Abstract
Iplom is an Italian company operating in the energy and oil sector. As a Seveso company, Iplom has worked with specialist service companies like TECSA to improve the Safety Report over time. They have gone beyond just meeting formal requirements and have turned the report into a tool for assessment and decision-making.
This paper aims to demonstrate that the forthcoming edition of the Safety Report will feature a concise and completely electronic “executive summary” in alignment with the “Safety Case” approach. The "executive summary" aims to become the central point of access to critical information concerning the industrial risk profile of Iplom’s plants. This new approach allows, with obvious advantages, greater readability and comprehension by all those involved (including the competent authority). The complexity typical of the industrial sector, also related to emerging risks, can be managed in an informed manner and with a robust approach closer to field safety, where operators are. Through this approach, the “executive summary” becomes an updated representation of the risk profile based on the key elements (technical and organisational managerial) that contribute to a holistic strategy to guarantee safety for both known and emerging risks. Consequently, it is possible to have a synthetic representation of the plant's risk profile using data from the field through the numerous sensors installed in the plants monitoring the critical parameters of the industrial processes.
