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Management Review and Continuous Improvement

Routinely reviewing the organization's process safety systems to spur continuous improvement is one of four elements in the RBPS pillar of learning from experience. This chapter describes the meaning of management review, the attributes of a good management review system, and the steps an organization might take to implement management reviews, for more information check out Introduction to Management Review and Continuous Improvement

More information can be found on this topic in CCPS' Guidelines regarding learning from experience.

 

Process Safety Management in the Energy Sector

Mar 22, 2010
Marc McBride
This paper describes experience of application of the principles of process safety management within Centrica plc, an integrated energy company with operations in North America and Europe. The paper describes the key challenges for implementation of process safety requirements in this sector, the...

Ensuring Consistency of Corporate Risk Criteria

Mar 22, 2010
J. Wayne Chastain
The recently published CCPS text Guidelines for Developing Quantitative Safety Risk Criteria makes a strong case for corporations developing risk criteria. One topic addressed in the text is the development of criteria for use in single cause – consequence risk analysis methodologies such as Layer...

Managing Organizational Change

Apr 29, 2009
George Melham, John Wincek, Paul Davidson
Management of Change has long been recognized as a fundamental cornerstone of a process safety program. Through the years, most companies have evolved a mature system to manage technical changes -- equipment, materials, and technology -- in their facilities. In recent years, the effects of, and...

Implementing PSM Globally

Apr 27, 2009
Christie Arseneau, David Cummings
In the last several years there have been numerous changes in technical and analytical methods, process safety management systems, regulations, globalization and consolidation, new and increased accountability to public and regulatory entities, and changing market conditions. Papers in this session...

Introduction to Flammable Materials

AIChE Webinar
Feb 17, 2009
Daniel Crowl

This webinar will provide a basic introduction to flammable materials with the purpose of providing valuable information that a practicing engineer can use to prevent fires and explosions.

Incidents That Define Process Safety

March, 2008
Incidents That Define Process Safety describes approximately fifty incidents that have had a significant impact on the chemical and refining industries' approaches to modern process safety. Events are described in detail so readers get a fundamental understanding of the root causes, the...

Guidelines for Preventing Human Error in Process Safety

August, 2004
Almost all the major accident investigations--Texas City, Piper Alpha, the Phillips 66 explosion, Feyzin, Mexico City--show human error as the principal cause, either in design, operations, maintenance, or the management of safety. This book provides practical advice that can substantially reduce...

Guidelines for Investigating Chemical Process Incidents, 2nd Edition

March, 2003
This book provides a valuable reference tool for technical and management personnel who lead or are a part of incident investigation teams. This second edition focuses on investigating process-related incidents with real or potential catastrophic consequences. It presents on-the-job information,...

Making EHS an Integral Part of Process Design

June, 2001
This book presents an approach—termed MERITT (Maximizing EHS Returns by Integrating Tools and Talents)—for enhancing process development through better integration of environmental, health, and safety evaluations. It draws upon critical components of inherent safety, pollution prevention, green...

Electrostatic Ignitions of Fires and Explosions

July, 1997
Tom Pratt, a long-time process safety practitioner and lecturer in electrostatic safety, wrote this book to educate industry in the basics of electrostatics. It offers a selected collection of information designed to give readers the tools they need to examine the hazard potential of common...

Guidelines for Technical Planning for On-Site Emergencies

June, 1995
Prevention, preparedness, response and recovery--the key components of emergency planning--form the major sections of this work. The book first describes PSM (Process Safety Management) as the key to prevention, then goes on to consider the main features of a preparedness program, including...

Guidelines for Implementing Process Safety Management Systems

April, 1994
The causes of catastrophic accidents in the process industries, now recognized as complex and interrelated, need to be matched by multi-faceted technical management systems. These principles apply to companies of any size and to a full range of industries beyond the chemical industry, such as pulp...

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