New Tool In Process Hazard Analysis: Delta HAZOP
The chemical industry has been doing risk assessment the same way for quite some time. This new method focuses on subtle changes, which can lead to de...
Process Safety with Trish & Traci
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Sharing insight from recent process-safety incidents to avoid accidents at chemical processing plants.
Could Deepwater Horizon Have Been Prevented?
IChemE’s Trish Kerin ponders that $64,000 question as she and Traci Purdum look back at lessons learned from the Montara oil field incident in 2009.
Lessons Learned From Seveso -- One Of the Biggest Manmade Environmental Disasters
Was the Seveso accident, which released dioxin in the air and was named by Time magazine as one of the top manmade environmental disasters, a black sw...
The Ripple Effect Of Recent Cybersecurity Breaches
A hack at SolarWinds in 2020 prompted executive orders to get cybersecurity under control at firms supplying the government. Private companies will ha...
The Cost Of Climate Change On Process Safety
Preparing for the worst is in a facility’s best interest. Indeed, in 2020 there were over 800 natural and man-made disasters that resulted in $4.5 tri...
Lessons Learned From The Fukushima Disaster 10 Years Later
The catastrophic incident at the Fukushima power plant 10 years ago started long before an earthquake and tsunami wiped out power and caused three rea...
Focus On The Right Process Safety Indicators
Advertising so many days since the last injury can do more harm than good at a facility. The absence of an incident doesn't mean the presence of safet...
Importance Of Partnering With First Responders
When disaster strikes, first responders already have a tough job ahead of them. Don’t put them in further danger by failing to effectively communicate...
How to apply process safety during the concept-select phase
It starts with the idea of the inherently safer design principle and that involves elimination. You can take out one hazard but are you increasing the...
Lessons Learned From The Longford Gas Explosion That Killed Two
A heat exchanger, management of change issues and a gap in knowledge led to a catastrophic incident. All of these were preventable mistakes. When will...