Managing a Process Safety Program: Program Organization

Part 2 ― Program Organization

We are publishing a series of seven posts on the theme of Managing a Process Safety Program. The posts in the series are:

1. The Clients;

2. Program Organization (this one);

3. Plan and Audit;

4. Project Phases;

5. Project Philosophies and PHAs;

6. Project Phases I to III: Concept / FEED / Design; and

7. Project Phases IV to V: Fabrication, Construction / Commissioning, Start-Up.

This is the second post in the series. We discuss the first three steps in setting up a process safety organization.

1. Determine the objectives of the program;

2. Set up an organization;

3. Create the metrics and baseline;

4. Develop a plan;

5. Implement the plan; and

6. Audit and improve.