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Definition of Process Safety Management
A blend of engineering and management skills focused on preventing
catastrophic accidents and near misses, particularly structural collapse,
explosions, fires and toxic releases associated with loss of containment
of energy or dangerous substances such as chemicals and petroleum
products.
Definition of Competence
A combination of practical and thinking skills, experience and
knowledge.
Elements of a Process Safety Management System
Element 1: Strong Leadership.
Element 2: Hazard Analysis.
Element 3: Management Of Change.
Element 4: Operation within design intent.
Element 5: Competence management. (Training).
Element 6: Control of Contractors.
Element 7: Asset Integrity.
Element 8: Emergency Response.
Element 9: Process Safety Incident Investigations.
Element 10: Performance Monitoring and Auditing.
Hierarchy of risk controls in process safety management
, Inherent safety.
Elimination (including minimized inventories).
Substitution.
Engineering controls (including segregation and spacing of process
plant).
Administrative controls (procedural/behavioral).
Asset Integrity
The ability of the equipment or asset to operate as intended effectively
and efficiently over its entire lifespan while ensuring the health and
safety of those exposed to it, including the environment.
Asset Life Cycle
Phase 1 - Design.
Phase 2 - Procurement, construction, installation and testing.
Phase 3 - Commissioning.
Phase 4 - Operations.
Phase 5 - Modifications.
Phase 6 - Decommissioning.
Types of Maintenance
Breakdown maintenance.
Condition monitoring.
Planned preventive maintenance.
Leading Indicators
Proactive measurements of conditions that monitor process safety
before something goes wrong and to see if things are operating as
intended.
Lagging Indicators