The Importance of Process Safety: A Young Engineer's Perspective

摘要

Most young engineers experience a defining moment or moments in their career that shape their attitude towards importance of Process Safety Management (PSM). Experiencing a plant upset first-hand knowing that there were actual capital or human life impacts or both from an incident at the site, one soon realizes early in their engineering career why process safety is so important. It becomes evident that the most successful corporations are those who are willing to invest large capital costs into PSM documentation projects or projects that have come as a result of findings identified during a study, allowing them to prevent incidents from occurring. The findings generated during the course of a study may result in simple documentation update action items, or they may require a multi-million dollar investment. For young engineers, this exposure puts into perspective the value of their work, and emphasizes the importance of a thorough and adequate study.