How can downstream companies mitigate the risk of injuries occurring on the job?
If I had to pick two elements of process safety management that would help mitigate the risk, they would be mechanical integrity and management of change. With mechanical integrity, we’re dealing with a number of vessels and metal conduits going from one point to another and transferring chemicals from point A to point B. As a result, corrosion and erosion on the inside of the vessels occurs. In this example, mechanical integrity supports the regular management of the thickness of the metal, so that it can undergo certain pressures. That kind of program gives you visibility, so that you are making fixes rather than waiting for something to break down. This is then coupled with management of change. That means that if I had a type of valve that is used for a particular process and is compatible with certain types of chemicals, when it begins to wear and you identify that it needs to be replaced, you are replacing it with a part that is the same or in-like kind, meaning that it is the sa
