@article{ref1,
title="Nurturing a Strong Process Safety Culture",
journal="Process safety progress",
year="2006",
author="Kadri, SH and Jones, DW",
volume="25",
number="1",
pages="16-20",
abstract="Process safety management introduced a formal, structured, management systems approach to accident prevention that represented a &quot;step change&quot; improvement in identifying and reducing the potential for major process plant accidents. Although the process safety management elements have proven effective, the overall sustainahility remains a challenge, This paper highlights the importance of a strong process safety culture that is needed to sustain a strong process safety performance. We use the Columbia Shuttle disaster incident as a backdrop to focus the attention on the significance of not having an optimal &quot;Safety Culture.&quot; Examples have been included from our industry to further exemplify its broad applicability, The paper proposes an approach that will help organizations to self-assess the state of the process safety culture in their organizations, which can be an aid in their ongoing cultural improvement effort. Four important cultural themes are identified and described: (1) Create awareness and buy-in about process safety culture themes, (2) adapt process safety culture themes to your company experience, (3) use suggested indicators to identify specific areas of improvement, and (4) develop a strategic improvement plan to strengthen and sustain process safety culture.   <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1066-8527",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}