Risk Management in the Indian Petrochemical Industry (with special reference to Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd.)

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamma Koti Reddy ◽  
Subhayan Basu
2011 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 698
Author(s):  
Angela Baker

During the past five years, a broad international consensus has emerged in many 24/7 industries regarding the optimal way to manage and reduce employee fatigue risk: via a process called a fatigue risk management system (FRMS). Government regulatory agencies, industry associations and many businesses with 24/7 operations have recently incorporated an FRMS into their regulations, industry standards, and their corporate policies. The development of the American Petroleum Institute (API) and American National Standards Institute's (ANSI) standard for FRMSs in the refining and petrochemical industries began after the US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released its report on the 2005 Texas City Refinery explosion. The CSB report highlighted concerns about some of the operators on duty being on their 30th consecutive 12-hour shift. API decided to take a proactive approach and develop an industry standard by forming a committee of industry managers from many of the oil companies, union representatives, industry associations and scientific experts in circadian sleep physiology and fatigue in shiftwork operations. During the course of extensive consultations during a two year period, a clear consensus emerged that hours of service rules would be inadequate by themselves. A clear consensus emerged that a comprehensive scientifically-based, data driven FRMS was a superior and feasible tool for effectively managing fatigue risk. API developed a standards document published in April 2010 as API/ANSI RP-755 that makes FRMS the operating standard for managing employee fatigue risk in the refining and petrochemical industry. The extended abstract reviews the considerations that went into developing the ANSI standard, issues that were resolved and progress and hurdles faced by the many petrochemical companies as they are now progressively implementing ANSI RP-755 as a continuously-improving FRMS process.


2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 1056-1066 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rong-Hwa Huang ◽  
Chang-Lin Yang ◽  
Chung-Szu Kao

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (57) ◽  
pp. 466
Author(s):  
Renata Marques FERREIRA ◽  
Celso Antonio Pacheco FIORILLO

RESUMOObjetivo: O objetivo da pesquisa está focado em interpretar a aplicação do ordenamento infraconstitucional definidido no âmbito da Lei nº. 12.344/2010, em face da necessária obediência ao preconizado pelo direito ambiental constitucional e seus princípios, em especial com destaque para a gestão de risco de atividades econômicas subordinadas aos princípios ambientais constitucionais da prevenção-precaução e do poluidor pagador.Metodologia: Foi utilizado o método hermenêutico, por meio do levantamento dos trabalhos doutrinários elaborados por especialistas que atuam no âmbito da matéria investigada e análise jurídica afeita ao direito ambiental constitucional, bem como das normas infraconstitucionais.Resultados: Concluiu-se que os empreendedores são responsáveis pela existência de crimes ambientais, sendo certo que as empresas de mineração submetem-se ao previsto no art. 225, §3º. da Constituição de 1988 e, no plano infraconstitucional, faz-se um especial destaque ao previsto na Lei nº. 9.605/1998. Demonstrou-se, ainda, a real necessidade de uma referência especial aos princípios da prevenção e da precaução, independentemente da obediência às obrigações normativas estabelecidas no complexo de normas elencadas neste estudo.Contribuições: Para evitar tragédias que vêm ocorrendo no Brasil, em face das atividades econômicas desenvolvidas licitamente por empresas que atuam em vários seguimentos, em foco o setor de mineração, é imperioso interpretar a aplicação do ordenamento infraconstitucional definido pela Lei nº. 12.334/2010, em face da obediência ao que determina o direito ambiental constitucional e seus princípios.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Empresas de mineração; Política Nacional de Segurança de Barragens; princípios ambientais constitucionais da prevenção, da precaução e do poluidor pagador; responsabilidade ambiental constitucional. ABSTRACTObjective: The objective of the research is focused on interpreting the application of the infra-constitutional order defined by Law No. 12,344/2010, in view of the necessary compliance with the provisions of constitutional environmental law and its principles, in particular the risk management of economic activities subordinated to the constitutional environmental principles of prevention and precaution as well as the polluter payer.Methodology: The hermeneutic method was used, by surveying the doctrinal works elaborated by specialists acting in the investigated subject area and legal analysis related to the constitutional environmental law, as well as the infraconstitutional norms.Results: It was concluded that the entrepreneurs are responsible for the existence of environmental crimes, being certain that the mining companies are submitted to the provisions of art. 225, par. 3, Constitution of 1988, and in the infra-constitutional sphere, a special emphasis is given to the provisions of Law No. 9,605/1998. The real need for a special reference to the principles of prevention and precaution has been demonstrated, regardless of the compliance with the normative obligations established in the complex of norms listed in this study.Contributions: In order to avoid tragedies that are occurring in Brazil due to the economic activities lawfully developed by companies operating in various segments, focusing on the mining sector, it is imperative to interpret the application of the infra-constitutional order defined by Law No. 12,334/2010, in view of the obedience to what determines the constitutional environmental law and its principles.KEYWORDS: Mining Companies; National Dam Safety Policy; constitutional environmental principles of prevention, precaution and polluter payer; constitutional environmental liability.


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