Improving Industry Process Safety Performance through Responsible Collaboration

Since 2012, the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) and the American Petroleum Institute (API) have been working together on industry process safety programs under the umbrella of Advancing Process Safety (APS) programs. This involves responsible collaboration not only between AFPM and API, but among the member companies to create and maintain the APS program with the goal of making industry safer. This paper will provide learning from experience case studies from participants on how they are using the APS programs, what changes they have implemented at their sites, and what improvements have been achieved by those changes. Examples include practice sharing documents, training, industry safety bulletins, and Walk the Line. Ultimately, this paper will discuss a variety of practical takeaways that highlight the application and sharing of industry lessons learned.