Guidelines for process safety metrics

The purpose of this book is to provide guidance to many levels of the organization when implementing or improving existing corporate process safety metrics. Although the process safety leaders in the company will have the strongest interest, it is equally important that others in leadership roles al...

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Corporate Author American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Center for Chemical Process Safety
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken, N.J. : New York : Wiley ; Center for Chemical Process Safety, ©2010.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781615833344
161583334X
9780470579800
0470579803
9780470579817
0470579811
9780470572122
0470572124
1282461427
9781282461420
9786612461422
661246142X
Physical Description1 online resource (xxii, 178 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Why implement process safety metrics
  • Process safety management metrics
  • Choosing appropriate metrics
  • Implementing a metrics program
  • Communicating results
  • Using metrics to drive performance improvements
  • Improving industry-wide performance
  • Future trends in the development and use of process safety metrics
  • Appendix I: Listing of potential process safety metrics to consider (based on the risk based process safety elements)
  • Appendix II: Process safety performance indicators : BP Chemicals Hull case study
  • Appendix III: Nova Chemicals uncontrolled process fire and LOPC metrics.