Session2_1700_Wilday

Process Safety Leadership, Worker Involvement Learning OrganisationsInvolvement, Learning Organisations & Information Flows Jill Wilday, Ju Lynne Saw, Caroline Sugden (HSL) Mi k K ki (Y k h N ti l U i it J )Mieko Kumasaki (Yokohama National University, Japan ) www.hsl.gov.uk An Agency of the Health and Safety Executive www.hsl.gov.uk An Agency of the Health and Safety Executive Contents • Top down or bottom up? • Process safety information flows • Learning organisationsLearning organisations An Agency of the Health and Safety Executive Top down An Agency of the Health and Safety Executive Bottom up An Agency of the Health and Safety Executive Learning organisation An Agency of the Health and Safety Executive Learning organisations • Learn and encourage learning among its people • Promote information exchange for continual improvement A fl ibl l t d d t t• Are flexible: people accept and adapt to new ideas • Has a learning culture beyond formal training An Agency of the Health and Safety Executive • Believe in empowerment Information flows within a learning organisation An Agency of the Health and Safety Executive Information flows An Agency of the Health and Safety Executive Case study • Exothermic reaction process • What are the key information flows? • How can their failure affect safety? • What are the barriers? • What mitigation is possible? An Agency of the Health and Safety Executive g p Process life-cycle An Agency of the Health and Safety Executive Information at each stage Stage Examples of information Research By-products, Optimisation Vi bili f h i lprocesses. Viability of chemical route Development Flow behaviour; Kinetics; Yield; p ; ; ; Incompatible materials Design Storage; Design pressure; Control; Staffing levels; LayoutStaffing levels; Layout Construction Location of construction village; Control of contractors Operation Emergency arrangements; Staff competencies; SMS; KPIs; Procedures An Agency of the Health and Safety Executive Maintenance Inspection (risk-based); Up-to-date drawings; Permit to Work; PPE Information flows An Agency of the Health and Safety Executive Information flows An Agency of the Health and Safety Executive Barriers and mitigation Barrier to information flow Possible mitigation Different I l d ithDifferent backgrounds and mental models • Include person with an interface role • Short-term secondment intomental models (translation issue, identifying what is • Short-term secondment into other discipline • Teaching each discipline an important) g p appreciation of the other An Agency of the Health and Safety Executive Barriers and mitigation Barrier to Possible mitigationBarrier to information flow Possible mitigation Ageing workforce • Knowledge harvestingAgeing workforce – retirement Knowledge harvesting • Succession planning and training • Awareness of what might be important in the future Issue logs/risk registers • Issue logs/risk registers – having a quality plan An Agency of the Health and Safety Executive Barriers and mitigation Barrier to Possible mitigationBarrier to information flow Possible mitigation Holding onto • Culture of being openHolding onto information for job security • Culture of being open • Learning organisation culture • Incentives for not holding onto information • Rewards for teams, not individuals An Agency of the Health and Safety Executive Barriers and mitigation Barrier to Possible mitigationBarrier to information flow Possible mitigation Need to prioritise • Documentationp information so operators aren’t h l d • Design control and trip systems wider than i d loverwhelmed envisaged envelope • Troubleshooting guide with most important information most important information on how to deal with unsafe situation An Agency of the Health and Safety Executive Conclusions • Learning organisations: cover range from process safety leadership– cover range from process safety leadership to worker participation. encourage range of approaches from– encourage range of approaches from cultural to hardware and procedural controls. – promote flexibility to deal with new safety issues which do not yet have codified y solutions. An Agency of the Health and Safety Executive Conclusions • Information flows during commissioning is likely to be a fruitful area for futureis likely to be a fruitful area for future work. An Agency of the Health and Safety Executive