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Process Safety Boot Camp

Instructor-led (classroom) Course
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.

Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS)

CCPS was established in 1985 to focus on engineering and management practices that can prevent and mitigate catastrophic accidents involving release of hazardous materials. CCPS is supported by sponsors in the chemical and hydrocarbon process industries and active worldwide via conferences, books, databases, education, research, and more.

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Handle Corrosive Acids and Caustics Safely

September
2012
Safety
Richard W. Prugh, P.E., CSP
Understand the corrosivity hazards of acids and caustics, and follow these guidelines to manage those hazards through inherently safer design, engineering and administrative controls, and personal protective equipment.

Navigating NFPA Codes and Standards

May
2012
Safety
Jeremy Lebowitz
Follow the recommendations and how-to Guidance provided by the National Fire Protection Association to safeguard against fires and explosions.

CEP: Process Safety Beacon - What Can I do? I’m Just the Operator.

September
2012
Process Safety Beacon
A frequent comment from workers is, “What can I do to improve the safety of our processes? I am just the operator (or technician, mechanic, etc.). I just turn valves, operate the equipment, take samples, turn wrenches, adjust the equipment.” It is...

Impact of Guidelines for Independent Protection Layers and Initiating Events

Apr 4, 2012
J. Wayne Chastain
Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA) was introduced about 15 years ago as a simplified risk assessment method between HAZOP (Process Hazard Analysis [PHA]) and quantitative risk assessment (QRA). This introduction was timely; LOPA was quickly adopted world-wide. The rules for independent protection...

One Company's near Miss Program - Successes, Learning, and Improvements

Apr 3, 2012
Shakeel Kadri
Abstract For 8 th Global Congress on Process Safety (Process Plant Safety Symposium) April 2012 One Company's Near Miss Program - Successes, Learning, and Improvements Shakeel H. Kadri Glen A. Peters James VanOmmeren Air Products & Chemicals Inc. 7201 Hamilton Blvd. Allentown, PA 18195 USA...

How to Effectively Apply Incident Command System (ICS) to Emergency Response

Apr 2, 2012
Qingsheng Wang
The Incident Command System (ICS) is a standardized approach typically structured into five functional areas: Command, Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Finance. The system allows for the integration of personnel, facilities, equipment, procedures, and communications operating within an...

Overview and Welcome to the 8th Global Congress on Process Safety

Apr 2, 2012
Trey Morrison
8th GCPS Introduction and Welcome: Trey Morrison (GCPS Chair) Scott Berger (Executive Director of CCPS) Symposia Introductions, Jatin Shah (CCPS Chair), Mike Moosemiller (LPS Chair), and Jim Willis (PPSS Chair) Presentation of William H. Doyle Award - LPS Best Paper Award and PPSS Best Paper Award

Thermal Safety of Ionic Liquids

Apr 2, 2012
Ryan J. Hart
During the past decade, research and development in ionic liquids has grown tremendously. Targeted applications for ionic liquids include replacement of volatile organic solvents in separation processes, organic chemistry, microelectronics, and many more. Ionic liquids are simply low melting...

When MOC Meets LOPA: A Quantitative Assessment of the Impact of Errors in MOCs

Apr 2, 2012
Rainer Hoff
Layers of Protection Analysis, "LOPA", has become a popular tool for conducting semi-quantitative risk assessments, in the chemical process industries. A key concept is that of "Independent Protection Layers", whereby subsequent layers are intended to mitigate adverse events that were not mitigated...

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