Tank Storage Association: Safety Best Practices For Terminal Owners

Executive director of the Tank Storage Association, Peter Davidson, discusses the importance of good leadership in process safety. When considering process safety incidents, including many of the most high-profile safety occurrences, it is clear that leadership failures are a significant causal factor irrespective of industry or sector. Therefore, an active and continuous focus on leadership is essential to ensure that risks are not only properly managed but also understood. High standards of leadership are essential to ensure effective control of major hazard risks. It is essential to understand the implications of business decisions on major hazard management, both in the short term and in the long term. Good major hazard leadership helps organisations to ensure that risks are given the resource, priority and attention required to reduce the likelihood of a major accident. It is also critical to the sustained management of risks. In this context, senior leaders need to not only understand what can go wrong that could cause a major accident, but also what systems are in place to stop this from happening and have access to the right information to provide assurance that those...