Multi–Plant Safety and Security Management in the Chemical and Process Industries

The storage, handling, processing and distribution of an ever growing amount of chemical substances is inherent to today?s economy but intrinsically holds the risk of large scale accidents. Safety in chemical industrial areas is not limited to preventing accidental accidents. Since the September 11, 2001 World Trade Centre attacks in New York, society and industry are exploring pro–active security measures to counter terrorist attacks of any kind as well. The chemical industry is well aware of these safety and security risks and its day–by–day efforts prove this particular industrial sector worldwide to be very safety and security driven. Safety and security prevention measures to further reduce the likelihood of accidents and to protect against internal and external terrorism attacks on hardware (e.g. a chemical installation) and software (e.g. networked systems) can still be tackled more efficiently at the multi–plant level. An organization composed of safety and security experts from several chemical companies belonging to a multi–plant area – itself situated within a larger chemical cluster – could support striving for improved cross–company safety and security, and could thereby enhance public perception on these topics.
Empirical research revealed that safety and security managers acknowledge the importance of cross–company cooperation for knockonrisk reduction. This book develops the guidelines, recommendations, procedures and frameworks for facilitating a multi–plant structure aimed at supporting cross–company safety and security collaboration and management. The aim of this book surpasses the intended support of multi–plant safety and security awareness and offers easy–to–use information for actually setting up a safety and security culture on an aggregated multi–plant level.


Spis treści:
Chemical Risks in a Multiple–Plant ContextA Multiple–Plant Safety and Security Culture: The Requirements
Developing the Procedures: A Multiple–Plant Safety and Security Management System
Developing the Technology: A DSS to Manage Multiple–Plant Safety and Security
Facilitating Safety Collaboration: A Multiple–Plant Safety Management Framework
Facilitating Security Collaboration: A Multiple–Plant Security Management Framework
Gaining Chemical Cluster–Integrated Safety and Security
Conclusions and Recommendations


Nota biograficzna:
Genserik Reniers received his PhD in Applied Economic Sciences from the University of Antwerp, after completing a Master`s degree in Chemical Engineering at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels. He lectures in general chemistry, organic chemistry, chemical process technology, industrial processes and thermodynamics at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. He is also visiting professor Risk Management at the Institute of Transport and Maritime Management in Antwerp. At the Hogeschool–Universiteit Brussel in Brussels, Professor Reniers lectures in prevention management, advanced occupational health and safety management and chemical processes/unit operations. His main research interests concern the collaboration and interaction between safety and security topics and socio–economic optimization within the chemical industry. He coordinates the Antwerp Research Group on Safety and Security (ARGoSS), unifying multi–disciplinary safety and security research at the University of Antwerp. He has extensive experience in leading research projects funded both by the Belgian government and the chemical industry. He is a Fellow of the International Congress of Disaster Management, Member of the Society for Risk Analysis and the Royal Flemish Society for Engineers and serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries.

Okładka tylna:
The storage, h andling, processing and distribution of an ever growing amount of chemical substances is inherent to today?s economy but intrinsically holds the risk of large scale accidents. Safety in chemical industrial areas is not limited to preventing accidental accidents. Since the September 11, 2001 World Trade Centre attacks in New York, society and industry are exploring pro–active security measures to counter terrorist attacks of any kind as well. The chemical industry is well aware of these safety and security risks and its day–by–day efforts prove this particular industrial sector worldwide to be very safety and security driven. Safety and security prevention measures to further reduce the likelihood of accidents and to protect against internal and external terrorism attacks on hardware (e.g. a chemical installation) and software (e.g. networked systems) can still be tackled more efficiently at the multi–plant level. An organization composed of safety and security experts from several chemical companies belonging to a multi–plant area – itself situated within a larger chemical cluster – could support striving for improved cross–company safety and security, and could thereby enhance public perception on these topics.
Empirical research revealed that safety and security managers acknowledge the importance of cross–company cooperation for knockonrisk reduction. This book develops the guidelines, recommendations, procedures and frameworks for facilitating a multi–plant structure aimed at supporting cross–company safety and security collaboration and management. The aim of this book surpasses the intended support of multi–plant safety and security awareness and offers easy–to–use information for actually setting up a safety and security culture on an aggregated multi–plant level.