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management should demonstrate care and concern for employees;
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employees should feel that they are able to report issues or concerns without fear of blame
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or possible discipline.
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Involving employees in health and safety
HSG217
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provides more detailed guidance on
employee involvement.
Summary
21 Dutyholders should ensure that their executive management provides effective leadership of
process safety to develop a positive, open, fair and trusting process safety culture. A review of
the characteristics of their leadership and process safety culture should be carried out. The review
should:
be owned at a senior level within the company;
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be developed as appropriate for each site;
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apply to all parties operating at each site;
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lead to the development of action plans to ensure that a positive process safety culture is
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developed and maintained.
Process safety management
22 Process safety management involves a particular type of risk management – identifying and
controlling the hazards arising from process activities, such as the prevention of leaks, spills,
equipment malfunctions, over-pressures, excessive temperatures, corrosion, metal fatigue, and
other similar conditions. Process safety programs focus on, among other things, the design and
engineering of facilities; hazard assessments; management of change; inspection, testing and
maintenance of equipment; effective alarms; effective process control; procedures; training of
personnel; and human factors.
23 One of the recommendations of the Baker Panel Report following the Texas City Refinery
explosion was that BP should establish and implement an integrated and comprehensive
process safety management system that systematically and continuously identifies, reduces and
manages process safety risks at its US refineries. The CSB Investigation Report made similar
recommendations. These recommendations are equally applicable to sites with Buncefield-type
potential.
Guidance
24 The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) of the American Institution of Chemical
Engineers (AIChE) guidance
Guidelines for risk based process safety
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identifies good practice on
process safety management. It is structured as follows:
Commit to process safety:
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process safety culture;
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compliance with standards;
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process safety competency;
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workforce involvement;
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stakeholder outreach.
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Understand hazards and risk:
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process knowledge management;
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hazard identification and risk analysis.
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Manage risks:
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operating procedures;
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safe work practices;
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asset integrity and reliability;
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contractor management;
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training and performance assurance;
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