AQ/T 3034-2010Guidelines for process safety management of chemical corporations (English PDF)

Foreword

Appendix A of this Standard is informative.

This Standard was proposed by the State Administration of Work Safety.

This Standard shall be under the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee 3 on Chemicals of

the National Technical Committee 288 on Safety Production of Standardization

Administration of China (TC 288/SC 3).

Drafting organizations of this Standard. China Business Council for Sustainable

Development, SINOPEC Research Institute of Safety Engineering (Qingdao), and

Shanghai SECCO Petrochemical Company Limited.

Chief drafting staffs of this Standard. Zhai Qi, Zhang Haifeng, Jin Tao, Yang Xiaoping,

Zhao Yaoli, and Ji Qing.

This Standard is issued for the first-time.

Introduction

Petrochemical industry is a high risk industry; all countries, corporations, international

or geographical organizations are actively summarizing and searching the safety

modes and methods for corporation management. In recent years, as the increasing

of foreign sole-venture and joint-venture projects, the management modes and

practices of international corporations with outstanding achievements in safety and

environmental protection had been known, used for reference, and introduced

gradually by domestic corporations, which build-up good management experiences

and a set of effective management mode in the process of production and operation.

On the basis of reference from safety management mode and management method of

technological process in the production process of foreign petrochemical corporations,

and in conjunction with the actual conditions in China, this guidelines for process safety

management of chemical corporations was formed with a view to provide thoughts and

frames for the essential safety management of chemical corporations.

This Standard was prepared on the basis of successful practices of corporations and

with high workability. For the convenience of corporation's application, "Application

Examples for Guidelines for Process Safety Management of Chemical Corporations"

is served as informative appendix of this Standard, and favorable to use for reference

of corporations in practice.

This Standard is the standard in conjunction with AQ/T 3012-2008 "Guideline of Safety

Management System Implementation for Petrochemical Corporation". Corporations

may use this Standard to strengthen the process safety management of management

system and enhancement of overall safety performance.

Guidelines for Process Safety Management of

Chemical Corporations

1 Scope

This Standard specifies the elements and requirements for process safety

management of petrochemical corporations. It gives application examples of process

safety management.

This Standard is applicable to the process safety management of petrochemical

corporations.

2 Normative References

The following normative documents contain provisions which, through reference in this

text, constitute provisions of this Standard. For dated references, subsequent

amendments or revisions of these publications do not apply. However, parties when

enter in agreements based on this Standard are encouraged to investigate the

possibility of applying the most recent editions of the normative documents indicated

below. For undated references, the latest edition of the normative document referred

to applies.

GB/T 24001-2004 Environmental management systems — Requirements with

guidance for use

GB/T 28001-2001 Occupational health and safety management system —

Specification

AQ/T 3012-2008 Guideline of safety management system implementation for

petrochemical corporation

3 Terms and Definitions

For the purpose of this document, terms and definitions given in GB/T 24001-2004,

GB/T 28001-2001, AQ/T 3012-2008, and the followings apply.