AM-19-TECH4 Process Safety Site Assessment Program – Promoting a Culture of Process Safety

Description:

safety performance with the goal of preventing process safety events at refineries and chemical plants. API, AFPM and the industry wanted this effort, known as Advancing Process Safety, to be: • Focused on higher risk process safety activities; • Refining & petrochemical focused; • Voluntary; and • An avenue to communicate and share experiences and knowledge. Advancing Process Safety (APS) consists of six different programs which are: • Industry Learning & Outreach • Human Reliability • Hazard Identification and Practices Sharing • Mechanical Integrity • Regional Meetings • Process Safety Site Assessments Program (PSSAP) The intent of all the programs is to raise the level of process safety performance at the sites to prevent process safety events.