Complex processing plants present a myriad of safety issues to the design engineer. The extent to which the design engineer manages to lay the foundations for a safe plant ultimately sets the stage for life long safety performance._x000D_
Industry traditionally measures engineering safety performance by indicators such as Lost Time Injuries, Restricted Work Case Injuries, Overall Incident Frequency Rates, etc. While these measures are useful indicators of performance for the construction, commissioning and operations phase of a project, they do not necessarily drive the most appropriate behaviours for Safe Plant Design._x000D_
Achieving an inherently safe design requires a diligent focus on low frequency, high consequence events. First and foremost the engineering team needs to have a design culture and methodology which leads to a plant which is as close as possible to being inherently safe. Such a culture might come from an organisation that has mindfulness' about safety, and which is nurturing a culture where warning signs are recognised and addressed. This paper explores the development of mindfulness and warning signs in design._x000D_
FORMAL CITATION:Murphy, A, Hopkins, A, Kwak, J, Lane, G and Gormley, C, 2004._x000D_
Designing safe plants, in Proceedings Metallurgical Plant Design and Operating Strategies 2004, pp 613-622 (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne).