The CCPS Process Safety Incident Database is derived from the Incident Reporting and Analysis System (or “IRAS”) developed by Exxon Research and Engineering Company. Exxon has granted a non-exclusive, evergreen, no-fee license to CCPS. The Exxon IRAS software has been modified to suit the needs of the CCPS participants by adding and deleting fields and modifying the pick lists used.
The required fields in the CCPS database are:
- brief description of incident (text)
- full description of incident (text)
- lessons learned (text)
- changes made (text)
- country
- chemicals involved
- dollar loss
- type of operation/unit operation
- phase of operation
- initiating event
- type of incident
- equipment involved
- inquires, fatalities, off-site consequences (yes/no)
The optional fields are:
- political subdivision (state, province, county, etc.)
- year of the incident
- contributing factors (CCPS elements of Process Safety Management)
- the number of injuries, fatalities, off-site consequences
PSID Database Management
Process Safety Incident Database is structured as follows:
- A management committee governs the database in conjunction with CCPS staff.
- A CCPS staff consultant oversees the project and supports the management committee
- A database administrator manages the database
Participation Agreements between CCPS and each participating company are required and include provisions for strict confidentiality.