Wednesday 13 th February 2013 Ramside Hall, Durham Process Safety Management – Challenges for Implementation Allan Laing, CEO, Pentagon February 2013.

Wednesday 13th February 2013Ramside Hall, Durham

Process Safety Management – Challenges for Implementation

Allan Laing, CEO, PentagonFebruary 2013


Assuring Competence....?

Reviewing your Competence Management System

•An Initial Health Check

•Strategy Review

•Policy & Procedures Review

•Competence Gap Analysis

•Full Systems Review


Competence Assurance


2005 – Texas City & Buncefield

UK Industry Response

• Formation of PS Leadership Group

• CIA member initiatives 2007/8

• HSE/PSLG Buncefield Report (December 2009!)

The Journey so far……..



PSM Project Board established mid 2010

• Industry members, HSE, CIA, UKPIA, TSA, Unite, IChemE, IMechE, NSAPI, and Cogent SSC

• Launched the national strategy for Process Safety Management in March 2012

• Focus on Leadership Training, cascading to Managers and Operators



Key deliverables

• Produced PSL, PSMF and PSMO Training Standards

• Quality assured course content and approved 7 training organisations

• Training Started October 2011

• 148 company events

• >800 leaders and managers


Implementation at Pentagon

Progress at Pentagon

•PSL Training for Board & Senior Execs Nov ’11

•Individual and collective improvement plans

•Follow up May 2012

…………………job done?


Implementation

Next phase…………….

• Prepare the audience for Process Safety Audits

• Define what has to be done

• Move forward with further training

• Revisit PSPIs


Prepare the Audience

Process Safety Awareness Briefings for employees

•170 employees

•20 2-hour briefing sessions

•Focus on differences between personal Safety and process safety

•Use case studies for illustration

•Use Process Safety Lifecycle exercise


Process HazardAnalysis

Major AccidentRisk Reviews

Engineering Standards

Process SafetyStandards

Process SafetyInformation

StagedReview Process

Documentation

Pre Start-Up Safety Reviews

Control of Work

OperatingProcedures

SafetyRoutines

OperatingEnvelopes

AlarmManagement

Protective Devices

Pipework Integrity

Inspection schedule

EmergencyPlans

Emergency Exercises

MaintenanceStrategy

Routines

Procedures

Process SafetyPerformance IndicatorsComplianceAudits

IncidentInvestigation

Process Safety Lifecycle Model


Define What Has To Be Done

• Plan for Audits or Plant Visits by senior execs

• Define scope of visit

• Set out specific questions to be asked

• Agree & Record actions arising

• Formal approval of actions, who is responsible etc

• Feedback to employees


Further Training

Consider further training

•Shift Manager Group

•PSM Foundations for managers/supervisors

•Leadership training for other supervisors and operating managers [Leading in the Process Industries]

This will add more credibility and understanding to audits.


Revisit Key Measures

• Ensure key people understand leading indicators

• They must be easy to measure

• Review monthly at Board or Senior Exec meeting

ENSURE SOME ARE LINKED TO MAJOR ACCIDENT HAZARDS


SUMMARY

• Educate the Leadership Team

• Set out Improvement Plans

• Prepare the Audience

• Define the scope and details of PSM Audit Plans

• Ensure management of actions & feedback

• Develop leadership and management skills

• Review PSPIs and monitor.

Wednesday 13 th February 2013 Ramside Hall, Durham Process Safety Management – Challenges for Implementation Allan Laing, CEO, Pentagon February 2013.

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