Many major incidents have technical failure as an immediate cause. Process safety leaders are capable of diving deeper and finding the organizational, culture and leadership decision-making that contributed to the incident.

Analysis of the causes all major incidents has revealed that technical and non-technical factors are interlayered, complex and, leading up to the accident, were unpredictable by senior decision makers.

This course introduces the PSM Process Safety Management architecture as an analytical tool focused on preventing releases of any substance i.e.: written programs, roles and responsibilities, implementation including training, record keeping, and auditing).

The course will illustrate all the key elements of a comprehensive PSM program and how the overall architecture applies to each. Also apply these key elements for integration with existing and sometimes overlapping current company policies (such as quality and reliability programs). The first onshore PSM regulations were developed in response to a number of serious accidents that occurred in the 1980s, such as the release of toxic vapors at Bhopal, India that killed thousands. In the United States the federal regulation29 CFR 1910.119 Process safety the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) published management of highly hazardous chemicals in the year 1992.