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263 Several initiatives have been launched by trade associations to address the issues of
delivering high performance in process safety management, aligning with the PSLG Principles of
Process Safety Leadership.
264 UKPIA launched their Process Safety Leadership Commitment in April 2008, which aims to
facilitate the downstream oil sector in becoming a leader in process safety excellence. Through
the Process Safety Leadership Commitment, UKPIA:
has appointed a process safety programme manager, who under the guidance of UKPIA’s
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Process Safety Leadership Network, manages the implementation of the process safety
leadership commitment, and works closely with the PSLG;
has established a framework for self assessment in key areas of process safety, and is
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developing self assessment modules for these key areas;
is agreeing common leading and lagging process safety performance indicators, aligning with
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has developed an effective process for the sharing of, and learning lessons from, relevant
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high potential safety incidents, both internally with UKPIA members through Process Safety
Information Notes, and externally through the Process Safety Forum with Process Safety Alerts;
is a founding member of the Process Safety Forum, reviewing relevant incident and near-miss
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data, and sharing lessons learned and good practice. UKPIA’s self-assessment module on
Management of Change has already been shared with other industry sectors through the
forum. UKPIA have also taken the lead in developing the protocol by which incident/near miss
data can be shared amongst industry sectors;
is enhancing dialogue with key stakeholders, ensuring proper account is taken of their
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265 TSA fully supports the PSLG‘s Principles of Process Safety Leadership. TSA’s members
are reporting quarterly their process safety incidents based on the lagging metrics set out in the
CCPS publication ‘Process Safety Leading and Lagging Metrics’.
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Process safety incidents and
near misses are posted on TSA’s website and discussed at the quarterly meetings of TSA’s
Safety, Health and Environmental Committee. TSA is also a founding member of the Process
Safety Forum. In addition to these activities some TSA member companies have additional
specific initiatives in the field of process safety; these include:
formal documentation describing how the company delivers process safety;
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monitoring of company performance against a suite of leading and lagging process safety
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measures;
reviewing process safety performance at every board meeting;
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effective communication on process safety issues to all stakeholders;
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top-down leadership on the topic of process safety;
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effective training and development in the area of process safety; and
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investment in infrastructure to ensure good process safety.
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