Performance indicators for monitoring safety management systems in chemical industry

The development of the Safety Management System (SMS) in chemical industry appears as one of the important requirements introduced by the EU "Seveso II" Directive on the control of major-accident hazards. This paper aims to provide a contribution regarding the SMS structure and the definit...

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Main Authors: M. Jovašević-Stojanović, B. Stojanović
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association of the Chemical Engineers of Serbia 2009-01-01
Series:Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quarterly
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Online Access:http://www.ache.org.rs/CICEQ/2009/No1/02_3037_%281%292009.pdf
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description The development of the Safety Management System (SMS) in chemical industry appears as one of the important requirements introduced by the EU "Seveso II" Directive on the control of major-accident hazards. This paper aims to provide a contribution regarding the SMS structure and the definition of the tools for assessing the effectiveness of this system by means of safety performance indicators. The performance indicators are linked to a reference values or policy targets, illustrating how far the SMS is from the desired level. We developed a system of performance indicators for SMS in chemical industry by using the concept of environmental performance indicators defined in standard ISO 14031. A set of three types of safety system performance indicators was proposed: management performance indicators, operational performance indicators and safety status indicators. These indicators represent the most important factors in the linkage between a possible cause of an accident and its effects.
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spelling doaj.art-fe157e8733414a9d85f56147d7c058b32022-12-22T03:20:18ZengAssociation of the Chemical Engineers of SerbiaChemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quarterly1451-93722009-01-0115158Performance indicators for monitoring safety management systems in chemical industryM. Jovašević-StojanovićB. StojanovićThe development of the Safety Management System (SMS) in chemical industry appears as one of the important requirements introduced by the EU "Seveso II" Directive on the control of major-accident hazards. This paper aims to provide a contribution regarding the SMS structure and the definition of the tools for assessing the effectiveness of this system by means of safety performance indicators. The performance indicators are linked to a reference values or policy targets, illustrating how far the SMS is from the desired level. We developed a system of performance indicators for SMS in chemical industry by using the concept of environmental performance indicators defined in standard ISO 14031. A set of three types of safety system performance indicators was proposed: management performance indicators, operational performance indicators and safety status indicators. These indicators represent the most important factors in the linkage between a possible cause of an accident and its effects.http://www.ache.org.rs/CICEQ/2009/No1/02_3037_%281%292009.pdfsafety managementSeveso IIperformance indicators
spellingShingle M. Jovašević-Stojanović
B. Stojanović
Performance indicators for monitoring safety management systems in chemical industry
Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quarterly
safety management
Seveso II
performance indicators
title Performance indicators for monitoring safety management systems in chemical industry
title_full Performance indicators for monitoring safety management systems in chemical industry
title_fullStr Performance indicators for monitoring safety management systems in chemical industry
title_full_unstemmed Performance indicators for monitoring safety management systems in chemical industry
title_short Performance indicators for monitoring safety management systems in chemical industry
title_sort performance indicators for monitoring safety management systems in chemical industry
topic safety management
Seveso II
performance indicators
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