Incident Investigation

Developing, sustaining, and enhancing the organization's incident investigation competency is one of four elements in the RBPS pillar of learning from experience. The characteristics of an effective incident program and how organizations might begin to enhance their own incident investigation process, can be found in this Introduction to Incident Investigation.

More information regarding incident investigation, check out CCPS' Guidelines on learning from experience.

A Full-Scale Experimental and Modeling Investigation of Dust Explosions in a Roller Mill

Mar 22, 2010

Kees Van Wingerden

Combustion of biomass is becoming an increasingly important energy source. This is especially true for wood pellets, as several power companies have decided to use this fuel instead of coal. In this process the wood pellets are ground in big mills and, from there, pneumatically transported to the...

Case Histories and Lessons Learned

Apr 29, 2009

Delmar Morrison, Mark Kaszniak, Scott Davis

Reviews of process safety incidents and near misses provide valuable learning opportunities. Papers dealing with incidents, near misses, and the lessons learned are presented. Please Note : Case Histories and Lessons Learned -- Spring Meeting 2009 includes the following recorded presentations: ·...

Fire, Explosion, & Quantitative Analysis

Apr 28, 2009

Pablo Zunana

Fires and explosions result in the largest losses in process safety accidents. The increased sensitivity by industry, regulatory, and public sectors to recent events as well as challenging market conditions has caused industry to scrutinize their existing approaches and develop balance between...

Safety Culture and Operational Discipline

Apr 27, 2009

Mark Paradies, Stephanie Payne, Tulanda Brown

This session focuses on the cultural aspects of a successful Process Safety program. Papers that are presented cover new and innovative ideas on corporate-wide and site-specific safety culture improvements, developing or improving operational discipline, and other approaches addressing the “human...

Global Congress On Process Safety Opening Keynote Address

Apr 27, 2009

John Bresland

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Incidents That Define Process Safety

March, 2008

Incidents That Define Process Safety describes approximately fifty incidents that have had a significant impact on the chemical and refining industries' approaches to modern process safety. Events are described in detail so readers get a fundamental understanding of the root causes, the...

Guidelines for Investigating Chemical Process Incidents, 2nd Edition

March, 2003

This book provides a valuable reference tool for technical and management personnel who lead or are a part of incident investigation teams. This second edition focuses on investigating process-related incidents with real or potential catastrophic consequences. It presents on-the-job information,...

RELEASE: A Model with Data to Predict Aerosol Rainout in Accidental Releases

March, 1998

This book documents CCPS's Aerosol Research Program to develop a model to predict liquid rainout from release of a pressurized, liquefied gas--and, hence the residual amount of material in a vapor cloud, which may be greater than the amount calculated from an enthalpy chart. RELEASE predicts the...

Guidelines for Technical Planning for On-Site Emergencies

June, 1995

Prevention, preparedness, response and recovery--the key components of emergency planning--form the major sections of this work. The book first describes PSM (Process Safety Management) as the key to prevention, then goes on to consider the main features of a preparedness program, including...