Safety Management Programs

Inherently safer technology within each company should be incorporated into process safety management programs to make its application... 

To eontrol these types of hazards, employers need to develop the neeessary expertise, experienee, judgement, and initiative within their workforee to properly implement and maintain an effeetive proeess safety management program as envisioned in the Oeeupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standard. 

The OSHA standard is required by the Clean Air Aet Amendments, as is the Environmental Proteetion Ageney s Risk Management Plan, whieh was proposed in 1992. Employers who merge the two sets of requirements into their proeess safety management program will better assure full eomplianee with eaeh as well as enhanee their relationship with the loeal eommunity. 

To assist you in looking beyond this book. Chapter 9 addresses the expansion of process safety management programs and techniques to cover transportation and other business activities requiring environmental, health, and safety control. Chapter 9 also raises some of the issues that readers should consider in implementing process safety management internationally. 

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. 

Exhibit 2-4. Comparison of Different Process Safety Management Programs and Elements... 

The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has identified twelve elements that must be part of any chemical process safety management program [5]. Application of these elements specifically to plant operations has also been defined [6]. Because of the critical importance of these twelve elements, they are listed here as follows for reference ... 

Most facilities already have an established Incident Investigation Program as part of the Process Safety Management program. These existing Incident Investigation Programs should incorporate fire prevention requirements. 

Incident investigation is only one of the many elements of a process safety management program, but it plays an essential role in identifying overall management system weaknesses on a continuous basis. 

Logic trees are committee-based investigation toois that use a muitipie cause, system-oriented approach to determine root causes integrated with process safety management program. Exampies fauit tree, event tree, causai tree, and why tree. 

A process safety information (PSI) package is now mandated by most process safety management programs, such as the ... 

Hendershot, D. C. Design of Inherently Safer Chemical Processing Facilities Presentation Paper at Texas Chemical Council Safety Seminar, Process Safety Management Program, 1991. 

Incident investigation is an essential element of every process safety management program. This book presents underlying principles, man-... 

There may also be legal obligations associated with the review results. A properly administered process safety management program will help minimize legal exposures. All recommendations produced by the study should be circulated in draft form to all interested parties within the company. The report should be consistent with other hazard assessment reports, and there should be a follow up procedure to manage recommendations in a timely and effective manner. All steps in the process should fully document the resolution path for each recommendation. 

Process safety management programs have come a long way in identifying major weaknesses in existing operating systems. However, some challenges remain ... 

In general, inherent and passive strategies are the most robust and reliable, but elements of all strategies will be required for a comprehensive process safety management program when all hazards of a process and plant are considered. 

Employers need to develop the necessary expertise, experiences, judgement, and proactive initiative within their workforce to properly implement and maintain an effective process safety management program [1, Appendix C],... 

The information derived from reports of transportation incidents provides an excellent outcome measurement of the performance of a company s transportation safety management program. Information about the causes of transportation incidents not only provides the basis for proper corrective actions, but also provides useful lessons for the future, which can lead to improvements in the transportation safety management system. 

Does the carrier have an estabhshed safety management program ... 

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