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

April

2012

Spotlight on Safety

OSHA's New Chemical NEP: How to Make the Grade and Earn Extra Credit

October

2012

Safety

Heather Forgione, Henry Ozog

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration evaluates chemical facilities’ process safety management systems through a new national emphasis program. Follow these tips to reduce your risk of receiving citations, streamline the inspection process, and pave the way for future excellence.

CEP: Process Safety Beacon- Pressure-Relief Valve Bonnets — To Plug or Not To Plug?

May

2013

Process Safety Beacon

Understand what kind of pressure-relief valves you have in your plant, and know what you must do to ensure that they work properly.

Explosion con Oxido de Etileno en Sterogenics

En una planta de esterilización, el bypass de un dispositivo de seguridad produce resultados catastróficos.

Process Safety 101

eLearning (online) Course

This certificate reviews elementary concepts related to process safety including: process descriptions, Process Safety Management (PSM), mechanical integrity, process controls, flammability, static, electricity, and more.

Incident Summary: Columbia Case History

Map Your Way to Strategic Investments in Process Safety

July

2001

Safety

Paris Stavrianidis

Many CPI firms are looking at safety costs as investments, rather than expenses, and are reaping the wide-range benefits. Here's a roadmap of how best to accomplish this.