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Process safety management
Part 2 of 2

Process safety management - the business case

Evaluate three critical aspects of your operation
James B. Porter Jr. Deborah Grubbe
November 4, 2018

Simply stated, process safety is a management system implemented to prevent major incidents involving hazardous materials. It is necessary for managing complex process operations. An effective process safety management system focuses on three important aspects of your business:


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Process safety management (PSM)
Part 1 of 2

The case for process safety management beyond OSHA compliance

Deborah Grubbe James B. Porter Jr.
October 8, 2018

Process safety management (PSM) is a term that is most frequently used in highly hazardous industries like oil refining, gas processing and chemical manufacturing. However, PSM could apply to any industry where people are working in and around any hazardous equipment or environment. 


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workplace safety training

‘Safety culture’ is a messy concept

Too many interpretations lead to haphazard applications
Luwig
Timothy Ludwig Ph.D.
October 4, 2018
The term “Safety culture” has become like the term “engagement” in popular management writings. There is no common agreement on the term. We are left with (mis)interpretations of terms like “safety culture,” which lead to haphazard attempts at changing organizations toward improvement.
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OSHA Recordkeeping
Extended Online Edition

OSHA recordkeeping often has little to do with reality

A better way of keeping score
Davejohnson
Dave Johnson
September 6, 2018
Dan Petersen, one of the great thinkers in the history of occupational safety, in a 2005 book, “Measurement of Safety Performance,” tore apart the traditional barometers of safety performance, the OSHA total case incident rate, total lost-workday cases, fatalities and other measures.
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workers

Want a sustainable safety culture?

Audit these 11 operational discipline essentials
Deborah Grubbe James B. Porter Jr.
August 23, 2018
We know that most of us don’t like to be bounded by a set of rules around our actions and our behaviors; however, there is no sustainable safety culture if there is no operational discipline.
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NFPA 70E 2018 breaks new boundaries

Assessing risks, preventing errors, building a culture
Davejohnson
Dave Johnson
August 3, 2018

The 2018 edition of NFPA 70E®, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace®, addresses issues that should be put into practice at any workplace. New voluntary requirements and guidance cover risk assessment, the hierarchy of controls, human error, job safety planning, management systems, work performance and workplace culture.


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Worker safety training

Safety directions need to be explicit

Your words really matter
Luwig
Timothy Ludwig Ph.D.
August 3, 2018
With more experience traveling the real world seeing safety programs in action (or inaction) I realized that words matter. They not only communicate, but they can shape the very approach you take to your safety programming. They can get you stuck or they can liberate your safety culture.
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Workers

How to best incorporate Behavior-Based Safety

Benefits: lower costs and better safety
Alexa Sussman
August 3, 2018
Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) is the application of behavioral psychology to improve safety in the workplace. The aim is to change behaviors that cause incidents and promote behaviors that are efficient and safe.
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Worker IQ and safety in the workplace

Intelligence as a safety & health metric

Smart workers may think they outfox risks
Markiewicz
Dan Markiewicz, MS, CIH, CSP, CHMM
August 3, 2018
IQ may be a predictor of who suffers an injury or illness at work. A 68-year population study published in 20171 found that IQ is inversely associated with all major causes of death, including accidents.
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OSHA safety professionals

Is OSHA at its nadir?

The agency has been silent for far too long
Davejohnson
Dave Johnson
August 3, 2018
Is OSHA more irrelevant than ever? Many top OSHA officials, careerists, are working in an “acting” or interim basis: the agency’s career deputy assistant secretary position; the head of whistleblower protection; the director of training; and four of the ten agency regional administrators.
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