Why Process Safety?
It is important that Chemical Engineers have proper safety instruction to be successful in their careers.
is a comprehensive framework of activities for managing the integrity of a hazardous (chemical) operation.
Process Safety Management
The goal of Process Safety Management
to eliminate (prevent and mitigate) loss of containment incidents.
Loss of containment events can lead to
fire, explosion, or toxic effects and may result in large numbers of casualties.
Process Safety concepts were first adopted by
companies that specialized in the production of highly hazardous chemicals (DuPont, Imperial Chemical Industries)
Elements of Risk-Based Process Safety
- Commit to Process Safety
- Understand Hazards and risks
- Manage Risks
- Learn from Experience
Commit to Process Safety
- Process Safety Culture
- Compliance to Standards
- Process Safety Competency
- Workforce Involvement
- Stakeholder Outreach
Understand Hazards and Risks
- Process Knowledge Management
- Hazard Identification and Risk Analysis
Manage Risks
- Operating Procedures
- Safe Work Practices
- Asset Integrity and Reliability
- Contactor Management
- Training and Performance
- Management of Change
- Operational Readiness
- Conduct of Operations
- Emergency Management
Learn from Experience
- Incident Investigation
- Measurement and Metrics
- Auditing
- Management Review and Continuous Improvement
Released toxic gas into local community causing the deaths of more than 2000 people. Analysis indicated the accident was preventable through formal management systems
1984, Bhopal India chemical plant incident
As an industry response to the Bhopal tragedy to conduct research and provide objective, technical information in process safety issues
1985, US formed CCPS through AIChE
CCPS published its original 12 PSM elements
1989
3 other management system books followed
1994
Risk-Based Process Safety Management was established
1994
US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) started
1998
The principal role of the new chemical safety board is to
investigate accidents to determine the conditions and circumstances which led up to the event and to identify the cause or causes so that similar events might be prevented
