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The future of catastrophic event prevention: Seven questions leaders need to ask
Author(s) -
Stricoff Scott
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
process safety progress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1547-5913
pISSN - 1066-8527
DOI - 10.1002/prs.11471
Subject(s) - process (computing) , function (biology) , safety culture , event (particle physics) , work (physics) , process safety , ask price , risk analysis (engineering) , process safety management , public relations , process management , engineering , business , work in process , engineering ethics , operations management , political science , management , computer science , occupational safety and health , law , economics , mechanical engineering , physics , finance , quantum mechanics , evolutionary biology , biology , operating system
Despite a high level of development, process safety systems are ultimately limited by the organizational cultures that use them. Advancing the effectiveness of catastrophic event prevention will necessarily require changes at the organizational level. Specifically, process safety systems, like personal safety systems before them, must become an integrated part of a whole organizational safety picture, rather than an isolated function of a specialized few. This article poses seven questions that challenge leaders to rethink common assumptions and begin the work of aligning process safety practices with a culture that supports them. © 2011 American Institute ofChemical Engineers Process Saf Prog, 2011