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A
Accessibility
electronic 40 105
of emergency operating procedures 85
of procedures 15 32
Accidental chemical release xiii
Administrative procedures xiii 27
Alignment 75
American Petroleum Institute 3 16
common points with OSHA and EPA 119
Recommended Practice 750 4 13 115
Assessing training nereds 122
Audience 3

B
Batch processing 56
Branching xiii 52 62

C
Center for Chemical Process Safety (AIChE) 1 3 4 11
16 17 81
Guidelines for Technical Management of Chemical
Process Safety 4 11
Plant Guidelines for Technical Management of
Chemical Process Safety 115

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Checklists
design checklist 25 58
elements 58
for determining which procedures must be written 29 122
procedure drafting 54
procedure evaluation criteria 58 127
readability 88
reference section of procedures 43
for writing EOPs 83
Chemical Manufacturers Association 3 4
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Responsible Care 4 12 115
Clarity of procedures 15 36 68
Contingencies, identifying 71
Conditions or criteria 72
Conditional instructions 72
Consensus codes 16 115
Control of procedures 15 97
see also Procedure management system
Controls 80
Criteria, procedure, checklist 127
Current practices, evaluating 24 34

D
Design
checklist 25
of a procedure management system 21
system specification 43
technical and safety information 33
Directions, emergency, giving clear 88

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Drafting procedures 54
cost 110

E
Ease of reading EOPs 88
Effective procedure writing
elements of 15
introduction to 1
return on investment 113
Electronic display
and document control 105
of emergency operating procedures 90
of hard-copy procedures 40
Emergency operating procedure(s) (EOP) xiii 6 76 79
access to 85
assigning specific responsibilities 95
availability 90
defining events requiring 79
developing and writing 82
ease of reading 88
example 95
giving clear directions 88
incorporating human factors 87
information to include 84
physical indicators 91
using decision aids 92 94
Emergency response plan xiii
Emergency situations, identifying 81
Employee input 17 35
Engineering procedures 5 28

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 16
common points with API and OSHA 119
Rule 40 CFR Part 68 3 4 13 108
117
Equipment 80
Evaluation criteria
elements of, checklist 58
importance of 57
users of 58 66
Event xiii 79
Examples
branching 53 63
calculations 74
cautions, warnings, notes 65 66
conditional instructions 73
decision table 93
emergency operating flow chart 94
emergency operating procedure 76 86 89 95
follow up action 77
graphs 74
identifying conditions or criteria 72
identifying contingencies 71
identifying end of a procedure 60
page layout 38
posted written procedure 90
precautions 44
prerequisites 46
procedure control information 60 99
procedure formats 130
procedure layout 42
procedure request form 100

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Examples (Continued)
procedure titles 59
purpose section 41 61
quantitative terms 71
questions in a procedure 93
quick reference card 91
references 64
sequence 70
signoff lines 68 131 133
specifying responsibility 67 95
steps 69
temporary procedure 61
T-format 39 40
valve alignments 75
visual indicators 87
Existing procedures 24 34 43
see also Current practices

F
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 115
Flow charts
job and task 28
sample emergency operating 94
procedure control 99
Follow up actions 76

G
Governmental regulations 13
see also specific agency, association, or regulation

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Guidelines and regulations, see also specific agency,
association, or rule
understanding 9
voluntary 10

H
Human factors xiii 34 54
in emergency operating procedures 87
special qualifications 77
physical indicators of emergencies 91
Human resources 34 66
identifying 26

I
Institution of Chemical Engineers 3 116
Instrumentation 80
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 4 14 16 116
ISO 9000 4 116
ISO Standard 9002 14

J
Job and task
analyses 43
flow chart 28
Job safety analyses 43 123

M
Maintence procedures xiv 28
Management 5
of change xiv 6 17

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Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) 43

O
Objectives, book 2
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 11 13 117
common points with EPA and API 119
Rule 29 CFR 1910.119 3 17 29 104
Official Journal of the European Communities 4 116
Operating equipment, parameters, ranges, and limits 34 70 136
Operating limits
inclusion in procedures 18 70
sample tables 136
Operating procedures xiv 28
Operations and maintenance 5
Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD) 4 116
Organization Resources Counselors (ORC) 11 116
Organizations and documents recommending or
requiring procedures 4

P
Page formats 34 37
Performance evaluation 124
Piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs) 43
Placards or posted written procedures
emergency operating procedures 90
Precautions 44
Prerequisites section 45
Procedure approval 102

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Procedure control 15 17 97
purpose 97
definition 97
of revisions and development 98
of review 101
Procedure criteria checklist 127
Procedure development
benefits 21 107
costs 108
employee input 17 35
important points to be addressed 12
outline for 22
reasons for 1 107
Procedure elements, common regulations, and
consensus codes, list 16
Procedure format 37
control information 59
and electronic access 40 105
identifier, unique 61
last page identifier 60
page layout 34 36 37
samples 130
T-format 39
Procedure management system 15
costs 109
defined xiii
design checklist 25 58
designing 21
determining requirements 24
drafting a procedure 54 110

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Procedure management system (Continued)
elements of 15 18 22
evaluating current 24 34
failure of, reasons for 31
identifying resources 26
implementing 26 30 111
maintaining and improving 31
review and approval cycle 55 101
Procedure performance evaluation 124
Procedure request form, example 100
Procedure review 101 103
Procedure steps section 46
Procedure training 30
Procedure users 12 34 54
Procedure writing 33
see also Effective procedure writing
branching 52
completeness and accuracy 35 62
conciseness 36 68
consistent presentation 36
determining which procedures to write 27 122
drafting a procedure 54
graphs 74
importance of 21
introductory sections 40
level of detail, appropriate 36
lists and tables 50 75
notes, cautions, warnings 51 65
procedure steps section 46
resources needed before beginning 33

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Procedure writing (Continued)
style, format, and terminology 36 49
tide 59
Procedures, see also Written procedures; Procedure
writing
alignments 75
batch process considerations 56
calculations 73
conditions or criteria 72
conditional instructions 72
considerations for effective 35
control 97
coordination with others 67
developing 5 22 98 107
development costs 108
as plant equipment 1 22
evaluation procedure, importance of 57
implementing a procedures project 23
list of types 27
maintenance, special considerations for 55
return on investment 112
temporary, identified 60
training 30
verifying critical steps 67
worldwide trend toward 3
Process flow diagrams 43
Process hazards analysis (PHA) xiii 43 81 123
Process safety management xiii 1 2 9
interrelationship with quality and environmental
responsibilities 9

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Processes, duplicate 62
Purpose section 41

Q
Quality management 14 16 116
Quantitative terms 70
Quick reference cards
in emergency operating procedures 90

R
Readability 34 37 88
Reference section of procedures 43
Related actions, combining 69
Resources 33
identifying 26
Reviews and audits of procedures 17 55
Revisions and development, controlling 98

S
Safety 5 16 18 28
and health considerations 18
systems, redundant/backup 81
Sample procedure formats 130
Signing off 67 68
sample formats showing 131 133
Special tools/equipment section 45
Specification sheets 43
Standards, government, industry, company 43
Step content 47
Step numbering 47 69

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System descriptions 43
System design specifications 43
System upset xiv 79

T
Tasks requiring written procedures 122
Title, procedure 59
Training, procedure 5 18 30 32

U
Users, see Procedure users

V
Valve alignment 75
Voluntary guidelines 6 9
Vendor and supplier manuals 43
Visual indicators in EOPs 87

W
World Bank 11 117
Manual of Industrial Hazard Assessment Techniques 4 117
Writing procedures, see Procedure writing
Written procedures
capitalization 49 64
caution box 42 45 48 52
65 132 134
determining tasks that require 122
development, reasons for 107
hard copy and electronic access 40
importance of 6 21

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Written procedures (Continued)
importance of format 37
line spacing 34 37
lists and tables 50
notes, cautions, warnings 51
page layout 37
precautions section 44
prerequisites section 45 72
purpose section 41 61
reference section 43 62 63
sequences within 70
special tools/equipment section 45
step content 47
step numbering 47 69
T-format 39
tide 59
writing style, format, terminology 49

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