Process Safety Management and Human Factors
A Practitioner's Experiential Approach
Published on 13. November 2020
346 pages
978-0-12-818110-2 (ISBN)
Description
Process Safety Management and Human Factors: A Practitioner's Experiential Approach addresses human factors in process safety management (PSM) from a reflective learning approach. The book is written by engineers and technical specialists who spent the last 15-20 years of their professional career looking at behavioral-based safety, human factor research, and safety culture development in organizations. It is a fundamental resource for operational, technical and safety managers in high-risk industries who need to focus on personal and occupational safety management to prevent safety accidents. Real-life examples illustrate how a good, effective understanding of human factors supports PSM and positive impacts on accident occurrence.
- Covers the evolution and background of process safety management
- Shows how to integrate and augment process safety management with operational excellence and health, safety and environment management systems
- Focuses on human factors in process safety management
- Includes many real-life case studies from the collective experience of the book's authors
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Waddah S. Ghanem Al Hashmi
Process Safety Management and Human Factors
A Practitioner's Experiential Approach
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11/2020
Butterworth-Heinemann
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Content
1. Introduction to process safety management in a practical context2. Introduction to human factors and the human element3. Leadership and process safety management 4. The awareness of risk, complacency, and the normalization of deviance5. Competence assurance and organizational learning6. Integration of human factors in hazard identification and risk assessment7. Inherent safety impact in complying process safety regulations and reducing human error8. Asset and mechanical integrity management9. Management of change10. Management of risk through safe work practices11. Process safety information, hazard control, and communication12. Prestart-up and shutdown safety reviews13. Contractor management14. Emergency response management and control15. Human performance within process safety management compliance assurance16. Regulating PSM and the impact of effectiveness17. Readying the organization for change: communication and alignment18. Do we really learn from loss incidents?19. Gauging the effectiveness of implementation and measuring the performance of PSM activities20. Human errors, organization culture, and leadership
Appendix1. Sample PSSR checklist and report 2. Reference list and international standards and codes
