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Risk Based Process Safety (RBPS) Preventative Mitigative Discipline Source
Element Responsibility

Operate (BPCS) Critical Alarms Active Mitigation Passive Mitigation Emergency Res.

Cross- Engineering Operations Maintenance
referenced Process Safety Metrics Design
elements SIS
Conduct of Operations
Asset Barriers failing on demand X X X X X X X I
Integrity
Asset Critical alarms per X X X X X I
Integrity operator hour
Asst Int Standing alarms X X X X X I
Asset Challenges to safety X X X X X G
Integrity systems
Operating Safe operating limit X X X X X G
Procedures/ excursions
Operating Demands on safety X X X X X X G
Procedures/ systems
Asset
Integrity
Asset Average (and/or maximum) X X X X X G
Integrity alarm rate
Fatigue risk X X X X X G
education/awareness
Monitoring overtime and X X X X X G
extended shifts
Ensuring adequate X X X X X G
manpower is in place for
all shifts
Operating Quality of, and adherence X X X G
Procedures/ to, operating procedures
Safe Work
Practices
Operating Failure to follow X X X C / G
Procedures/ procedures/safe working
Safe Work practices
Practices (nonconformance)
Management of Change
Percentage of audited X X X X X C
changes that used the
site’s MOC procedure prior
to making the change
Percentage of audited X X X X X C / G
MOCs that satisfied all
aspects of the site’s MOC
procedure

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