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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Center for Chemical Process Safety.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470579817
Summary: 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 also read this book and work together with the process safety leaders in selecting and implementing the appropriate metric programs. This book provides guidelines and examples of effective practices for the development and use of process safety leading and lagging metrics; while also providing basic i.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxii, 178 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781615833344 (electronic bk.)
161583334X (electronic bk.)
9780470579800 (electronic bk.)
0470579803 (electronic bk.)
9780470579817 (ebook)
0470579811 (ebook)
9780470572122 (cloth/cd)
0470572124 (cloth/cd)
Index Number: T55
CLC: X931-32
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.