Process Safety and Emergency Response
Owns the safety case, the permit to work system, incident investigation, process safety performance indicators, emergency planning and the site emergency response team, and coordinates the exercises and regulator interactions that a major hazard facility requires.
What the team is accountable for
- Maintain the safety case and its control measures
- Administer permits to work and audit isolations
- Investigate incidents and process safety events
- Maintain the emergency response plan and run exercises
- Report process safety indicators monthly
How we know it is working
Who works here
Declan Murphy
Declan owns the safety case, the permit system and emergency response and has been the process safety lead at Hydra for six years.
Where the work is recorded
Incident and Process Safety Event Register
Logs injuries, near misses, losses of containment, safety system activations, limit excursions and environmental events with tier, investigation and actions.
Permit and Isolation Register
Tracks every permit to work, isolation certificate and blind from request to close-out and records permit audits.
Management of Change Register
Tracks every management of change request from submission to close-out including temporary changes, overrides and their expiry dates.
Assessment tasks in this department
Documents the scenarios use
- Abnormal Situation and Emergency Shutdown Response Procedure Procedure
- Bulk Fluid Transfer and Tank Gauging Procedure Procedure
- Dangerous Goods Storage and Handling Policy Policy
- Site Emergency Response Plan Plan
- Incident and Process Safety Event Report Form Form
- Process Safety and Major Hazard Policy Policy
- Safety Critical Equipment Register Register