For those of you who have been around in the chemical
industry for a long time, you will recall that prior to the nineties,
process safety was managed in most companies by people who had vast
experience and knowledge. Today, I see a dangerous trend - we are
drowning in complex PSM systems that takes time to understand and given
the high attrition rates, accidents continue to happen. I believe for a
PSM system to succeed, there can never be a replacement for strong
technical competency right up to the top of a company and that PSM
systems must be simple, easy to understand and execute. It is not the
number of elements you have in your PSM system or the Safety Integrity level that
counts but the capacity to comprehend what the system is telling
you.....!
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