ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESS SAFETY

Taking Process Safety to the Next Level

Organizational Process Safety Assessment

Organizational Process Safety Assessment

How Confident Are You That Your Organization Is Doing
Enough to Manage Risk?
Despite your best efforts, incidents continue to occur, putting workers and facilities at risk of catastrophic accidents. Whether you
have an established Process Safety Management Program or are considering putting one in place, it is imperative to both
implement certain management systems to reduce risk and verify the effectiveness of those systems.

Simply Having a Process Safety
Program Is Not EnoughTraditional Auditing Does
Not Adequately Evaluate an
Organization’s Capability orCulture

Organizational Process Safety(OPS) Identifies the Maturity ofYour Organization

Having an effective Process Safety Program

Traditional audits are effective at evaluating

DEKRA brings together decades of global

is essential to reduce the incidence ofa program against a given standard. But

expertise in behavioral and Process Safety

catastrophic events that impact worker

they fall short on two interrelated elements:

to produce a targeted assessment that gives

health and safety. Over the past 20 years,capability and culture. Organizationalorganizations a measure of their risk

there have been numerous government

capability includes the knowledge,

management maturity along withmandates for improved Process Safety

experience, data, skills and tools needed topragmatic next steps necessary for them toperformance. Despite a surge of activity,

support a Process Safety program, whilestart making progress toward their risk

Process Safety endeavors appear to haveorganizational culture refers to themanagement goals.

stagnated within many organizations.

underlying, unstated, shared practices,

DEKRA’s objective, precise, repeatable andbeliefs and values that exist within anreproducible measure of the maturity levelorganization.

of a site or organization considers theOrganizational Maturity :Are You an Avoidance-Driven, Compliance-Driven
or Values-Driven Organization?
While our methodology is based on the well-established, risk-based Process Safety management model developed by the Centerfor Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), this model does not provide a tool for measuring the maturity level of a site or organization.

DEKRA has designed a targeted assessment that, when used by ourrecommendations to help the organization recognize the value ofexperienced specialists, evaluates a facility’s maturity at managing

meeting their risk management goals.

Process Safety risk. Whether the site has an avoidance, compliance,or values-driven culture, our specialists provide practicaltechnical, cultural and organizational
factors that contribute to the success of any

The interrelationship between
organizational capability and cultureis the glue that holds an effective risk
management program together.

safety initiative.
Practical recommendations are developed
from a targeted assessment that allowsorganizations to navigate a roadmap toward
maturity, while progress is measured by areliable benchmarking score that can beconsistently applied over time.

And it is often overlooked.

Assessment Methodology
At DEKRA, we listen to our clients and can scale our assessment to address the complexity of the technology, facility and unique
workstreams of the organization under analysis. Our methodology was developed intentionally to remove subjectivity from the assessment
and is:>> Scalable>> Practical>> Precise, Repeatable & Reproducible

The methodology can be used for

Our specialists endeavor to spend mostThe methodology is designed to

any type of industry, across singleof their time with workers in the work

produce results accurately andor multiple facilities, and can beenvironment to analyze how effective

consistently across sites and assessment

conducted for individual or multiple

risk is being managed.

teams.

workstream components.

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Organizational Process Safety Assessment

DEKRA OPS Workstream Elements

Building on the Foundation of CCPS

DEKRA uses seven key components to assess Process Safety maturity within an organization. It is not enough to simply have aOrganizational
Process Safety - Seven Key
program that contains these components. It is important that they interrelate and coordinate to adapt to subtle changes throughoutthe organization’s life cycle.
Components
to Assess Process Safety Maturity

The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) created what is recognized as a leading industrial approach to the Process Safety
management framework: Risk Based Process Safety (RBPS).

CAPABILITYCULTUREThe knowledge,
experience, data, skills
and tools needed tosupport Process Safety.

INCIDENTRESPONSERISKMANAGEMENTOPERATIONSASSETINTEGRITY

The underlying,
unstated sharedpractices, beliefs andvalues that exist within
an organization.

RBPS recognizes that all hazards and risks

undue resources to managing lower-risk

Our approach collects information thatin an operation or facility are not equal,activities and frees up resources for tasks thatfacilitates the design of high-priority,and that resources should be apportioned

address higher-risk activities. DEKRA

corporate-wide recommendations related

in a manner that first focuses effort on

specialists have streamlined the RBPS system,

to Process Safety.

greater hazards and higher risks. Thiscondensing the 20 CCPS elements into sevenapproach reduces the potential for assigning

coordinated workstreams.

DEKRA OPS Workstream Elements

CCPS Risk Based Process Safety Model Elements

1. Capability>> Compliance with Standards>> Process Knowledge Management>> Process Safety Competency>> Training and Performance Assurance

2. Incident Response>> Stakeholder Outreach>> Emergency Management>> Incident Investigation

3. Risk Management>> Hazard Identification and Risk Analysis

4. Asset Integrity>> Asset Integrity and Reliability>> Management of Change

5. Accountability>> Measurement and Metrics>> Auditing>> Management Review and Continuous Improvement

6. Operations>> Operating Procedures>> Safe Work Practices>> Operational Readiness>> Contractor Management>> Conduct of Operations – Operational Discipline

7. Culture and Organization>> Process Safety Culture>> Workforce Involvement

ACCOUNTABILITY

Capability and culture impact all workstream elements.
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How Does OPS Work?
An OPS assessment starts with a discussion

The results are systematically prioritized toDEKRA is committed to ensuring

to identify the scope – what parts of thehelp identify the interventions needed forsustainable results with our clients. Ourorganization do you want to analyze, andmaturity to progress. Recommendations

specialists will help support

which workstream elements? An

focus first on improving “weak” elements

recommendation implementation, ifexperienced team of DEKRA specialists,

before turning to already “strong” ones.

desired. Once the organization feels it haschosen based on their familiarity with yourEach workstream element is given aachieved progress, the targeted assessment

technology, performs a targeted assessment,

benchmark score used to monitor

is performed again, identifying new actions

which produces a picture of theimplementation progress and movement

to drive toward greater maturity. The

organization’s current maturity status

toward the next maturity level.

period between assessments is determinedwithin each workstream element.

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by DEKRA and the client; typically, it
should not exceed five years.

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Organizational Process Safety Assessment

Your Global Partner for a Safe WorldThe DEKRA Difference

We recognize that sustainable progress is only possible when there is a long-term commitment to engaging specialists with the right

You should have confidence that you are

Our methodology draws on internationally

Backed by an exceptional team ofexpertise and who understand your challenges. DEKRA has consultants who understand your industry, speak your language and engage

doing everything you can to protect

accepted structures and lessons learned

consultants and experts worldwide,with your workers in the field. Based on the foundation laid by CCPS, our impartial, targeted approach will help measure yourworkers from catastrophic accidents.

over many years in the field to create a

DEKRA’s services are as multi-faceted asorganizational maturity in a reproducible way. The OPS assessment will provide three to five practical next steps and a road map that will

DEKRA’s holistic solution merges themore objective and effective diagnostic

your needs, resulting in scalable supporteffectively advance your Process Safety maturity.

knowledge and experience of our Processtool. This puts Organizational Processand a robust approach to sustainable

Safety and organizational safety experts.

Safety at the forefront of the next wave ofprogress.

Process Safety innovation.

PROCESS SAFETY RISK EXTENDS BEYOND
THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRYDEKRA OPS METHODOLOGY OFFERS DISTINCT ADVANTAGES>> DEKRA OPS is specifically designed to obtain the most accurate picture of Process Safety performance while efficiently
engaging with the resources and personnel from your organization.

>> DEKRA OPS provides an objective, precise, repeatable and reproducible measure of the maturity level of your site or

Unfortunately, the risk for catastrophic events (fires, explosions
and hazardous releases) is not limited to the chemical or oil& gas industries. An increasing number of organizations areleveraging fundamental principles and tools that originatedin the chemical industry as they recognize the need to adopt
Process Safety management systems and apply them beyond
the scope of regulatory requirements. Impacted industries
include those that handle combustible dust, the food &beverage industry, mining companies and more.

organization.

>> DEKRA OPS identifies the optimal interventions to improve organizational maturity and the benchmarking indicators tomonitor progress.

>> DEKRA OPS utilizes a reliable metric, allowing objective benchmarking across sites and geographic areas.

DEKRA: Let Us Be Your Trusted Advisors
The breadth and depth of our expertise inOur practical, value-added approach

Partnering with our clients, we combine

Process Safety make us globally recognized

integrates specialized Process Safety

technical expertise with a passion for

specialists and trusted advisors. We help

management, engineering and testing.

protecting life and reducing harm.

our clients understand and evaluate their

We seek to educate clients and increaserisks and work with them to develop

competence to facilitate continuous

pragmatic solutions.

performance improvement.

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