Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
CEM 600
Submitted to:
Prof. Osama Jannadi
Submitted by
Waleed Al-Ghemlas
ID # 923510
1. Introduction............................................................................................................2
1.1 Problem statement..........................................................................................4
1.2 Objectives and scope of the study..................................................................4
1.3 Methodology..................................................................................................5
1.4 Significance....................................................................................................6
2. Literature Review...................................................................................................7
2.1 Safety Management........................................................................................7
2.1.1 The ESSENCE of safety management...................................................7
2.1.2 Objectives of safety management system..............................................8
2.1.3 The challenges in safety management:..................................................9
2.1.4 Factors affecting the safety performance of construction contractors. 10
2.1.5 Development of Contractors’ safety performance indicators...............11
2.1.6 Safety Performance Indicators...……………………………………..13
Safety, as a concept and practice, is in transition. It has shifted form what once was little
more than plain-sense approach to eliminating agents of injury to what now is quite often
a complex methodology for the reliable control of harm. Within the boundaries of safety’s
emerging abilities exists a capacity for more than simply the detection of causative
relationship and design of practical controls. These have been safety program routines
practically since their inception, and the skills involved have increased with each
succeeding year.
The current shift occurs in the growing awareness of and ability to meet the need for
affecting the wanted controls. This seems to be an ordinary, expected outcome. However,
implementation difficulties have been the critical problem for safety control programs.
(Ref 4:17)
wants to hurt others to be troublemaker however, without rules that govern the miss act or
the assets value loss resulting from unsafe damage, some of the safety violations are very
According to Roth (Ref:1), an effective safety program or safety plan could help allot in
Unfortunately, safety in often neglected on working sites where getting the work done the
work is the first priority. Safety issues are always discussed in companies meetings but
Safety should be an integral part of the total business activities of an enterprise. This
should be reflected in the overall management instruments for the enterprise and for the
individual sites. Furthermore, safety issues should be addressed as part of the overall
development of safety management systems and safety goals and objectives. In this
regard, management should establish a corporate safety culture that is reflected in the
Safety Policy and ensures all employees are aware of their roles and responsibilities with
respect to safety. The most important factor for achieving a safe workplace is the belief
by all personnel and others involved in the operation that safety is critical. This includes
the intention to act consistently with this belief, and the genuinely safe behavior by all.
Such a result is founded in the safety culture created by management in co-operation with
The field of industrial safety encompasses a broad range of issues including the safety of
electric power, gas utility, and various forms of heat supply, explosives, high-pressure
gas, LPG, and mines. It is the foremost duty of the administrative authority and their
responsibility for industrial safety with utilizing their experience in these diverse fields,
which play such a critical role in people's everyday lives and industrial activities. They
should improve the industrial safety regulation more effective and efficient as well as to
industries' capabilities and requests for future regulation streamlining and international
safety professionals have been able to define their role in safety work that is being
accomplished. What they do have changed and will continue to results can be affect3ed
by dealing with root causes, safety professionals must learn to work well below the
symptomatic level.
If accidents are caused by management safety weakness, safety professionals must learn
to locate and define these weaknesses. They must evolve methods for doing this. This
may or may not lead them to do the things they did in past. Inspection may remain one of
their tools-or it may not. Investigation may be one of their tools or it may not. Certainly
safety professionals must use new tools and modernize old tools, for their direction is
The safety programs in any construction contractors don’t function efficiently, though
they have their own safety management programs. It needs to have certain evaluation for
the main construction company to evaluate thoroughly the safety programs of their
contracting companies in order to assure safe and healthy completion of the assigned
project. Here the case of Berri Gas Plant of ARAMCO, it needs an assessment tool which
The ultimate goal for every enterprise should be to have “zero incidents”. This goal
provides the incentive to achieve the best possible performance and ensures continuous
vigilance towards greater safety. Seeking to achieve this goal and managing safety
requires a constant effort that involves establishing safety-related objectives,
implementing those objectives, and measuring and reviewing progress in meeting those
objectives. This should be reflected in the long-term, overall Safety Policy. In order to
ensure day-to-day implementation of the Policy, concrete goals and objectives should be
The general objective of this research project is to study the factors which affect the
context. This is to provide a tool for measurement for the contractors to plan the safety
1. To study the various safety measures of any industrial contracting project, and list
out its salient features and to draw some indicators to measure the safety
2. To review the safety measures for two contractors at Berri Gas Plant at Saudi
ARAMCO during their contracts with the client and compare the safety measures
measurement programs with that of its clients. And also this questionnaire helps
The scope of this study is limited to BGP at ARAMCO situated at Jubail industrial area,
and with two contractors; one is dealing with Qatif project and the other one with Ethan
Recovery project.
1.3 METHODOLOGY
The methodology of this project is on the lines of the objectives stated. The initial part of
the project is done by literature review; in the first part of literature review some
standards measures of any industrial safety management system are discussed. Also the
objectives and challenges for a management system are listed out. The next step is to
discuss the factors affecting contractor’s safety performance and the indicators in
developing the contractor’s safety performance; to have a clear idea of the contractor’s
safety program. Also the accident prevention program is discussed in order to describe
The next phase of the project mentions briefly the safety programs and measures under
taken by the ARAMCO Berri gas plant. And then to study the safety programs of the two
contracting companies that build two big projects at BGP namely Ethan recovery plant (F
20 BI 3150), and Qatif Plant ( BI 3022). Based on this study the drawbacks in their safety
The final stage of the project is to design the questionnaire, while design of the
correctly the required task. These indicators will be mentioned clearly in the design
process of the questionnaire. Also the questionnaire design considers the ARAMCO
safety standards.
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE
The output of the project is the questionnaire, which is a measuring device for the client,
here ARAMCO. It can measure the efficiency of the safety program of the contractors
who plea to work on any construction project, so significantly it helps in ensuring safe
This part of project deals with some conceptual and theoretical background of the issues
related to the safety management. Initially we would like to discuss the objective and
duties of a safety management system. Then list out some of the safety management
program adopted at BGP in different sectors, and then in the later part of the project it
All enterprises should have safety management systems, as part of their overall
management of the enterprises (in fact, there is a clear correlation between safely-run
within an enterprise. It should be based on the Safety Policy. The system should define an
ambition level that the enterprise considers adequate for its business, as well as the safety
concerns and requirements specific to their sites. As a minimum, the requirements of the
legislation and other imperative sources should, under all circumstances, be fulfilled. (Ref
4:36)
A number of factors add difficulty to the safety problem, but none may be more
troublesome than the universal failure to see that the hazard control problem frequently is
quite complex. Safety therefore often is viewed largely as a simple matter of applying
specific routines. In many cases the routines are repeatedly regular despite obvious signs
of their weakness. Greatly needed is an understanding that the sources of harm, which the
safety specialty should be able to control, have basic origins although their consequences
will differ in character and severity. This view furnishes the realization that hazards are
not simply the agents most closely identified with injuries. Merely regulating them is not
the sure way to limit their effect. In fact it is necessary first to employ a means of
controlling the causes responsible for the presence of injurious agents. This in essence is
The primary objectives of safety management systems are to regulate formally the
activities of the enterprise in order that they are carried out safely, to continually improve
safety performance, and to support a strong safety culture. Additional benefits of a safety
authorities, the public, the community, media, customers, other enterprises, etc.).
To develop and implement an efficient safety management system, which address the
safety);
Management of change;
the Safety Policy and safety management system, and mechanisms for taking
Audit and review (addressing the periodic, systematic assessment of the Safety
Policy and effectiveness and suitability of the safety management system); and
Control requires action, but the steps that are taken must be acceptable. They have to
meet the objective without interfering significantly with other aims that may affected.
Often, it seems that safety’s requirements conflict with fiscal restraints, convenience, or
other factors. When the necessity for safe action is seen to be great enough, it may pre-
empt other needs. Even then, however, other priorities must be considered and controls
Recently the growing demand for safety and safety regulations has been shaken by strong
judgment. Decision in its behalf is made according to what is known about the problem it
procedures are still in gravel limited. One significant area of inadequacy lies within the
procedure for classifying the results of safety violation; normally they are called as
performance management
The following factors which affect the safety performance of construction companies,
5. Safety budget.
6. Time spent by the senior management and the company on safety matters.
It is believed that the most crucial factor affecting the safety performance of contractors
is the amount of safety budget available. Safety system was being identified by the
clients’ employees as the most important factor, and identified by the officials as the
second most important ranking to the time spent by the senior management. It would
appear that contractors’ employee have a higher degree of expectation on their seniors to
give more time to safety matters. If they do, this in turn may motivate the contractors’
staff at lower level to take construction safety more seriously. Having said that, it is
peculiar to note that the contractors’ employees have a lower expectation, than the other
two groupings, concerning the time spent by their management on safety matters. (Ref :
12)
In many enterprises, contractors are used to carry out certain types of work affecting
safety where the enterprise does not have sufficient resources or the correct specialists.
The use of contractors has, in some cases, increased the risk of chemical incidents. This
may be due to the fact that the contractors do not have sufficient knowledge or training in
the enterprise safety policy and procedures, or there is not sufficient co-ordination with
regular staff. A basic principle should be that the contracted workforce receives the
proper training for the installation, and should work under the same conditions as would
employees, applying the normal enterprise safety policy and procedures. (Ref 8:517)
The term “indicators” is used to mean observable measures that provide insights into a
concept – safety - that is difficult to measure directly. The two types of indicators are
Outcome indicators are designed to help measure whether such actions are, in fact,
leading to less likelihood of an accident occurring and/or less adverse impact on human
Outcome Indicators
1. Extent the contractors act in accordance with the requirements and policies of the
enterprise.
cause.
Activities Indicators
1. Are there procedures for the selection and hiring of contractors to help ensure
site, including:
of training;
contractor;
construction sites;
3. Are contractors treated in the same way regarding safety as employees in all
and visitors to the installation (recognizing that different information may need to
A number of safety performance indices are now in use, such as a number of disabling
injuries, injury frequency rates, injury severity rates, accident costs, number of deaths,
number of first aid cases, recordable occupational illness, the ratio of injury severity to
injury frequency and total injury rates. Many of these indices are recommended by the
American National Standards Institute ( ANSI) for use in measuring safety performance
and are described in ANSI’s ( 1993) “Method of Recording and Measuring work Injury
Experience ( ANSI Z-16.1)”.Injury rates compiled in accordance with this standard are
intended to show the relative need for accident prevention activities within an
The ANSI “Method of Recording and Measuring work Injury Experience” ,Z-16.1”
rate, a disabling injury severity rate, the average days charged per disabling injury and a
disabling injury index.ANSI further suggests that the standard injury rates be compiled in
accordance with certain rules that are included in the Z-16.1 standard.
The disabling injury frequency rate is based on the total number of death, permanent
total, permanent partial and temporary total disabilities which occur during the period
covered by the rate. The rate relates these injuries to hour worked during the period and
( Tarrants,1980).
The major disadvantage of the disabling injury frequency rate is that it takes into account
differences in quantity of exposure due to varying employee hours of work, either within
the plant during successive time periods or among contractors within similar industry
program is functioning.
The disabling injury severity rate is defined as the number of days lost or charged per
million employee hours worked. Days lost include all scheduled charges for all deaths,
permanent total and permanent partial disabilities, plus the total days of disability from
all temporary total injuries which occur during the period covered.
Similar to the injury frequency rate, the major value of the injury severity rate ( S) is that
it takes into account differences in quantity of exposure over time. It also answers the
question “How serious are our injuries?”. This rate can be used for making comparison
The average days charged per disabling injury expresses the relationship between the
total days charged and the total number of disabling injuries. This index may be
computed by dividing the injury severity rate ( S) by the injury frequency rate ( F)
producing an S/F ratio. Or it may be computed directly by simply dividing the total days
In effect, this measure reveals whether or not the more severe accidents as well as those
Another measure for generating occupational safety and health statistics has been
developed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) under the provisions of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act( OSHA).The BLS recordable occupational injury
and rate is identified as the incident rate, with a base of 200,000 man-hours exposure (Ref
:25)
Where:
MH = Man hours ( Total hours worked by all employees during the reference year).
200,000 = Base for 100 full-time equivalent workers working 40 hours per week, 50
Week’s year.
Each enterprise should have a system for reporting and dealing with all deviating events
which differ from normal conditions and which could have adverse effects on safety,
health or environment. This is the basis from which the organizations can learn from
environment or property – should all be reported and handled promptly and efficiently. It
would obviously be the objective to have as few as possible of these kinds of events
experiences” – should also be reported and handled in a similar way. The objective
should also be to minimize such events; however, efforts should be made to have as many
of them as possible reported. This is of particular concern because there is a tendency not
Unsafe acts and unsafe conditions are also the cause of near miss/near hit accidents.
“Near miss accident” is a widely used term in the safety industry and is used in the
workplace to describe an incident that did not result in an injury. “Near miss accident"
literally means that an injury actually occurred. “Near hit incident” is a better description.
Near hit incidents are incidents that result in neither injury nor property damage but have
the potential to cause injury or property damage and require corrective action to prevent
1. Immediately report near miss incidents to your supervisor. The potential for such
incidents exists throughout the workplace and all employees are required to report
problem has been corrected and your supervisor authorizes you to proceed.
3. If the incident is a result of unsafe acts, be certain that before employees return to
work they have been alerted to the unsafe actions and advised to avoid them.
Near miss incidents are a warning that should be taken seriously. Report near hit
incidents to your supervisor or site administrator. If left unreported, near hit incidents
may lead to serious accidents and injuries. Correcting unsafe actions and conditions will
increase safety and create a better working environment for everyone. (Ref :10)
Management should establish procedures to ensure that all accidents are investigated, to
identify the obvious as well as the underlying causes. A thorough accident investigation
will yield a number of lessons and corrective actions leading to specific measures to
Reports should be prepared at the conclusion of the investigation which will include:
communicated to all those who could be affected by similar circumstances. This could
illustrate the principles of the routine monitoring of industrial safety. (Ref 16:29)
STEP 1 - Set up easily measured performance indices for each area, for monitoring and
Number of leaks of process materials found on inspection at the end of the month
previous month).
STEP 2 - Using worksheets identify the critical features of each area in relation to
Frequency of actuation of critical alarms compared with the previous month (this
Number of control instruments recalibrated and the number which were out of
STEP 3 - By undergoing the hazard studies on each sector of the industry’s area, further
internal auditing should be set up, involving people from within the company and
The above steps progressively improve the routine monitoring of process safety. As
implemented, there will be changes in the nature of the audits involving non-company
To review the quality of the monitoring and reporting systems and internal audits;
To probe one or two selected areas in detail to keep the internal audit system
honed;
PLANT
2.3.1 Background of the CASE study
The case study of this report is about ARAMCO Berri Gas Plant, and its two contractors
namely Ethan recovery project (F-20 BI 3150), and Qatif Project ( BI 3022). Berri gas
plant department (BGPD) is the first gas plant built by Saudi ARAMCO located south of
Jubail Industrial city. It processes associated gas and condensate streams from Safaniya,
Marjan, Zuluf, Abqaiq and Abu Ali to produce fuel gas, C3 + NGL, and sulfur. As a result
of the latest expansions the plant processing capacity has increased to 1.2 BCSFD.
meetings that are conducted for each project. One of the review objectives is to address
the construction safety concerns and implement corrective measures during the design
phase. For example, for the upgrade of fire water system project (BI – 3172), the project
execution was planned to maintain sufficient firewater coverage during the construction
to achieve the above objective. In addition, each package was subdivided to smaller
Also for ethane and NGL recovery project (ER-3150) a decision was taken to execute
part of the project early to clear the F-20 site from existing above and under ground
process piping and power cable. This effort was taken by BGP and Northern Area project
department.
This program is in accordance with Saudi ARAMCO construction safety manual, which
provides each contractor with the fundamental requirements to achieve safe working
program by each of the indirect and direct persona. Also, each contractor has his own
safety advisor(s) to monitor and to ensure that work is proceeding in compliance with the
safety plan.
Saudi ARAMCO has a standard set of programs to meet the safety programs on any
construction activity taking place in organization. Berri gas plant and NA projects are
implementing the following for all projects related work to ensure that the requirement
and proper authorization are met. The following are the some of the BGP safety programs
being implemented.
Due to potential risk associated with excavation work within operating facility,
special precautions are taken prior to any mechanical trenching. These precautions
range from test trenches around the affected area, use of cable and metal detectors
Scaffolding
Berri gas plant has a system in place to ensure safe use of scaffolding inside the
plant. Any scaffolding in tagged with red for on-hold scaffolding, green for safe to
Fencing
Where ever possible and deemed to be safe, BGP request the construction site to
be fenced and isolated from operating area. This is to avoid non-essential people
Road closure
Prior to a road closure work permit issuance; an approval is required from the
plants foreman and the shift superintendent. Security and fire prevention are
Berri gas plant also require a detailed design package for connecting to any
Working at elevations
All works at elevation requires prior approval by completing the appropriate form,
which includes a checklist to verify that all safety items are met and personal are
A detailed and approved design package and material take off is required for each
The main objective of the NIRS program is to create an open communication channel for
every BGP employee to repot near-misses. A Near miss is an incident which was about
to happen.
NIRS Benefits:
A near miss is an undesired event in which physical harm to people and damage to
property are averted due to lack of contact with a source of energy or the energy transfer
staying below the threshold of the body or structure, but having the potential for harmful
contact and/or energy transfer. The following are some examples of near-misses as best
A falling brick which landed on the ground without causing any equipment
A vehicle passing through red traffic lights without hitting any other vehicle(s)
which could have resulted into injury possibly to himself and others and damage
extent that it could have resulted in failure, had it been for it’s timely discovery
through inspection.
A relief Valve that was not properly lined up and led to over pressurizing a
hydrocarbon product storage tank, but was discovered in time to save the tank
Scaffolding that was found swaying, and handled before any human injuries or
Several corroded structural support members holding up LPG and steam pipes,
were identified and replaced timely saving the plant structure from collapsing.
means to measure performance. Which helps in measuring whether such actions are, in
fact, leading to less likelihood of an accident occurring and/or less adverse impacts on
Rather, the questionnaire can only be effectively used if efforts are made to decide which
elements are relevant under your organization’s particular circumstances, and steps are
taken to adapt these elements to your organization’s specific needs and objectives.
For this to take place efficiently there are certain criterion categorized in the following
1. Overall policies
3. Safety leadership
a. Personnel
d. Internal communication/information
e. Working environment
1. Overall Policies
A critical element of a safety culture is that there should be a clear manifestation of that
culture and the long-term objectives regarding safety from the top management,
supported throughout the organization (including the board of directors). This should be
laid down in a Safety Policy. The Policy should provide standards and strategies designed
to protect the health and safety of workers and the public, as well as the environment. The
Policy should form support for the various strategies and guidance for detailed regulation
related to safety. The Policy should not be affected by short- term changes in the
economic situation of the enterprise. The Policy is also an important instrument to convey
provides the incentive to achieve the best possible performance and ensures continuous
vigilance towards greater safety. Seeking to achieve this goal and managing safety
implementing those objectives, and measuring and reviewing progress in meeting those
objectives. This should be reflected in the long-term, overall Safety Policy. In order to
ensure day-to-day implementation of the Policy, concrete goals and objectives should be
3. Safety Leadership
The management of the enterprise should ensure that there is a sound foundation, on
which all work can be based, to ensure safety. There should be a true safety culture that is
accepted by all levels of the organization. The top management commitment to safety
All enterprises should have safety management systems, as part of their overall
management of the enterprises (in fact, there is a clear correlation between safely-run
within an enterprise. It should be based on the Safety Policy. The system should define an
ambition level that the enterprise considers adequate for its business, as well as the safety
concerns and requirements specific to their sites. As a minimum, the requirements of the
legislation and other imperative sources should, under all circumstances, be fulfilled.
safety, to assess the achievements relative to policies and the goals set, and recognize
The performance reviews and evaluations should cover both managerial and technical
aspects, normally carried out by different resources at different times. The results of
reviews and evaluations should be fed back to the management and the organization, and
should be used to actively correct deficiencies and to set new goals and priorities.
3. CASE STUDY OF SAFETY PROGRAMS OF TWO
The Qatif project was built by TECHNIP Saudi Arabia Ltd. The basic construction policy
that is been followed by the QATIF project is TECHNIP Saudi Arabia construction safety
policy. All the employees in Saudi Arabia including subcontractors will abide by the
Saudi Arabia safety policy for construction is used to ensure the health and safety of all
the construction staff working in different industrial sectors of Saudi Arabia. It also
1. Full compliance with the national laws and statutes and Saudi ARAMCO safety,
3. Direct participation of all involved parties in the actions aiming to a safer working
environment.
5. Continuous vigilance in order that safety measures and precautions are actually
taken in field, at the right time and following the established procedures.
Project Statistics:
The following are the project statistics for the Berri Gas Qatif project.
Type of
LTI RI NM PD F MVI
accidents
No. Of
2 5 79 17 0 16
accidents
The Ethane recovery project (BI – 3150) is carried out by AMEC BKW Arabia Ltd.
AMEC process and energy limited recognize its responsibility in health, safety, fire and
will ensure by means of managerial controls, compliance with the Saudi ARAMCO
construction safety manual directives, and all applicable Saudi ARAMCO GI’s and
standards, that these issues are effectively managed on a day to day basis at the new Berri
gas plant ethane recovery project. The total cost of the project is about 466 million $, and
It is AMEC’s objective to manage and carry out all the associated activities of new
Identify the activities of significant risk and by means of risk assessment will
prepare control measures and written work method statements to alleviate such
matters.
Ensure that persons are trained/ instructed in the required health and safety etc
frequent visual inspections and scheduled audits from home based professional,
1. Ensure that the project health and safety plan is prepared, together with
appropriate health and safety arrangements, rules and procedures common to all
2. Provide for the staff and implement, or where necessary agree or determine for
others, safe methods of working and systems which identify hazards at each place
3. Plan and organize work to be carried out to the required standards with minimum
4. To act immediately on any breach of safety rules or unsafe situation this comes to
5. Make provision for adequate welfare facilities, protective clothing and equipment
6. Ensure that all the personnel including subcontractors are made aware of and
The following are the project statistics for the Berri Gas Ethan recovery project.
Type of
LTI RI NM PD F MVI
accidents
No. Of
2 7 12 14 3 5
accidents
F LTI LTI RI
7% 5%
MVI RI
12% 16%
NM PD
MVI F
PD NM
32% 28%
The following section describes a questionnaire to assess the safety management for any
indicators, which can be used a tool for measuring the workplace health & safety self
addressed or has given an undertaking to address specific workplace health and safety
The questionnaire was subdivided into the following main categories in order to
incorporate all the aspects of the safety management issues; this will give a wide range of
E. Training
H. Emergency planning
has been assigned a certain credit. Apart from that each and every question has been
given some marks, according to its importance in the section. The final assessment is
calculated as follows.
If the answer for any question is YES for any question in the questionnaire, then
If the answer is NO and you are able to achieve the state of YES in about 3
months then assign 20% of the marks allotted, else assign ZERO.
After completion of questionnaire in a section sum all the gained marks and
multiply with the corresponding weight given for that section. Then sum up the
In relation to section (A) you are able to answer ‘yes’ to question 1, therefore
award yourself 5 marks. The answer to question 2 is also ‘yes’, therefore award
yourself another 5 marks. For section (A) your total mark is 10. Now multiply
your total mark (i.e. 10) by the numerical weighting given as 3. Your total score
for section (A) is 30. Write 30 in the appropriate space at the end of section (A).
Now move to section (B). For question 1 your initial answer is ‘no’, you make a
assessment, therefore award yourself 20% of 2 marks i.e. 0.4. For questions 2 and
3 you are able to answer ‘yes’, therefore award yourself 5 + 3 = 8 marks. For
section (B) your total mark is 0.4 + 8 = 8.4. Now multiply your total mark (i.e.
8.4) by the numerical weighting given as 3. Your total score for section (B) is
25.2. Write 25.2 in the appropriate space at the end of section (B).
If "No"
when will
SECTION/QUESTIONS you be able COMMENTS
to answer
Yes No 'Yes'
(A) HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY
Weighting for (A) = 3
COMMUNICATION
1. Have health and safety Do these objectives include:
objectives been communicated
to employees? E.g. are they Protection of the health and
included in induction material, safety of employees and
safety manual, on-going other persons e.g. visitors/
training or distributed as members of the public
written policy? At:__/__/__
Expectations of managers
5 marks and employees
General statement of
management response to
incidents/ accidents
5 marks Management?
over the years. Failures by companies to develop and implement safe systems of work
can result in substantial claims by employees (and former employees) for injuries, and
long term diseases, and physical disablement, and in some cases prosecution by the
regulatory bodies. The direct costs on a company of such claims — together with the
The knowledge base in the Safety Management System above forms the basis for the
plant/property claims.
Due Diligence Audits: Safeguarding against unknown and costly industrial risks
during the acquisition of a company, and any subsequent long term financial
liability.
Expert Witness Reports: Accident investigations for personal injury claims and/or
The overall safety record for the two projects was quite good. However there are quite
few near miss cases for Ethane recovery project (12) compared with Qatif project (79).
Motor vehicle incidents in Qatif project are two times higher than the Ethan Recovery
project. Qatif project had no fire incident; however Ethan Recovery project had 3. In
general, When comparing both the projects’ performance Ethane recovery project (BI –
3150) has a better safety management program. In fact both the project have almost same
safety management program as the Saudi ARAMCO is forcing those two contractors for
Recommendations:
Some of the recommendations that could help in improving the safety program of other
Critical lift plans shall be thoroughly studied and all existing facilities are verified
and identified in the sketched/drawings prior to perform the intended lift. The
prepared Critical Lift Plan by the contractor ensuring that all requirements of
3. Movable Stairs to be provided through out the plant so that these stairs will help
instructions have came up from BGP Supt. Employees are ready to leave and
supervisor are deemed necessary to ensure that all safety precautionary measures
are implemented and provided. This is one requirement that will help the safety
5. Training of employees:
safety awareness of individual and remind him about carrying out work safely. It
is not only those workers on site who are doing the physical job but also technical
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