THE PREPARATION OF A SET OF PROCESS SAFETY PROCEDURES FOR A GLOBAL CHEMICAL COMPANY

摘要

Following the well publicised incidents at Texas City and Buncefield, Huntsman, a leading global manufacturer of chemicals, decided that a review of compliance with the company process safety standards was required. Whilst Huntsman has had a single set of Global EHS Standards in place for some years, audits demonstrated that there were varied and differing approaches to their implementation, particularly in the area of process safety. The conclusion was that a set of Global Process Safety Procedures were required in order to establish the minimum level of compliance for all our sites by providing 'how to' guidance. The task of preparing 23 Global Process Safety Procedures, which would be equally applicable to 84 manufacturing facilities in 22 countries, was commenced in 2007. All the procedures were issued and piloted in 2008 and are now being globally implemented. This paper will describe the process of selecting, writing, and implementing these procedures and will highlight some of the lessons learned.