ACCIDENTS CONTINUE to happen because too many owner/operators still use injuries and fatalities as the predominant metric for safe operation. This focus on direct impact can lead to acceptance of loss of containment events and tolerance for latent weaknesses in process safety management (PSM). Knowledge of gaps in equipment integrity and management systems shouldn't depend on catastrophic events. Injuries and fatalities should occur so infrequently that impact data are meaningless for trending performance.
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