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Government Policy and Safety Regulations

The document outlines various contributing factors that led to a safety incident at a chemical processing plant. It lists organizational issues like budget cuts, lack of emergency response, aging assets, and failures to implement safety improvements. It also mentions operational factors such as excessive work hours, control system inadequacies, faulty equipment, incomplete procedures, communication errors, and human errors. All of these issues working together over time likely compromised the safety of the plant's operations.

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Government Policy and Safety Regulations

The document outlines various contributing factors that led to a safety incident at a chemical processing plant. It lists organizational issues like budget cuts, lack of emergency response, aging assets, and failures to implement safety improvements. It also mentions operational factors such as excessive work hours, control system inadequacies, faulty equipment, incomplete procedures, communication errors, and human errors. All of these issues working together over time likely compromised the safety of the plant's operations.

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Alejandro José Poveda Guevara
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Governmental

Policy &
Budgeting

CCPS
(Centre
for
Chemical
Processin
g Safety)

Regulatory
Bodies &
Associations

Local Area
Planning &
Government

Company
Planning

Planning
Regulatio
ns

Capacit
y&
Deman
d

Physical
Process &
Actor
Activities

Equipment &
Surroundings
TIME

Profit &
Capitalis
m

Low
Employe
e Moral

Plant
Layout

Health &
Safety
Regulatio
ns

Open to
Foreign
Investmen
t

Environmen
tal
Protection
Agency

MAR
(Major
Accident
Risk
Assessme
nt)

Workforce
Hierarchy
&
Manageria
l Presence

Inspectio
n Bodies
& Safety
Regulatio
ns

Emergency
Response
Team

Suggested
Improvemen
ts not
Implemente
d

Violation of
Policies &
Procedures
Without
Consequen
ce

Placement
of Trailers

BP Budget
Cuts

Health &
Safety
Failures

Ageing
Assets

Operator
Exhaustio
n

Pressures
due to
reduced
workforce
Maximisation
of Staff
Working Hours
through
Financial
Incentives
Control
Room
System
Inadequaci
es /
failures

Faulty
Equipme
nt

Instrumentat
ion
Omissions

Rundow
n Valve
not
Opened
During
Start-up

Start-up
Procedure
Inadequatel
y
Completed

Tower Level
Control Set
to Manual
not
Automatic
Overfill of
Raffinate
Splitter
Tower

Communicati
on Errors :
Transition
Between
Night & Day
Shifts
Incomplete

Lack of
Immediat
e
Response

Running
Vehicle in
Close
Proximity
Warning
System
not
Activated
(alarms)

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