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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 - What If You Unload the Wrong Material into a Tank?

April

2012

Process Safety Beacon

CEP: Process Safety Beacon - Manage Temporary Changes

October

2012

Process Safety Beacon

A filter on the suction of a pump frequently plugged. Because of this, the pressure needed to be monitored, both in the field and at the control panel. To minimize installation time for a pressure transmitter, it was decided to install a tap on the...

CEP: Spotlight On Safety - Speaking Up for Safety: Hazard Awareness and Operational Discipline

May

2013

Spotlight on Safety

Louisa Nara

On a cold February day in 1996, I was on a ﬂight from Washington DC. Due to a horriﬁc snowstorm, the ﬂight landed 30 minutes late and passengers scrambled to make their connections. I turned to the pregnant passenger next to me to see if she needed...

Practicas fatales

Peligros de la liberación intencional de gas natural en áreas de trabajo.

Process Safety Lessons Taught from Experience

eLearning (online) Course

This certificate is designed to provide insight into important case histories related to process safety. By learning from the mistakes of others, the hope is to avoid similar mistakes.

Incident Summary: Challenger Case History

Use a Comprehensive Database to Better Manage Process Safety

August

2001

Safety

Brian D. Kelly

Find out if your database is large enough to be meaningful and whether it is being used to its fullest extent.

Is Your Dust Collection System An Explosion Hazard?

October

2003

Safety

Vahid Ebadat

The prevalence of dust explosions in dust collection units may be due to the fact that the hazards posed by the powders handled are not fully understood or that explosion preventive and protective control measures are insufficient or absent. This...

Improve Safety by Improving Human Performance

August

2006

Safety

Donald K. Lorenzo

Follow these guidelines to identify situations in which human errors are likely to occur and to correct potential problems early enough to avoid adverse consequences.

Managing Dust Explosion Hazards

August

2009

Safety

Vahid Ebadat

Companies that handle powders or other particulate solids need to be aware of the potential for fire and explosions, and follow industry best practices, codes and standards to manage the risk.