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  1. Process Safety Beacon: Get Out and Stay Out

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2024 April ▲ Employees evacuated from a food processing facility after a fatal nitrogen release. ... from an immersion freezer located inside a food processing facility in Gainesville, GA. Six employees ... Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) report No. 2021-03-I-GA for more information about the ...

  2. Process Safety Beacon: Recent Nitrogen Fatalities Are a Vivid Reminder

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    Process Safety Beacons related to nitrogen hazards, such as the April 2004, December 2006, August 2007, ... 2021 April On January 28, 2021, a liquid nitrogen leak occurred at a poultry processing plant in ... isolation valve, stopping the flow of liquid nitrogen to the process and likely preventing further ...

  3. Process Safety Beacon: Toxic Gases Require Special Precautions

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    times more than the cable load capacity,” and the required safety measures for dealing with the ... dangerous work. In some companies and countries, a formal lift plan is required. A future Beacon will cover ... the essential elements of lift plans and safety practices for heavy lifts in areas where highly ...

  4. Process Safety Beacon: Maintain a Sense of Vulnerability

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    a sense of vulnerability is an essential characteristic of a good process safety culture. What Can You Do? ... you safe. An employee walking through a process area that handled sulfuric acid noticed an operator ... nearest safety shower. Unknown to the operator, sulfuric acid had backed up into the nitrogen hose. When ...

  5. Process Safety Beacon: Valve Position Errors Can Cause Serious Incidents

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    obvious, ask your supervisor. Manual valves that are considered critical to safety are often car-sealed ... are safety components that completely restrict flow through a pipe, providing positive shutoff of the ... consent of AIChE is strictly prohibited. Contact us at ccps_beacon@aiche.org or 646-495-1371. ...

  6. Use Risk-Based Methodologies to Improve Asset Integrity Management

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    cost, safety, and productivity benefits. Efficient asset management has become crucial for organizations ... function effectively while protecting health, safety, and the environment (1). Asset integrity management ... (AIM) is the means of ensuring that the people, systems, processes, and resources that deliver integrity ...

  7. Fundamental Hydrogen Safety Credential

    Course | AIChE Academy
    Hydrogen Safety Credential from the Center for Hydrogen Safety (CHS)  Safety should be #1 when it comes to ... development of the hydrogen and fuel cell industries. CHS’ Fundamental Hydrogen Safety Credential demonstrates ... public confidence.   Why encourage employees to apply? CHS’ Fundamental Hydrogen Safety Credential offers ...

  8. Editorial: Safety Above All Else

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2023 March Emily Petruzzelli Process safety is a core practice of chemical engineers. As we ... companies in the chemical process industries should (and typically do) strive to go above and beyond safety ... chemicals depends on a series of safety checks, management practices, and government regulations. The train ...

  9. Translating Industrial Lab Safety Practices to Academia

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    culture. The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) describes safety culture as “how the organization ... safety protocols. We devised a process for reviewing our safety practices: Identify opportunities to ... assumptions about safety. Moreover, this expert developed a core curriculum undergraduate course on process ...

  10. Anhydrous Ammonia: Its Hazards and Safe Handling Practices

    Conference Presentation | AIChE Academy | Apr 11, 2022
    AIChE Academy AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety 2022 Global Congress on ... Process Safety Tekin Kunt Anhydrous Ammonia (i.e., pure ammonia without any water) has been used in the ... chemical processing industry and agriculture for hundreds of years. With the new energy transition ...

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