Elements of Process Safety Management

Amyotte, Paul; Lupien, Cathleen S.

doi:10.1016/bs.mcps.2017.01.004

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“…These observations are consistent with the work of Fyffe et al [37], who analyzed 93 key issues identified by the CSB in 60 of its reports published between 1998 and 2002. Fyffe et al [37] used a key-issue analysis framework consisting of 14 themes based on (but not identical to) the 14-element PSM system mandated by the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) [31]. The top six themes (each having >20% of the total key issues) were: (1) design and engineering, (2) standards, (3) process hazard analysis, (4) emergency response and planning, (5) hazard recognition, and (6) operation procedures [37].…”

Section: Process Safety Managementmentioning

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“…To achieve this objective, the CSB reports cited in references were analyzed within a fourfold framework according to the: (1) individual inherent safety principles of minimization, substitution, moderation, and simplification [29], (2) remaining levels in the hierarchy of safety controls (passive engineered, active engineered, and procedural) [29], (3) risk components of likelihood (i.e., prevention) and severity of consequences (i.e., mitigation) [30], and (4) elements of the process safety management (PSM) system [31] recommended by the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE) [32,33], which is based on the PSM structure developed by the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) prior to the introduction of risk-based PSM [34]. The reports were reviewed for specific mention of application, or lack thereof, of the various levels in the hierarchy of safety controls.…”

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Chemical safety board investigation reports and the hierarchy of controls: Round 2

Amyotte

Irvine

Khan

2018

Process Safety Progress

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Twenty‐five reports of the US Chemical Safety Board over the period December 2009–May 2016 were analyzed for evidence of examples related to inherent safety, passive, and active engineered safety, and procedural safety. These measures were also analyzed for their contribution to incident prevention and consequence mitigation, as well as their applicability to specific elements of the PSM system recommended by the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering. This work represents the continuation of a previous study that performed a similar analysis for 60 CSB reports written during the period 1998–2010. The update provided here further illustrates the significant value of CSB investigation reports in demonstrating lessons learned and in training and educational efforts. Procedural safety was identified as the most common risk control measure cited in CSB reports, while the efficacy of inherent safety principles in incident prevention and mitigation has been consistently recognized by the CSB in its investigations. Risk reduction efforts aimed at incident prevention were found to be cited more often than those aimed at consequence mitigation. Active engineered safety measures were determined to be common among mitigation efforts due to the prevalence in the process industries of emergency alarms and fire suppression systems. © 2018 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Process Saf Prog 37: 459–466, 2018

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Chemical safety board investigation reports and the hierarchy of controls: Round 2

Amyotte

Irvine

Khan

2018

Process Safety Progress

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“…The main task of Occupational Health and Safety Management System (hereinafter OHSMS) of the enter prise is to implement the organizational, sanitaryprophylactic and technical measures to prevent injuries and occupational dis eases of workers during the production activities. One of the ef fective approaches to injury prevention is the implementation of the Safe Systems of Work (hereinafter SSW), which combines a set of carefully selected procedures developed on the basis of the systematic identification of hazards during the performance of production activities by workers, taking into account their com petencies and the characteristics of technological equipment [1,2] . At the same time, its construction is based on two approaches: egocentric, focused on the employee; ergonomic, focused on production activities [3,4].…”

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Improvement of the safe work system

Tsopa¹,

Cheberiachko²,

Yavorska³

et al. 2022

Nauk. visn. nat. hirn. univ.

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Purpose. To improve the approach to the development of a safe work system, one of the important elements of the occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS) of employees at an enterprise. Methodology. The research is based on the Safe Systems of Work, which combines the content of safe procedures, which are determined taking into account the content of the workers production task when performing production activities, his/her competence in understanding the technological process and characteristics involved technological equipment. Findings. To reduce occupational diseases and industrial injuries at enterprises, it is proposed to implement the Safe Systems of Work (SSW) of 5 steps: analyse, summarize, anticipate, support, improve, which will make it possible to identify occupational risks (OR) and justify the feasibility of reducing their impact on the worker during the performance of production activities. For the implementation of each step, a corresponding procedure is provided, which allows ensuring their implementation. It is proposed to carry out the OR evaluation procedure according to the Tree Trunk Analysis model, which is a section of the trunk of a tree divided into six parts which characterize the dangerous factors that affect the activity of the employee, the functioning of the technological equipment and the environment. A feature of the proposed approach is the establishment of zones of interaction between the following components of the proposed SSW: the worker and technological equipment, the worker and the environment, as well as the environment and technological equipment, which characterize the specified external and internal factors of influence on the SSW. Originality. The approach to the organization of SSW to reduce the level of OR during the performance of production activities has been improved based on the improvement of the OR management process, the identification of external and internal dangerous factors that affect the level of OR, the probability of the occurrence of a dangerous event and its degree of severity, taking into account changes, over time, in the conditions of performing professional activities: during stable work, during an emergency situation, during an accident and during martial law. Practical value. Improved labour protection instructions or maps of safe production processes can be applied at enterprises with the aim of better perception by employees of labour safety requirements and improvement of document flow at the workplace.

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“…The search‐related specifics for the more than 170 references counted in Figure are as follows: The OD‐related search terms included: “operational discipline” and variations thereof (“operating discipline,” “operat,” “discipline,” and “discipl”) “conduct of operations” and variations thereof (“conduct”) The presentations identified with OD‐related terms in their titles or abstracts at conferences included: The Global Congress on Process Safety (GCPS) tracks from 2006–2018, including: Center for Chemical Process Safety International Conference (CCPS) Loss Prevention Symposium (LPS) Process Plant Safety Symposium (PPSS) Process Safety Management Mentoring (PSMM) Perspectives on Process Safety from Around the Globe No other conference‐related presentations were identified at the time this article was prepared using the OD‐related search terms noted in item 1 above. The journals with published OD‐related subjects included: Process Safety Progress . Process Safety and Environmental Protection Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries Chemical Engineering Progress And “isolated” hits in these publications: Occupational Health & Safety, Chemical Engineering Education, Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, Harvard Business Review, International Journal of Production Economics , The books and OD‐related discussions included publications by: Wiley [i.e., 14, 15] Elsevier [i.e., 16] CRC Press (Taylor and Francis) [i.e., 9, 17, 18] Other [i.e., 19, 20] …”

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“…The books and OD‐related discussions included publications by: Wiley [i.e., 14, 15] Elsevier [i.e., 16] CRC Press (Taylor and Francis) [i.e., 9, 17, 18] Other [i.e., 19, 20] …”

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Our Process Safety Journey Continues: Operational Discipline Today

Vaughen¹,

Klein

Champion

2018

Process Safety Progress

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In the late 1980s, DuPont defined Operational Discipline (OD) as the deeply rooted dedication and commitment by each member of an organization to carry out each task, the right way, each time. Many other companies have similar “operational discipline” definitions, and this emphasis has not changed. Furthermore, the dedication and commitment to OD has grown stronger. Operational discipline continues to reflect the strength of an organization's safety culture in making process safety programs effective and in providing tangible results for preventing injuries and incidents through effective process safety systems. What has changed is how we better apply Operational Discipline as one of the three essential process safety foundations. When combined with both a strong safety culture and leadership and robust process safety systems, the company's strong Operational Discipline foundation helps improve process safety performance. This article describes how collaborative efforts have helped us to better evaluate Operational Discipline in context of the Risk Based Process Safety's element Conduct of Operations, briefly presents how OD programs can be implemented using an example from the Dow Chemical Company, and provides some practical guidance and approaches that a company can use on their process safety journey to improve their OD program. © 2018 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Process Saf Prog 37: 478–492, 2018

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Elements of Process Safety Management

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Chemical safety board investigation reports and the hierarchy of controls: Round 2

Chemical safety board investigation reports and the hierarchy of controls: Round 2

Improvement of the safe work system

Our Process Safety Journey Continues: Operational Discipline Today

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