A Creative & Strategic Initiative (Champions Model) In Managing Process Hazard: Process Safety Culture

A Creative & Strategic Initiative (Champions Model) In Managing Process Hazard: Process Safety Culture

Rathore, Sharad

Health Safety & Environment  

Honeywell India Technology Centre, UOP IPL, Gurgaon

Abstract

A robust Process Safety Culture within an organization is as important as having a reliable process safety management system; it makes process safety a true part of the day-to-day operations. It develops trust and a sense of importance for process safety, allowing process safety management systems to be effective

Culture is the tendency in all of us - our organization - to want to do the right thing in the right way at the right time, ALL the time – even when no one is looking. Culture is the result of all the actions - and inactions - in institutional/workforce memory. These shape/influence individual behaviors and tendencies. The culture transcends the members of the organization, passing on to new members and enduring over time .Good cultures evolve from common values and attitudes developed as the group seeks to properly solve common problems. It is hard to measure and more difficult to change. Culture will be the “root cause” of the decade.

The significance of Safety Culture is becoming increasingly recognized as a key factor to achieve the safe operation not only of hazardous processes but also in Experimental Pilot plants. This paper describes the systematic approaches that are being practices at HITC R&D facilities to go  through in their journey to a world class safety culture and applies this concept to Process Safety Management in experimental pilot plant

The foundation for this journey will be illustrated in a model that describes the strategy for HSE culture strength. The model (called Champions Model) has been calibrated against performance and is based on years of data derived from HSE metrics HLS- ACS facilities. In addition, useful tools, employed by facilities to improve their safety culture and performance, will be presented

Key words: Process Safety Management, Safety Culture