High Level Framework for Process Safety Management

• Main Authors: Chun-Wei Cheng, 鄭鈞蔚
• Other Authors: Ta-Chih Hsiao
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/61647122165670978096

碩士 === 國立中央大學 === 環境工程研究所 === 103 === A vapor cloud explosion at a British Petroleum’s refinery located in Texas City, Texas killed 15 people on the spot and caused severe injuries to 170 people in 2005. Another serious fire and explosion incident, lasted for five days, in the UK Buncefield oil depot in December 2005, forced 2,000 people to evacuate. These two incidents, occurred 13 years after the promulgation of US OSHA’s Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals, shocked the world and caused both the industries and competent authorities of the United States and the United Kingdom to thoroughly examine the design and implementation of relevant regulations. A significant paradigm shift was emphasized by the Report of the BP US Refineries Independent Safety Review Panel, chaired by former Secretary of State Mr. James Baker III. The report recommended that successful process safety management can only be accomplished by a strong leadership. This study carefully examines the leadership role in process safety management using the Energy Institute’s High Level Framework for Process Safety Management, OECD’s Corporate Governance for Process Safety, and UK’s Process Safety Leadership Group’s Principles of Process Safety Leadership as the primary references. Attributes of process safety management leadership and implementation procedures are presented in this study. It is hoped that the lessons learned from the BP Texas City refinery tragedy and the Buncefield incident can offer a great learning opportunity to Taiwan’s chemical and oil refining industries especially after the Kaohsiung underground pipeline explosion.