ABSTRACT
Process safety programs go beyond traditional personal safety, which helps ensure that people perform their work tasks safely by, for example, wearing their safety glasses, hard hat, and the correct gloves, when required. Rather, effective process safety programs address the process hazards that may lead to toxic releases, fires, explosions, and runaway reactions, potentially resulting in events with catastrophic consequences. Managing potentially hazardous materials, energies, and processes to prevent serious incidents and injuries is an essential part of process safety programs, requiring the continuous dedication and commitment of everyone in an organization. Occupational safety and health is primarily concerned with personal workplace hazards that can cause personal injuries. These include tool and machinery safety, slips-trips-and-falls, electrical safety, moving equipment and vehicles, ergonomics, etc. Process safety must be implemented at every point in the facility's life cycle as process hazards may be present that must be managed to prevent or mitigate serious injuries and incidents.
