The Baker Panel Report - ABSA

INTRODUCTIONWelcome to the BP U.S. Refineries Independent Safety Review Panel2006 Process Safety Culture SurveyThis survey is being administered on behalf of the BP U.S. Refineries Independent Safety Review Panel, anindependent panel formed by BP at the urgent recommendation of the U.S. Chemical Safety and HazardInvestigation Board. The survey contains statements that assess process safety in the refinery where you work.Your responses will provide a means of identifying problem areas in the process safety culture at your refinery,as well as areas that work well. Your input will be important to the work of the Independent Panel, whose finalreport will be available later this year.Completion of the survey is voluntary. However, your cooperation is appreciated, as it will allow theIndependent Panel to complete its task of making a thorough, independent and credible assessment of theeffectiveness of BP Products North America Inc.’s corporate oversight of process safety management systemsand its corporate process safety culture. The Independent Panel believes that its assessment and the report itwill deliver will ultimately lead to a safer work environment for the BP North American refineries. Your opinionsand responses are anonymous, and neither the Panel nor BP will attempt to determine your identity. In orderto maintain anonymity, please do not write your name on any part of the survey.In order to protect your identity, only statistical summaries of groups of 15 or more respondents will bereported. If you work in a group or department with less than 15 respondents, your results will be aggregatedinto the next organizational level (e.g., refinery overall) as well as into BP overall results.As indicated above, the questions in this survey focus on process safety and not on personal safety. Process safetyrefers to the prevention of unintentional releases of chemicals or energy during the course of refinery processesthat can have a serious effect. Process safety involves, for example, the prevention of leaks, spills, equipmentmalfunction, over-pressures,over-temperatures, corrosion, metal fatigue and other similar conditions. Process safety programs focuson design and engineering of facilities, maintenance of equipment, effective alarms, effective control points,procedures and training. By comparison, personal safety focuses on injuries such as slips, trips, falls, struck-byincidents and strains. Personal safety programs place a heavy emphasis on hard hats, glasses, slicker suits, goggles,gloves, steel toe shoes and other personal protective equipment. In general, process safety focuses on workplacesafety, and personal safety focuses on worker safety. This survey is about process safety, not personalsafety.© 2006, ISR (a trademark name of International Survey Research LLC )All Rights Reservedwww.isrinsight.com2