This seminar is for Safety, Loss Prevention and Engineering personnel responsible for developing procedures for managing process safety in the petrochemical industry. Upon completion of the program participants should be able to:

• Describe the need for process safety management
• Describe the fundamentals of process safety management
• Demonstrate the basic methods of hazard identification and assessment as well as the pros and cons of each
• Coordinate the development of a plan within their organization
• Know where to go for additional resources

Seminar Contents:

• The need for process safety management
• A review of serious industrial losses
• A review of OSHA's 1910.119, "Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals"
• Basic Elements of Chemical Process Safety Management
• Methods of Hazard Identification and Assessment
• Developing a plan
• Managing change
• Suggestions for operator training and certification
• Incident investigation
• Audit procedures
• Resources