Digest
Communication – the heart of safe operations — Process Safety Beacon, October 2022
Communication – the heart of safe operations — Process Safety Beacon, October 2022
- CCPS
- Digest
- Process Safety Beacon October 2022
- Control of WorkHuman FactorsProcess Safety
- Human factorsLoss of containmentProcess safety
- Fluid transferInspection and maintenance
- Operating and work proceduresPermit to workRisk assessmentSafety communication
- Downstream and process industries
Summary
A solvent-transfer incident illustrates how unclear maintenance status and informal lockout arrangements can undermine safe restart. An operator was sprayed with solvent from an improperly tightened flange but was not injured. The bulletin emphasises work permits, communication between groups, participation in hazard reviews and following restart plans.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Loss of containment; containment loss.
Classifications: Process safety; major accident hazards.
Classifications: Fluid transfer; fluid loading; fluid offloading.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Permit to work; PTW; work permit.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Downstream and process industries; refining; petrochemicals.
Summary
One-page Beacon on the role of clear communication, including shift handover, in safe process operations.
Process Safety Beacon October 2022. Themes: control of work, human factors, process safety.