%0 Journal Article
%T Performance indicators for monitoring safety management systems in chemical industry
%A M. Jova£¿evi£¿-Stojanovi£¿
%A B. Stojanovi£¿
%J Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quarterly
%D 2009
%I Association of the Chemical Engineers
%X The development of the Safety Management System (SMS) in chemical industry appears as one of the important requirements introduced by the EU "Seveso II" Directive on the control of major-accident hazards. This paper aims to provide a contribution regarding the SMS structure and the definition of the tools for assessing the effectiveness of this system by means of safety performance indicators. The performance indicators are linked to a reference values or policy targets, illustrating how far the SMS is from the desired level. We developed a system of performance indicators for SMS in chemical industry by using the concept of environmental performance indicators defined in standard ISO 14031. A set of three types of safety system performance indicators was proposed: management performance indicators, operational performance indicators and safety status indicators. These indicators represent the most important factors in the linkage between a possible cause of an accident and its effects.
%K safety management
%K Seveso II
%K performance indicators
%U http://www.ache.org.rs/CICEQ/2009/No1/02_3037_%281%292009.pdf