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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.

5th Latin American Conference on Process Safety

August 12-14, 2013

Hilton Cartagena | Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

5th CCPS Latin American Process Safety Conference will be held in Cartagena de Indias, August 12-14, 2012.

CEP: Process Safety Beacon - Overflow + Ignition = Tank Farm Fire (Part 2)

October

2009

Safety

Process Safety Beacon

CEP: Process Safety Beacon - Understanding the Reactivity of Your Heat-Transfer Fluid

February

2011

Safety

Process Safety Beacon

An Engineer’s Guide to Management of Change

March

2012

Back To Basics

R. Wayne Garland

Using a formal change procedure promotes safe operations and prevents injuries and deaths, and it will also favorably impact the bottom line.

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.

CEP: Process Safety Beacon - Have You Heard a Pressure-Relief Valve Chatter?

April

2013

Process Safety Beacon

Chattering is the rapid opening and closing of a pressure-relief valve. The resulting vibration may cause misalignment, valve seat damage, and, if prolonged, mechanical failure of valve internals and associated piping. Some causes of chattering...

Riesgo de asfixia por Nitrogeno

Dos contratistas mueren sofocados mientras proveian servicios a un tanque de proceso en una refineria

Dust Explosion Control

eLearning (online) Course

CSB has made recommendations that should help prevent dust explosions, and this certificate is based on these recommendations.

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.

Use Case Histories to Energize Your HAZOP

March

2001

Safety

Glenn Mahnken

Reviewing incident reports at a HAZOP meeting is more than just a lessons learned activity. It can spur sharper thinking and lead to a more telling analysis of your processes.

It's Time to Consider Human Factors in Alarm Management

November

2002

Instrumentation

Ian Nimmo

Implement these procedures to consider human factors, not simply human error, in control-room architecture and reduce the chance for incidents in the plant.

Designing Resilient Engineered Systems

April

2006

Safety

Susan M. Mitchell

By viewing resiliency as a property of complex systems, it may be possible to develop resilient systems that can withstand unanticipated failures without disastrous consequences.

Controlling Risk During Major Capital Projects

April

2009

Safety

William Bridges

Think of process safety management (PSM) as a project deliverable, and follow these best practices for scheduling and performing process hazard analyses (PHAs) and completing other PSM requirements during key phases of a major project.