PROCESS SAFETY

MANAGEMENT (PSM)
Contents

 What is Process Safety Management (PSM)

 Why do we need it
 Key Elements of PSM
 How to measure the performance of PSM
Process Safety Management (PSM)

 The integrity of Operating System and Processes handling hazardous

substances by applying good design principles, engineering, and
operating practices.

 It deals with the prevention and control of incidents that have

potential to release hazardous material or energy.
 Why do we need it

Two of the major quantitative benefits of having PSM system are:

 Risk Reduction
• Prevents human injury;
• Reduces losses and environmental damages

 Sustained Value
• Helps to boost productivity;
• Helps to produce quality products, on time and at lower cost;
• Contributes to stakeholders value
 Key Elements of PSM

All process safety management programs cover the same basic

requirements, although the number of program elements may vary
depending on the criteria used.

Two standards are mostly followed for PSM :

 OHSAS (14 elements)
 Centre for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) (20 elements)

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Key Elements of PSM

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Pillar
1. Commit to Process Safety
2. Understand Hazards & Risk
3. Manage Risk
4. Learn from Experience
Key Elements of PSM
Element OHSAS Element CCPS Element
Process Safety Culture 1 1
Compliance with Standard 1 2
Process Safety Competency 6 3
Workforce Involvement 5 4
Stakeholder Outreach 5 5
Process Knowledge Management 2 6
Hazard Identification & Risk Analysis 3 7
Operating Procedure 4 8
Safe Work Practices 4 9
Asset Integrity & Reliability 9 10
Contractor Management 7 11
Training & Performance Assurance 6 12
Management of Change 11 13
Operational Readiness 8 14
Conduct of Operations 10 15
Emergency Management 13 16
Incident Investigation 12 17
Measurement and Metrics 14 18
Auditing 14 19
Management Review & Continuous Improvement 14 20
How to measure performance of PSM
To continuously improve upon process safety performance, it is
essential that companies shall measure effectiveness of the system. For
this purpose three type of metrics are used
• “Lagging” Metrics – a retrospective set of metrics that are based on
incidents that meet the threshold of severity that should be reported as
part of the industry-wide process safety metric.
• “Leading” Metrics – a forward looking set of metrics which indicate the
performance of the key work processes, operating discipline, or layers of
protection that prevent incidents
• “Near Miss” and other internal Lagging Metrics – the description of less
severe incidents (i.e., below the threshold for inclusion in the industry
lagging metric), or unsafe conditions which activated one or more
layers of protection. Although these events are actual events (i.e., a
“lagging” metric), they are generally considered to be a good indicator
of conditions which could ultimately lead to a more severe incident.
These three types of metrics can be considered as measurements at
different levels of the “safety pyramid” illustrated in the next slide Cont.
Safety Pyramid
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