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Process Safety and Risk Management
Assessing resilience engineering based on safety culture and managerial factors
Article first published online: 15 SEP 2011
DOI: 10.1002/prs.10485
Copyright © 2011 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
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Shirali, G.H.A., Mohammadfam, I., Motamedzade, M., Ebrahimipour,, V. and Moghimbeigi, A. (2012), Assessing resilience engineering based on safety culture and managerial factors. Proc. Safety Prog., 31: 17–18. doi: 10.1002/prs.10485
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- Issue published online: 8 FEB 2012
- Article first published online: 15 SEP 2011
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Keywords:
- resilience engineering;
- safety;
- refinery;
- safety culture;
- management
Abstract
Resilience engineering (RE) is the inherent capacity of a plant to cope with complex and unexpected events. The real challenge for RE is to recognize that complex systems are dynamic and that dynamic systems may sometimes change from a state of dynamic stability into a state of dynamic instability. This article explores RE based on safety culture indicators and managerial factors. In a plant survey we measured seven safety culture indicators and four management factors that are known to influence RE. We describe a simple survey method that can be used to identify deficiencies related to RE. For example, we found three major problems; that is, (a) poor safety training, (b) poor management of change, and (c) poor attitudes (looking for scapegoats and placing production ahead of safety). © 2011 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Process Saf Prog, 2012