Don't let it happen to you

A number of recent incidents at facilities in various parts of the world have highlighted the increasing importance of effective process safety management (PSM), as well as the more traditional focus on health, safety and environmental (HS&E) management. Here, Martin Ball MEI, John Pond MEI and Dr Mark Scanlon MEI introduce the Energy Insitute's (EI) Process Safety Survey (EIPSS), which is designed to help companies assess how well they are managing the key factors that prevent a major accident.