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improvement, which is evidenced by responsibility and believe they can below for understanding and driving to
learning mindset, adopting best prac- make a difference with actions. great safety culture.
tices and improvement of goals and Accidents reduce further.
plans.  Interdependent stage – Teams feel Outcome of visible felt leadership and
2. Just and fair, which is evidenced by ownership and responsibility for Operating Discipline will be a great inter-
establishing cardinal rules, just & fair safety culture. They believe zero dependent safety culture and operational
management review of all violation, injuries is an attainable goal. excellence.
recognition of superior performance
and encourage for reporting without DuPont’s Bradley’s curve is shown [To be continued next week]
fear.
3. Risk sensitivity, which is evidenced
by risk evaluation for all operating ABOUT THE AUTHOR
risk, risk evaluation as a part of budget
and personnel planning, and periodic Joy M. Shah is Founder and Chief Consultant of Innov8 ProTech Solutions
review of risk to bring it down to toler- providing sustainability and management consultancy to chemical industries.
able level. Prior to April 2018, he was heading Technology Functional Excellence at
Reliance Industries Ltd., wherein he was involved in developing the Hazira
For Goal Zero, it is required that Petrochemical complex from concept to commissioning and stabilisation. For
safety culture transform from ‘reactive’ the fi ve-and-half years of his career at Reliance, he served as Head Technical
culture to ‘proactive’ culture. Employees Services, Energy and Fuel Cell, as well as QA/QC function and site Apex
have to transform from compliance to Member. He also chaired the Process Safety Management Committee for
commitment. fi ve years; was Member, Incident Investigation Committee for four years;
Member, Process Hazards Analysis Committee for two years; and Risk
There are four phases of this transfor- Element Leader for three years.
mation:
 Natural instinct– People don’t take res Mr. Shah is trained by multinational companies in process safety and risk
ponsibility and believe accidents will management and is a team member for developing the Third Edition of
happen. ‘Guidelines for Incident Investigation’ from the Centre for Chemical Process
 Dependent stage– People view safety Safety (CCPS), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). He is
as following rules. Accident rates also a member of the Process Safety Committee of the Indian Institute of
decrease. Chemical Engineers (IIChE).
 Independent stage – People take

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