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One of the ten Process Safety Fundamentals
Many of the operations or activities we perform on our facilities are complex and/or have the potential to release hazardous materials if they are not performed correctly. Step by step procedures are developed to perform these tasks safely and prevent unwanted or hazardous situations.
🔺 We use operating and maintenance procedures, even if we are familiar with the task.
🔺 We discuss the key steps within a critical procedure before starting it.
🔺 We pause before key steps and check readiness to progress.
🔺 We stop, inform supervision and avoid workarounds if procedures are missing, unclear, unsafe, or cannot be followed.
🔺 We take time to become familiar with, and practice, emergency procedures.
A plane was engulfed in flames and smoke as it prepared for take of, as a result of what the airline said was a technical issue.
After 18 months in service, a pinhole leak was observed on a carbon steel line from the methanol storage vessels to methanol transfer pumps.
A failure of a diesel engine driven fire pump clutch occurred during routine pump start up.