Process Safety Management Systems
We design and deploy complete process safety management systems for your high hazard operations and we align them to the CCPS Risk Based Process Safety framework, OSHA PSM, Responsible Care and ISO 45001 so that safe operation becomes part of how your facility runs every day.
Why process safety management systems matters
Process safety management is the organisational discipline that turns safety policy from stated intent into demonstrable operating reality across high hazard facilities. Its founding premise is that catastrophic loss of containment is rarely the product of a single failure. It is the cumulative outcome of latent organisational drift, eroded protective barriers and normalised deviation that accumulate quietly in the calm intervals between incidents. A mature management system exists to arrest that drift and to bring leadership accountability, hazard knowledge, layered risk control, operational discipline and structured learning together into a single self correcting operating model rather than a parallel compliance function bolted onto production. Several internationally recognised frameworks codify this philosophy and each one is shaped by a distinct regulatory lineage and industry context, yet they converge on the same underlying logic of barrier integrity and continual verification. Our role is to help your organisation diagnose its current maturity, select the framework or combination that is proportionate to your hazard inventory and regulatory exposure, architect it element by element, embed it into the daily workflow of operations and sustain it through the surveillance and improvement cycles that prevent regression. The objective is never certification for its own sake. It is an enduring management system that holds under regulator, insurer and board scrutiny and, more decisively, under the operational stress where barriers are actually tested.
The frameworks we implement
Each framework below is a dedicated management system with its own scope, methodology, and element structure. Open any framework to explore its full element listing and individual element pages with focused implementation methodology and flow charts.
CCPS Risk Based Process Safety (RBPS)
A risk based management system that concentrates process safety effort where the hazard is greatest. Our team helps you build culture and competency, understand hazards and risk, manage risk across the operating lifecycle and learn from experience through the 20 elements organised under four pillars.
OSHA Process Safety Management
The US federal management system for highly hazardous chemicals. Our team helps you establish process safety information and hazard analysis, enforce operating and mechanical integrity discipline, govern change and assure compliance through audit across the 14 mandated elements.
Responsible Care Process Safety Code
The chemical industry's self governance management system for process safety. We help you embed executive accountability, hazard and risk understanding, layered risk controls and learning from experience within one integrated management system rather than parallel programmes.
ISO 45001 2018 OH&S Management System
The international occupational health and safety management system standard built on the Annex SL structure. We help you establish context and leadership, plan and resource the system, control operations, evaluate performance and drive continual improvement across the seven clauses.
How we deliver
A phased, evidence led delivery model that runs from discovery through close out and is built around your facility, regulatory context, and lifecycle stage.
What this service delivers
- A management system that withstands regulator, insurer and corporate examination
- A self correcting barrier model that resists organisational drift and normalised deviation between incidents
- A measurable reduction in process safety events over multi year horizons
- Closure of citation pathways and elimination of consent order exposure
- Workforce competency and operational ownership embedded across the system
- Integration of corporate ESG and process safety indicator reporting
Our differentiators
- Multi framework capability that brings RBPS, OSHA PSM, Responsible Care and ISO 45001 together in one team
- A single integrated management system with no parallel manuals or duplicate audits
- Multi jurisdiction regulatory grounding across the US, EU, UK, India and Asia Pacific
- A focus on implementation over documentation so that systems genuinely operate rather than merely certify
Related services
Our team runs the full range of qualitative and quantitative hazard studies for your facility, from HAZOP and SIL through LOPA, QRA, FERA and consequence modelling, so that you and your leadership can make risk decisions grounded in clear evidence rather than assumption.
We generate the laboratory data your chemistry needs and we turn it into engineering decisions you can act on, covering thermal stability, calorimetry, dust explosibility, reactivity and flammability so that the real behaviour of your materials is understood before it ever reaches the plant.
We help your facility prepare for the worst day with response systems that actually hold under pressure, building your emergency response plans, incident command structure, command centre and drill programme together with business continuity planning so that your people know exactly what to do when it matters most.
Standards we work to
Industries we serve
- Refineries and Petrochemicals
- LNG and Gas Processing
- Specialty Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals
- Fertilizer and Agrochemicals
- Power and Hydrogen
- Mining and Metals Processing
Frequently asked questions
What is a process safety management system?
A process safety management system is the organisational discipline that turns safety policy into demonstrable operating reality across a high hazard facility. It brings leadership accountability, hazard knowledge, layered risk control, operational discipline and structured learning together into one self correcting operating model rather than a compliance function bolted onto production. Our team helps you diagnose your current maturity, architect the system element by element and embed it into the daily workflow of operations.
Which frameworks and standards do you work to?
We work across four internationally recognised frameworks and help you select the one or the combination that fits your hazard inventory and regulatory exposure. These are the CCPS Risk Based Process Safety framework with its 20 elements, OSHA Process Safety Management under 29 CFR 1910.119 with its 14 mandated elements, the Responsible Care Process Safety Code and ISO 45001 2018 built on the Annex SL structure. We integrate them through a single management system so there are no parallel manuals or duplicate audits.
When does a company need to implement one?
You need a formal management system when your facility handles highly hazardous chemicals at a threshold that brings it under OSHA PSM, COMAH, SEVESO or the Indian MSIHC Rules, when an insurer or lender requires demonstrable barrier integrity, or when incident trends or an audit finding reveal organisational drift. The system exists to arrest that drift in the calm intervals between incidents, which is exactly when protective barriers quietly erode.
What deliverables do you provide?
We deliver a framework gap diagnostic, a maturity benchmark against CCPS and sector peers, a programme architecture calibrated to your hazard profile, a multi site rollout and governance design, an audit programme spanning internal, statutory, third party and insurer reviews, and a sustainment cycle of surveillance audits and continuous improvement. The objective is never certification for its own sake but an enduring management system that holds under regulator, insurer and board scrutiny.
Which industries do you serve for this?
We deliver process safety management systems for refineries and petrochemicals, LNG and gas processing, specialty chemicals and pharmaceuticals, fertilizer and agrochemicals, power and hydrogen, and mining and metals processing. Our regulatory grounding spans the US, the EU, the UK, India and Asia Pacific so the system works across a multi jurisdiction footprint.
Talk to us about process safety management systems.
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