Guidelines for Auditing Process Safety Management Systems

✍ Scribed by Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS)

• Publisher: Wiley-AIChE
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 932
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book discusses the fundamental skills, techniques, and tools of auditing, and the characteristics of a good process safety management system. A variety of approaches are given so the reader can select the best methodology for a given audit. This book updates the original CCPS Auditing Guideline project since the implementation of OSHA PSM regulation, and is accompanied by an online download featuring checklists for both the audit program and the audit itself. This package offers a vital resource for process safety and process development personnel, as well as related professionals like insurers.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Guidelines for Auditing Process Safety Management Systems......Page 4
©......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 7
ACRONYMS......Page 15
GLOSSARY......Page 19
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 32
PREFACE......Page 34
USER'S GUIDE TO THE SECOND EDITION......Page 36
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY......Page 37
INTRODUCTION......Page 39
GUIDANCE FOR CHAPTERS 3-24......Page 47
1 PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT AUDIT PROGRAMS......Page 52
2 CONDUCTING PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AUDITS......Page 129
3 PSM APPLICABILITY......Page 198
4 PROCESS SAFETY CULTURE......Page 230
5 COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS......Page 261
6 PROCESS SAFETY COMPETENCY......Page 267
7 WORKFORCE INVOLVEMENT......Page 281
8 STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH......Page 299
9 PROCESS KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT......Page 313
10 HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND RISK ANALYSIS......Page 354
11 OPERATING PROCEDURES......Page 408
12 SAFE WORK PRACTICES......Page 440
13 ASSET INTEGRITY AND RELIABILITY......Page 488
14 CONTRACTOR MANAGEMENT......Page 568
15 TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE ASSURANCE......Page 593
16 MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE......Page 617
17 OPERATIONAL READINESS......Page 652
18 CONDUCT OF OPERATIONS......Page 670
19 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT......Page 684
20 INCIDENT INVESTIGATION......Page 772
21 MEASUREMENT AND METRICS......Page 798
22 AUDITING......Page 813
23 MANAGEMENT REVIEW AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT......Page 838
24 RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS......Page 847
Appendix A: PSM Audit Protocol......Page 878
Appendix B: PSM Audit Report Templates......Page 880
Appendix C: Sample PSM Audit Certifications......Page 881
Appendix D: PSM Audit Plan Templates......Page 882
Appendix E: Interview Questions forNonmanagement Personnel......Page 883
Appendix F: PSM Audit Planning Questionnaire......Page 884
Appendix G: Integrated Contingency Plan (ICP) Audit Protocol......Page 885
Appendix H: International PSM Audits......Page 886
Appendix I: PSM Audit Dilemmas......Page 891
Appendix J: PSM Audits During Mergers and Acquisitions......Page 918
INDEX......Page 923