Board of Supervisors, Contra Costa County, California
2012-03-I-CA-R36
Revise the Industrial Safety Ordinance (ISO) regulations for petroleum refineries to require a process safety culture continuous improvement program including a written procedure for periodic process safety culture surveys across the work force. Require an oversight committee comprised of the regulator, the company, the company’s workforce and their representatives, and community representatives. This oversight committee shall:
a. Select an expert third party that will administer a periodic process safety culture survey;
b. Review and comment on the third party expert report developed from the survey;
c. Oversee the development and effective implementation of action items to effectively address identified process safety culture issues; and
d. Develop process safety culture indicators to measure major accident prevention performance.
The periodic process safety culture report shall be made available to the plant workforce.