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  2. Translating Industrial Lab Safety Practices to Academia

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 May George Prpich Ron Unnerstall Sections Character of academic research Safety incidents in academia Safety culture in academia Our journey: Univ. of Virginia Dept. of Chemical Engineering How did we initiate improvement? Where are we heading? Last ...

  3. Process Safety Beacon: Process Safety Lessons from a Ship Fire

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 April On July 12, 2020, a fire broke out on the U.S. Navy ship USS Bonhomme Richard while docked in San Diego, CA. The fire burned for five days and spread to 11 of the 15 decks of the ship. Temperatures from the fire exceeded 1,400°F (760°C). The fi ...

  4. Spotlight on Safety: Questions to Ask About Process Safety Performance: Part 2

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 April Jim Klein In Part 1, three key questions were proposed that should be considered in assessing process safety program performance (1). The first question — What is the current level of process safety performance? — requires that performance be a ...

  5. Conduct an Effective Process Hazard Analysis From a Distance

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 April Lauren Moyer, P.E. Sections The challenges of remote PHAs How improvements are made Be prepared Be flexible Be intentional Closing thoughts Literature cited This article provides guidance on how to successfully conduct process hazard analysis ( ...

  6. How to Leverage Attorney-Client Privilege for Effective Incident Investigations

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 March Matthew S. Walters, P.E. Sean J. Dee, P.E. Russell A. Ogle, P.E. Mary M. Balaster, Esq. In the aftermath of a major accident, leveraging attorney-client privilege during the incident investigation can help facilitate frank and open discussions ...

  7. Losing Your Heat Balance: Insights into Thermal Hazard Assessments

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 March Soham Dutta Robert J. Bellair Conducting a thermal hazard assessment is a crucial step in evaluating reactive chemical hazards. On a cold day in Seal Sands, Teesside (U.K.) in January 1976, a road tanker exploded and released glacial acrylic ac ...

  8. Mobile Tools to Supplement Operating Procedures

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 March Edward Marszal Margaret Hughes Use mobile devices and cloud technology to assist procedure execution and reduce human error. Human error is a factor in many safety incidents that occur in the chemical process industries (CPI). Simple human erro ...

  9. Process Safety Beacon: Hot Work Is More Than Welding, Burning and Grinding

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 March On Sept. 21, 2020, a fire was ignited in a bucket of flammable resin being used to re-line a fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) tower at a paper mill (Figure 1). Smoke and fumes from the fire killed two contractors. The incident had many contributi ...

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