(176a) Process Safety, the Journey Is Most Important!
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
2019
2019 Spring Meeting and 15th Global Congress on Process Safety
Global Congress on Process Safety
Tutorials in CCPS II - Applying PSM
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - 10:15am to 10:45am
PSM is viewed at some companies within the chemical process industry as primarily a compliance required costly effort. The goal within these companies is often to generate the required documents for compliance at the least possible cost. This approach is a self-fulfilling prophecy which supports the following incorrect assumptions:
- The plant already is as safe as economically feasible
- PSM is a costly government program with little benefits
- That strict adherence to existing operating procedures will solely prevent PSM incidents
- That the âshop floorâ employees have little to contribute or gain from PSM participation.
The journey of creating the PSM documents is often a much more effective tool than the document that is produced. The operators, maintenance technicians, engineers and possibly managers (assuming they sit in on a few hours the PHA meetings) that participate on a PHA or a PSI review will gain knowledge that cannot be obtained from normal steady state operation of unit. Further many decades of experience will likely not exposed employees to all the potentially hazardous events that are possible. Just the knowledge of how the process will respond to every possible instrument and mechanical failure will provide training beyond what could be feasible in a dynamic process simulator. Both young and experienced engineers will gain process knowledge and very useful engineering knowledge through the proper analysis of potential hazardous events. This knowledge and skills can be applied to various engineering efforts. If these examples are not enough, the credibility of managementâs commitment to a safe operation of the facility will be largely enhanced (or potentially destroyed) by their response findings from throughout the PSM efforts within the company.
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