The Safer Together Process Safety Working Group (PSWG) member Laurence Ledrut presented on 'Industry Collaboration to Improve Process Safety Awareness' at the inaugural virtual International Process Safety Week this year.

Laurence (Process Safety Manager, Origin Energy and PSWG member) showcased the Working Group’s signature programs with her presentation ‘Industry Collaboration to Improve Process Safety Awareness’, describing how the power of industry collaboration is making a difference to improve Process Safety awareness and performance across the Energy Industry in QLD and WA/NT.  

  • General awareness about process safety starts with recognizing the important role that we all individually play as process safety influencers, and 
  • Industry-wide collaboration provides opportunities to have an open dialogue, to unite and support experts and professionals in developing unique and simple yet effective solutions to help raise process safety awareness by takeing a proactive approach to managing process safety and foster learning and sharing.

Laurence said, "It is critical to break down barriers to allow for learning and collaboration across Industry to prevent the next Process Safety Major Accident Event.

"Collaboration and sharing in good faith is key to help progress Process Safety, and transferring the learnings to support the energy transition – we are all in this Together."

Laurence remains a passionate champion of building an open learning culture and nurturing collaboration across disciplines to prevent future process safety incidents and technical failures.  We are truly humbled by her consistent efforts in this area.

Members can view the full presentation.

The emphasis of the PSWG is on raising awareness across our industry’s workforce that everyone has a role to play when it comes to enabling good process safety practice by providing common tools that allow people to share learning and information, with the aim of preventing Major Accident Events.

Our PSWG is always looking for new members – if you want to share your knowledge, and/or your lessons learned from Process Safety Incidents, and to learn from likeminded peers, get in touch at [email protected].