Determination of leading indicator for proactive safe performance in chemical process industries (CPI)

• Main Authors: Nuramira, Zulkarnain, Nur Izzati, Pakhor Anuar, Hanida, Abdul Aziz, Wan Norlinda Roshana, Mohd Nawi
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: AIP Publishing 2023
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology; TS Manufactures
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/38680/2/Amira%20et.al%202023.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/38680/8/Intro-%20Determination%20of%20Leading%20Indicator%20for%20Proactive%20Safe.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/38680/; https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0148562

The rapid growth of Chemical Process Industries (CPI) cause plant operation and process dependent more on technology advanced and innovation. More complex processes and operation condition such as high pressure and temperature may create new hazard that may lead to process safety accident. One of the established regulations that address process safety accidents is Process Safety Management (PSM) by Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), United State. Most elements in PSM can be thought of as leading indicators in PSM since the item in PSM somehow helps organizations to proactively evaluate the performance of the safety program by providing early warning signals to any process defects. However, PSM performance based on leading indicator conducted in Malaysia process industries are still lacking. Therefore, this research highlights the leading indicators that evaluate the effectiveness of the PSM programs. The current study used an exploratory research design. The literature review on journal and article with keywords “process safety management” and “major accident,” was conducted and a questionnaire was developed by adapting Institute for Work & Health Organizational Performance Metric (IWH-OPM) questionnaire. The effectiveness and validity of the generated statements regarding the identified leading indicator in the CPI was confirmed through a sharing session with a safety expert.