continued to climb, reflecting continued improvement in safety management. Results became so good that it was decided to have some locations quality for OSHA s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP). For that program, superior results must be demonstrated and the location must meet the requirements of a thorough safety management audit. 

U.K. Health and Safety Executive (2000), Safety Management Audit of British Energy Generation Limited and British Energy Generation (UK) Limited, Balliol, United Kingdom, Nuclear Safety Directorate. 

HOS compliance will be verified, including the carrier s safety management, auditing, and compliance practices. 

Grote G, Kiinzler C (2000) Diagnosis of safety culmre in safety management audits. Saf Sci 34 (1-3) 131-150... 

Investigating Chemical Process Incidents Auditing Process Safety Management Systems Making Acute Risk Decisions... 

Guidelinesfor Technical Management of Chemical Process Safety Center for Chemical Process Safety, New York, 1989 Guidelines for Auditing Process Safety Management Systems Center for Chemical Process Safety, New York, 1993. 

The key steps in the audit process are outlined according to preaudit ac tivities, audit activities, and postaudit activities in Fig. 26-12. These activities are described in detail in Guidelines for Auditing Process Safety Management Systems (CCSP, 1993) and will be only briefly discussed in this sec tion. 

The next process step evaluates the process safety management systems to determine if they are adequate to achieve the desired results, and if they are used as intended. This evaluation is highly subjective on the auditors part. This step sets the stage for the rest of the audit, guiding the auditor s information gathering and focusing attention on critical areas. 

The audit team, through its systematic analysis, should document areas that require corrective action as well as where the process safety management system is effective. This provides a record of the audit procedures and findings and serves as a baseline of operation data for future audits. It will assist in determining changes or trends in future audits. 

Audits and corrective actions Audits of distribution safety management should be performed... 

Guidelines for Auditing Process Safety Management (CCPS, 1993)... 

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