The process industry has a long history of major incidents that are well-publicised with many valuable lessons to be learned. It has been recognised that the focus on personal safety is one side of preventing accidents. However, a major incident can cause as much harm to people in an instant as all the injuries that have been avoided in a decade of personal safety programmes. The underlying causes of major incidents are often related to failures in what is commonly known as “process safety management”
As with any aspect of management systems, it is important to have metrics in place to understand how effectively a system is working to deliver its objective. The metrics for process safety management systems are commonly called “process safety performance indicators” (PSPIs).
PSPIs can be separated into leading and lagging indicators; leading indicators being those that precede a failure of the process safety management system and lagging indicators being those that follow a failure of the process safety management system. For example, a measurement of the completion of pressure safety valve (PSV) testing would be a leading indicator and the number of times PSVs fail to lift at the set pressure (in use or during testing) would be a corresponding lagging indicator.
PSPIs should be tailored to show how well the relevant barriers are being maintained (a leading indication) and how well they are working (a lagging indication). To strengthen safety barriers and prevent major incidents from occurring at all, it is necessary to collect, collate and analyse data from less severe incidents and shortfalls in management system performance. Process Safety practitioners are advised to select the right KPIs for each phase to prevent major incidents and mitigation of risks.
This course, run by an internationally acclaimed process safety professional and aimed at senior managers, production, reliability and safety personnel will provide a comprehensive coverage of process safety KPIs, including underpinning theory, practical tools and processes, how to measure process safety, establishing an effective process safety culture and managing process safety risks.
Benefits of Attending this Workshop
By attending this course, you will be able to:
EVALUATE and OPTIMISE Process Safety Management (PSM) system in an organisation
IMPLEMENT best practices on the essential process safety elements
RECOGNISE process safety risks and
ANALYSE them with key techniques like HAZOP, LOPA and SIL
ASSURE legal compliance and the license to operate safety measurements
UNDERSTAND how to establish a good process safety culture
ESTABLISH useful process safety indicators
MEASURE process safety using the new API 754 TIER classification
