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Process Safety Management 101: Hazards, Barriers, and Digitalization

In one of Aesop’s most well-known fables, a boy repeatedly raises a false alarm about a wolf attacking his flock. After several false warnings, the villagers stop responding. When the wolf finally appears, no one comes, and the consequences are irreversible. Industrial facilities face a similar risk. Alarms, safeguards, and barriers are designed to signal or contain deviations before they escalate. But when alarms are unreliable, poorly configured, or excessively frequent, they lose credibility. Operators may become desensitized, and abnormal conditions can gradually be treated as routine. How can organizations ensure that warnings remain meaningful, that deviations are properly managed, [...]

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