Process Safety Management Gap Audit Reports in Steel Industry

- Steel is a major industry .It is based on the raw material to steel component. In this process various process hazards likes Spillage of molten metal, Leakages of hazardous & flammable gases & all other hazards, burn, cut & injury present in the overall steel manufacturing process. Indian Steel industry one of the major industry in India Sail, Tata Steel, Jindal Steel, The main object to this work to process safety management gap find in the steel industry to prevent such major incident likes- October 09.10.2018 at least nine persons were killed and 14 injured in a major fire in Steel authority of India Bhilai operated by SAIL on Tuesday. The death toll is likely to increase as many of the injured are suffering from very high degree of burn. However, unofficial estimates suggest that 14 are dead and they are regular SAIL employees mostly from energy and fire department. “Fire occurred in gas pipe line during a scheduled maintenance job Process. So process Safety management compliance should have this type accident prevent in the future for the Steel manufacturing unit also with help of PSM in steel industry. Process means a series of actions to achieve and flow of gases & chemicals. Flow of fluid takes one place to another its process in the industries may combine of materials, as initial or intermediate inputs, or additives; actions like carrying, distillation, placing, mixing, Separation involving in reaction, changes in compositions; formations in particular shape/size of materials. Accident occurred, taking heavy toll of human life, Environment health and assets. Only one case of Bhopal tragedy in India in 3/12/ 1984, killed 2000 people in single night, crippling 2 lakh population, because of release of large quantity of deadly Methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas from an abandoned plant of insecticide product Process safety starts with design-friendly plants which can withstand human error and equipment failure without serious effects on Fire safety, environment and efficiency. Process design analysis is very much important to identify the risks in the project. It involves activities like hazard analysis, risk analysis, guidelines for estimating losses and project review and procedures. Process safety identifies risk and control measures to reduce or eliminate the risks to avoid the unwanted events. Employers must acquire written process safety information to conduct process hazard analysis in order to identify and understand the hazards posed by the processes, the highly hazardous Gases & chemicals used or produced by the process, the Engineering technology of the process, and the equipment used in the process. PSM used for- Establish a safety culture in the premises. Establish Safety management, Emergency management’s leadership & commitment; Ensure operating excellence through operational discipline. The application of process safety management identifies process hazards to be understood & controlled so that process related accident and incidents can be prevented. In a Steel process Industry, the following elements of Process Safety Management are important which are implemented to achieve process control through hazard identification, risk analysis and assessment, risk mitigation, hazard management control and emergency action plan