Process Safety Leadership and Culture in the Palm Oil Milling Industry

Abstract

In various industries, the importance and evolution of process safety leadership and culture have been stressed by several studies. Nevertheless, the palm oil milling industry remains an understudied domain. This paper undertakes a critical review of the most recent developments in the palm oil milling process and unit operations that trigger concerns about process safety to leaders in the palm oil milling industry with guidelines about the requisite process safety leadership and culture to be understood with a view to enhancing safety outcomes. In addition, the paper explores the principle of 3C for explicating constant accidents along with the four-level safety culture in the palm oil milling industry. To do so, the author presents case studies of two Malaysian key palm oil companies.