This study was performed to develop a system which can be utilized to manage safety and environmental issues efficiently in petrochemical industries. The main objective of this study aims to reduce loss of petrochemical industries using loss control...
This study was performed to develop a system which can be utilized to manage safety and environmental issues efficiently in petrochemical industries. The main objective of this study aims to reduce loss of petrochemical industries using loss control system (LCMCI; The Loss Control Management System for Continuous Improvement of the Petrochemical Industry) which can be utilized to improve safety and environmental management continuously in petrochemical industries.
To prevent loss by accident in this study, firstly, causes of accidents were analyzed according to frequency and severity of accidents which has occurred in domestic petrochemical industries for 30 years. Secondly, the requirements of several kinds of systems(PSM, RC, OHSAS18001, ISO14001 etc.) which were applied mandatorily/optionally in petrochemical industries were analyzed and also, the merits/demerits of each system were compared with each other. Thirdly, the best practices which were recommended basically as a loss control management system in the world were modified in accordance with the situation of domestic petrochemical industries. Lastly, the requirements of loss management were defined in accordance with a management structure and then LCMCI was developed using distribution of scores as result of this study.
Also, to verify scoring part of LCMCI, reliability was confirmed through benchmark of rating system which was applied world-widely in the petrochemical industries.
This LCMCI has been applied at a petrochemical plant in Ulsan for 3 years and the results are as follows. (1) Comparing accidents for 3 years after LCMCI has been applied with accidents for 4 years before it had not been applied (1999-2002), the number of accidents decreased 3.75 times. (2) The loss cost of unintentional accidents (injury, process interruption and property damage etc.) has been decreased approximately 3 times per year on the average. This is an important result to make a company's management state very healthy. On the other hand, productivity was improved extremely due to decrease of an emergency shutdown of the plant from 76 days to 25 days per year on the average.
From above result, this LCMCI developed in this study was verified availability to reduce loss continuously in petrochemical industries as a improvement tool of company's competitiveness, satisfying the requirements of most kinds of systems which were applied in petrochemical industries (PSM, RC, OHSAS18001, ISO14001 etc.).
Additionally, if LCMCI is utilized in a lot of petrochemical plants such as Ulsan, Yeocheon, and Daesan petrochemical complex and LCMCI is upgraded continuously by reflecting loss types of companies, it is expected that LCMCI will contribute to develop effectively loss control management system in the petrochemical industries.