Process Safety Management: What is it and why do we need it?
Throughout the industrial world, organizations are facing some of the most complex challenges in a generation. Changing demographics and disruptive technology are changing the way that all of us must do our business. Process Safety Management can help our industry create products and services that sustain our marketplace for future generations. The topic of process safety management is a complex one that can raise more questions than provide answers. Process safety management basically boils down to the safety of humans and the environment. This includes those who work in, those who come in contact with, or those who live near a facility where a process occurs or is located. Process safety management includes all aspects of process design, operation, and maintenance, including hazard identification, plant design, equipment selection, safe operating procedures, training of personnel, provision for emergencies, monitoring of plant activity, and control equipment calibration. In the m