Safety surveys—looking at key activities in depth

✍ Scribed by Trevor A. Kletz

• Publisher: American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 298 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1066-8527
• DOI: 10.1002/prs.680170106

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Most audits try to look at a representative selection of the plant procedures and equipment. An alternative is a survey, a look in depth at selected procedures (such as those for testing alarms and trips, issuing permits‐to‐work, controlling modifications, taking samples or testing relief devices) or selected equipment (such as level glasses or equipment for handling LPG). If the procedure or equipment is well‐chosen, surveys may make a bigger contribution to safety, per person‐hour, than a conventional audit.