Process Safety
Process safety management for industrial operations
Practical support to protect people, assets and operational continuity, reducing the likelihood of major incidents and their impact when they occur.
For industrial businesses, their plant managers and leadership teams.
Discuss your challengePrevent major incidents
Process safety protects people, assets and operational continuity. An effectively implemented process safety management system helps prevent major incidents and reduces their human and business impact when they do occur.
At its core, effective process safety depends on structured hazard identification, risk assessment and risk management.
Hazard identification
Recognise hazards before they develop into major incident scenarios.
Risk assessment
Understand the likelihood, consequences and controls associated with critical risks.
Risk management
Translate identified risks into clear priorities, safeguards and practical action.
Seven elements, one system
A robust process safety management system brings technical, organizational and human factors together.
Commitment to process safety
Leadership commitment and a genuine safety culture across the organization.
Engineering and design
Sound plant and equipment design that eliminates or controls risk at the source.
Standards and procedures
Clear, practical procedures that are understood and consistently followed in operations.
Asset inspection and maintenance
Maintaining equipment integrity and identifying defects before they lead to failure.
Human factors
Understanding behaviour, motivation and working conditions as drivers for safe operations.
Employee skills
Competence and training aligned with the operational challenges.
Learning from experience
Incident investigation and auditing that feed knowledge back into the management system.
Practical support at every stage
Screening
Assess the maturity of the current process safety practice and identify improvement potential.
Improvement programs
Define and implement targeted improvement programs with clear priorities.
Risk identification
Participate in and support hazard and risk identification exercises.
Incident investigation
Investigate incidents to establish root causes, identify lessons learned and help prevent recurrence.
Experience across engineering and operations
RFRERE combines process safety expertise with more than 20 years of practical industrial and operational leadership experience, including plant fire department management and engineering roles in the chemical industry.