Human Factors Elements Missing from Process …

Human Factors Elements Missing from Process Safety Management (PSM) By: William Bridges & Revonda Tew Process Improvement Institute, Inc. (PII) 1321 Waterside Lane Knoxville, TN 37922 USA +1-865-675-3458 Copyright 2010 Process Improvement Institute, Inc. Prepared for Presentation at American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2010 Spring Meeting 6th Global Congress on Process Safety and the 44th Annual Loss Prevention Symposium San Antonio, Texas March 22-24, 2010 2 Keywords: Human Factors , Process safety, PSM, Human error, risk-based Process safety, RBPS Abstract Process safety is about controlling risk of failures and errors; controlling risk is primarily about reducing the risk of Human error. All Elements of Risk-Based Process Safety (RBPS) and alternative standards for Process safety (such as US OSHA s standard for Process Safety Management [PSM] or ACC s Process Safety Code [PSC]) have many Elements , and each of these in turn helps to reduce the chance of Human error or else helps to limit the impact of Human error.

4 elements instead of under a stand-alone human factor element. This guideline does not provide a needed road map to help companies transition to RBPS from the minimum PSM systems defined in OSHA’s

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