Elements of Process Safety
The four pillars and the twenty elements of risk based process safety can be designed and implemented at varying levels of rigor to optimize process safety management, performance, efficiency, and effectiveness.
CEP: Process Safety Beacon - What is an SIS?
July
2009
Process Safety Beacon
CEP: Process Safety Beacon - Valve Actuator Rupture Incidents
November
2010
Process Safety Beacon
CEP: Spotlight on Safety - Why Am I Passionate about Process Safety?
February
2012
Spotlight on Safety
Explosion en la planta de Plasticos Formosa (Illinois)
Un error humano que se podria haber evitado conduce a una explosión de cloruro de vinilo, matando a cinco.
Process Safety Boot Camp
This intensive 4-day course is also offered periodically throughout the year to the broader chemical engineering public. Taught jointly by process safety veterans with decades of experience at major companies from the process industries, the course is highly interactive.
Use Maximum-Credible Accident Scenarios for Realistic and Reliable Risk Assessment
November
2001
Safety
Faisal I. Khan
Posing various possible incidents - rather than just the worst-case one - illuminates those that are really important and those that are most likely to occur
Implement an Operational Discipline Program to Improve Plant Process Safety
June
2011
Safety
Bruce K. Vaughen, James A. Klein
Built on a solid foundation of leadership support and employee involvement, an operational discipline program can help to prevent serious incidents and injuries, and improve overall site safety and business performance.
CEP: Process Safety Beacon
May
2006
Safety
Process Safety Beacon
CEP: Process Safety Beacon - Hot Work Permits
September
2007
Safety
Process Safety Beacon
CEP: Process Safety Beacon - Never Underestimate the Hazard
August
2009
Safety
Process Safety Beacon
CEP: Process Safety Beacon - Are You Ready for Winter?
December
2010
Safety
Process Safety Beacon
CEP: Process Safety Beacon - Double Block and Bleed
March
2012
Process Safety Beacon
The December 2011 Beacon described an incident where a missing plug on a vent line resulted in a flammable material leak that caught fire, causing a fatality. That incident reminded us of the importance of caps and plugs on process vent lines and...
Riesgo de asfixia por Nitrogeno
Dos contratistas mueren sofocados mientras proveian servicios a un tanque de proceso en una refineria
Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA)
This online course offers an overview of Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) to mitigate risk in your processes.
The Chemical Industry and Toulouse: Lessons After Bhopal
January
2002
Opinion
Benjamin R. Schuster
Thoughts on how to prevent another catastrophic accident from occurring.












