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Integrating Psychosocial Risk Management with Process Hazard Analyses

A 2018 study published in Safety and Health at Work showed that employee-reported levels of mental well-being positively correlate with their understanding of workplace risks and controls and the resources available to address safety risks. It recommended building a robust system to manage psychosocial risks in industry. 

Psychosocial risks are the anxiety stressors of workers that stem from their workplaces and work arrangements. In the last few years, the impacts of these stressors have been felt across the globe, and organization leaders are taking note, implementing more programs to improve employee well-being. 

Health and Safety professionals are looking to incorporate a Total Worker Health (TWH) approach to these programs by integrating identification and control of psychological risks into their safety management systems. In process safety, this understanding of risks is catalogued in HAZID and HAZOP studies. Most people responsible for managing HAZID and HAZOP processes understand the main benefits and outcomes, but they are often unaware of the additional benefits of those studies for improving psychological safety. 

During this presentation, experts in process safety and risk management demonstrated how HAZID and HAZOP workshops can reduce the psychosocial risk of operations personnel. They provided a qualitative assessment on the social dynamics of process hazard analysis (PHA) workshops and recommended techniques to improve the quality of your PHAs through better team participation and candor.

Attendees of this webinar learned: 

• practical advice on how to address psychosocial risk at high-hazard facilities
• strategies for improving workshop engagement and the quality of your HAZID/HAZOP outputs
• how a better understanding of risks and controls can lead to overall improvement in site safety, including psychological safety

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