Connecting Occupational & Process Safety: Strategies for Managing Catastrophic Risk in Industrial Operations -- Occupational Health & Safety

Connecting Occupational & Process Safety: Strategies for Managing Catastrophic Risk in Industrial Operations

Date: Tuesday November 18, 2025 at 2:00pm ET - 1:00pm CT - 11:00am PT

Many workplace safety conversations focus on occupational safety—reducing slips, trips, falls, and other personal injuries. But in high-hazard operations, that’s only half the story.

Process safety is about managing the risk of catastrophic events—incidents that can impact entire plants, operations, and communities. While there are some shared tools and techniques across both disciplines, process safety often requires a very different approach. One of its biggest challenges is that the risks are harder to see until the consequences are severe.

This webinar explores the crucial differences and overlaps between occupational and process safety, helping leaders answer the question: “Isn’t safety just safety?”

You’ll Learn How To:

Define process safety and understand its role in high-hazard operations
Differentiate occupational safety from process safety and identify where they overlap
Apply proven occupational safety tools to strengthen process safety performance
Recognize early warning signs and leading indicators of process safety risks
Integrate occupational and process safety strategies to build a stronger, unified safety culture

About the Speaker:

Trish Kerin, Chartered Engineer, registered Professional Process Safety Engineer

Trish Kerin is an award-winning international expert and keynote speaker on process safety leadership. A master storyteller and self-professed safety geek, she works with organizations globally to share and learn in process safety, leveraging off her engineering, operational and executive experience. She is a Chartered Engineer, registered Professional Process Safety Engineer, Fellow of IChemE and Engineers Australia and a Senior Member of AIChE. Trish holds a Diploma in OHS, a Master of Leadership and is a Graduate of the AICD.

Duration: 1 hour

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