Guidelines For Implementing Process Safety Management Systems

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The causes of catastrophic accidents in the process industries, now recognized as complex and interrelated, need to be matched by multi-faceted technical management systems. These principles apply to companies of any size and to a full range of industries beyond the chemical industry, such as pulp and paper, electronics, oil and gas. This book supplements the systematic approach to process safety management set out in previous CCPS publications A CHALLENGE TO COMMITMENT, GUIDELINES FOR TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT OF CHEMICAL PROCESS SAFETY, and PLANT GUIDELINES FOR TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT OF CHEMICAL PROCESS SAFETY. Booknews The Institute's Center for Chemical Process Safety addresses the need for technical management commitment and systems to reduce the potential for exposing the public and the environment to harmful chemicals as a result of an accident in a chemical processing plant. The report describes how to undertake the design, development, and installation of process safety management systems. Complements the Center's three previous publications on the subject. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)