Operating Procedures – We Need Them

Every part of an organization is dependent on documented procedures to mitigate risk and improve productivity and performance. – Deborah Kenny At Bluefield Process Safety, I have had a chance to work on Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for multiple organizations. I have worked with some organizations that either lack SOPs for some or most tasks, [...]

By |2017-07-21T18:20:56-05:00May 2nd, 2017|Procedures, Process Safety Management, Safety Lifecycle|Comments Off on Operating Procedures – We Need Them

Consider

“There is no greater evil than men’s failure to consult and to consider.”  Sophocles In our office, we write a lot of recommendations.  As a rule, we begin recommendations with the words “consider” or “confirm.” This isn’t because we’re looking for weasel-words. It’s because not every recommendation is the best idea. Some recommendations aren’t even [...]

By |2025-01-17T13:02:30-06:00December 6th, 2016|PHA, Process Safety Management, Recommendations|Comments Off on Consider
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