Process safety is the proactive discipline of identifying, analyzing, and controlling hazards that could lead to major industrial accidents (fires, explosions, toxic releases). Unlike everyday workplace safety, which focuses on slips, trips, and tool injuries, process safety targets low-frequency but high-consequence events that can devastate workers, communities, and the environment. Robust Process Safety Management (PSM) systems keep dangerous substances “in the pipes” and prevent uncontrolled energy releases. When fully implemented, process safety dramatically reduces catastrophic risk and its costs – saving lives, preventing environmental pollution, and avoiding crippling cleanup fines or lawsuits. These benefits accrue to any sector that handles hazardous energy or materials. Executives across industries from oil & gas to pharmaceuticals to food processing must recognize that PSM is key to business continuity and reputation management as well as worker protection.