This paper covers the major highlights from a revised member report from the European Process Safety Centre (EPSC) on the topic published in 2012 which included the results of a survey of member practice on process safety auditing as well as drawing on personal accounts on its critical success factors. During the course of 2014 further research was conducted on the related topic of internal auditing of process safety. The scope of the work included a literature review of the state of the practice with respect to the audit of process safety across the major hazard industries. In addition an online survey was conducted on current policies, standards and work practices associated with the internal audit of process safety. Finally survey respondents were invited to assess the commonly voiced barriers to successful auditing as well as propose areas for future research.
