API RP 1173
API RP 1173 Elements
The API RP 1173 framework uses 10 elements to outline a PSMS program. The following are examples of FIMP resources that align with each of the API RP 1173 elements. A FIMP resource can be any process or product utilized within a FIMP program which complements the associated API RP 1173 element. Please see the API RP 1173 for a more through description of each element.
1. Leadership and management commitment
- Management review or state/health of assets and associated risk to executive leadership
- Obtaining support from leadership via rate case filings that communicate the FIMP strategy
- FIMP, IM and/or enterprise strategic objectives
- IM and/or enterprise SMS or similar procedures
- FIMP roles and responsibilities are documented
2. Stakeholder engagement
- Rate case filings providing transparency of risk and risk management
- Asset management plans with input from and socialized with stakeholders
- Alignment with stakeholders for top risks and risk management efforts
- Transparency with prioritization methods
3. Risk management
- Development of a risk register and an associated risk mitigation plan
- Horizon scanning for new or emerging risks
- Rate case filings
- Operating plans and associated budgets
- FIMP process to identify and address hazards
- TIMP, DIMP and other risk models
- Health and condition assessments
- Data (health) assessments
4. Operational controls
- Construction, commissioning, operating, maintenance, inspection and repair procedures
- Process safety tools
- Application of hierarchy of controls
- FIMP, IM and/or enterprise SMS or similar procedures
- Management of change (MOC) procedures
- Standard designs and controls
5. Incident investigation, evaluation and lessons learned
- Processes for causal evaluations and lessons learned
- Risk mitigation efforts based on learnings
- Failure analysis procedures/methods
- Process safety methods
- Horizon scanning for new or emerging risks and mitigation methods
6. Safety assurance
- Enterprise and asset level KPIs and metrics
- Application of Plan/Do/Check/Act methods
- Maturity assessments
- Periodic evaluation of actual risk reduction
- MOC procedures and maturity assessments
7. Management review and continuous improvement
- MOC maturity assessments
- Management review
- FIMP maturity assessments
- Enterprise, IM and/or FIMP procedures
- Enterprise and asset level KPIs and metrics
8. Emergency preparedness and response
- Natural forces risk evaluation and risk management
- Organizational and FIMP roles and responsibilities
- FIMP procedures for response to facility events
9. Competence, awareness and training
- Processes for causal evaluations and lessons learned
- Roles and responsibility and/or RACI documents
- Skills assessments
- Training or curriculum assessments
- Training plans
10. Documentation and record keeping
- Asset management plans
- FIMP procedures
- Construction, commissioning, operating, maintenance, inspection and repair records
- GIS/SAP and other repositories of facility data
- Station or facility specific drawings
- See table 27 in CEPA FIMP RP