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.

Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA)

eLearning (online) Course

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.

Make Your Existing Plant Inherently Safer

January

2012

Special Section

Jack Chosnek, Victor H. Edwards, P.E.

Don't overlook opportunities to build more safety into a process that is already in operation.

CEP: Process Safety Beacon

June

2006

Safety

Process Safety Beacon

CEP: Process Safety Beacon - We Have Liftoff!!!

October

2007

Safety

Process Safety Beacon

CEP: Process Safety Beacon - Overflow + Ignition = Tank Farm Fire

September

2009

Process Safety Beacon

CEP: Process Safety Beacon - Vapor Cloud Explosions

January

2011

Safety

Process Safety Beacon

CEP: Spotlight on Safety - Process Safety Education: Meeting the New ABET Requirments

April

2012

Spotlight on Safety

Incendio y Explosion en Formosa Plastics corporation (Texas)

Sin contar con las salvaguardas necesarias, una pequena colision provoca un incendio masivo.

Hazard Identification for Operators and Maintenance Workers

eLearning (online) Course

This course helps operators learn how to recognize and respond to hazards at the field level. Attendees learn how to identify, rank and address the physical and process safety hazards they may encounter in the workplace.