Process Safety Management

Process Safety Management

by Chitram Lutchman, Douglas Evans, Rohanie Maharaj, Ramesh Sharma
Released July 2013
Publisher(s): CRC Press
ISBN: 9781466553637

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Book description

The continued prevalence of major incidents (most recently the 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill) and preponderance of workplace fatalities and injuries as well as Process Safety Management (PSM) Incidents, globally, begs the question: why do incidents continue to occur in today’s technologically advanced era? More importantly, with 80-85 percent of incidents being repeated, the more obvious questions are:

  • Why do organizations fail to learn from prior incidents internal to the business?
  • Why do organizations fail to learn from their peers and other same industry players?
  • Why do organizations fail to learn from the incidents and experiences of other industries?

Process Safety Management: Leveraging Networks and Communities of Practice for Continuous Improvement provides a road map organizations can use to identify and setup critical networks for preventing catastrophic incidents and for sharing knowledge in an organized manner within the organization to enhance business performance. The book helps organizations establish centers of excellence by activating networks for generating best practices and practical solutions to workplace business, and safety challenges.

The book covers the full range of activation of networks including identifying members, defining goals and objectives, and prioritizing work through leadership and stewardship of networks. It addresses all elements of effective safety management and includes simple, easy-to-follow processes that bring about lasting changes to workplace safety. It also highlights the health and safety needs of both Generation X and Generation Y who currently inherit the workplace but are very different in learning behaviors and experience levels.

In a thin margins business environment characterized by scarce resources, operational discipline and excellence drives stakeholder confidence and corporate performance. Detailing the practical application of tested principles and practices, this book provides a simple path forward for organizations to recognize the benefits of networks and to proactively establish and support them within organizations to generate continuous and sustained improvement in work practices, procedures, and business performance.

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Contents (1/2)
  4. Contents (2/2)
  5. Preface
  6. Authors
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
    1. How Do We Define Networks?
    2. Reference
  9. Chapter 1 Process Safety Management ( PSM) (1/6)
  10. Chapter 1 Process Safety Management ( PSM) (2/6)
  11. Chapter 1 Process Safety Management ( PSM) (3/6)
  12. Chapter 1 Process Safety Management ( PSM) (4/6)
  13. Chapter 1 Process Safety Management ( PSM) (5/6)
  14. Chapter 1 Process Safety Management ( PSM) (6/6)
  15. Chapter 2 Historical Perspective: A Review of Operationally Disciplined and Excellent Organizations Where Process Safety Management Is Entrenched (1/6)
  16. Chapter 2 Historical Perspective: A Review of Operationally Disciplined and Excellent Organizations Where Process Safety Management Is Entrenched (2/6)
  17. Chapter 2 Historical Perspective: A Review of Operationally Disciplined and Excellent Organizations Where Process Safety Management Is Entrenched (3/6)
  18. Chapter 2 Historical Perspective: A Review of Operationally Disciplined and Excellent Organizations Where Process Safety Management Is Entrenched (4/6)
  19. Chapter 2 Historical Perspective: A Review of Operationally Disciplined and Excellent Organizations Where Process Safety Management Is Entrenched (5/6)
  20. Chapter 2 Historical Perspective: A Review of Operationally Disciplined and Excellent Organizations Where Process Safety Management Is Entrenched (6/6)
  21. Chapter 3 Leadership Behaviors for Network Performance, and Operational Discipline and Excellence (1/6)
  22. Chapter 3 Leadership Behaviors for Network Performance, and Operational Discipline and Excellence (2/6)
  23. Chapter 3 Leadership Behaviors for Network Performance, and Operational Discipline and Excellence (3/6)
  24. Chapter 3 Leadership Behaviors for Network Performance, and Operational Discipline and Excellence (4/6)
  25. Chapter 3 Leadership Behaviors for Network Performance, and Operational Discipline and Excellence (5/6)
  26. Chapter 3 Leadership Behaviors for Network Performance, and Operational Discipline and Excellence (6/6)
  27. Chapter 4 Shared Learning in Safety (1/5)
  28. Chapter 4 Shared Learning in Safety (2/5)
  29. Chapter 4 Shared Learning in Safety (3/5)
  30. Chapter 4 Shared Learning in Safety (4/5)
  31. Chapter 4 Shared Learning in Safety (5/5)
  32. Chapter 5 Creating Expert Networks for Generating Continuous Improvements (1/2)
  33. Chapter 5 Creating Expert Networks for Generating Continuous Improvements (2/2)
  34. Chapter 6 Leveraging Networks and Communities of Practice for Long-Term Success (1/4)
  35. Chapter 6 Leveraging Networks and Communities of Practice for Long-Term Success (2/4)
  36. Chapter 6 Leveraging Networks and Communities of Practice for Long-Term Success (3/4)
  37. Chapter 6 Leveraging Networks and Communities of Practice for Long-Term Success (4/4)
  38. Chapter 7 Activation and Tenure of Networks (1/2)
  39. Chapter 7 Activation and Tenure of Networks (2/2)
  40. Chapter 8 Network Focus and Work Priorities (1/2)
  41. Chapter 8 Network Focus and Work Priorities (2/2)
  42. Chapter 9 Establishing Key Performance Indicators ( KPIs) for Stewarding Organizational Performance (1/4)
  43. Chapter 9 Establishing Key Performance Indicators ( KPIs) for Stewarding Organizational Performance (2/4)
  44. Chapter 9 Establishing Key Performance Indicators ( KPIs) for Stewarding Organizational Performance (3/4)
  45. Chapter 9 Establishing Key Performance Indicators ( KPIs) for Stewarding Organizational Performance (4/4)
  46. Chapter 10 Challenges Faced by Organizations in Managing Networks (1/2)
  47. Chapter 10 Challenges Faced by Organizations in Managing Networks (2/2)
  48. Chapter 11 Network Coordination: The Leadership Challenge (1/3)
  49. Chapter 11 Network Coordination: The Leadership Challenge (2/3)
  50. Chapter 11 Network Coordination: The Leadership Challenge (3/3)
  51. Chapter 12 A Network at Work (1/3)
  52. Chapter 12 A Network at Work (2/3)
  53. Chapter 12 A Network at Work (3/3)
  54. Conclusion
  55. Back Cover

Product information

  • Title: Process Safety Management
  • Author(s): Chitram Lutchman, Douglas Evans, Rohanie Maharaj, Ramesh Sharma
  • Release date: July 2013
  • Publisher(s): CRC Press
  • ISBN: 9781466553637