Practical Compliance with the EPA Risk Management Program: A CCPS Concept Book
July, 2009At last, smaller chemical processing operations have truly easy access to process safety and risk management programs tailored to meet their needs. Written as a "how to" book with checklists,...
View Article19th Annual International Conference: Emergency Planning Preparedness,...
April, 2005Over 40 papers and posters that share the latest practices in emergency planning related to fixed chemical, pharmaceutical, LNG, and petroleum facilities, storage facilities, transportation,...
View ArticleGuidelines for Process Safety in Outsourced Manufacturing Operations
September, 2000In today’s competitive economy, companies often augment in-house production by outsourcing chemical reaction processes and distillation, drying, formulating, blending, and packaging...
View ArticleGuidelines for Consequence Analysis of Chemical Releases
March, 1995This Guidelines book provides technical information on how to conduct a consequence analysis to satisfy your company's needs and the EPA rules. It covers quantifying the size of a release,...
View ArticleGuidelines for Integrating Process Safety Management, Environment, Safety,...
December, 1996Over the years, companies have developed independent systems for managing process safety, environment, health, safety, and quality. Many aspects of these management systems are similar....
View ArticleGuidelines for Implementing Process Safety Management Systems
April, 1994The causes of catastrophic accidents in the process industries, now recognized as complex and interrelated, need to be matched by multi-faceted technical management systems. These principles...
View ArticleGuidelines for Preventing Human Error in Process Safety
August, 2004Almost all the major accident investigations--Texas City, Piper Alpha, the Phillips 66 explosion, Feyzin, Mexico City--show human error as the principal cause, either in design, operations,...
View ArticleSafe Design and Operation of Process Vents and Emission Control Systems
March, 2006Process vent header collection systems are subject to continually varying compositions and flow rates and thus present significant challenges for safe design. Due to increasingly demanding...
View ArticleRecognizing Catastrophic Incident Warning Signs in the Process Industries
November, 2011This book provides guidance on characterizing, recognizing, and responding to warning signs to help avoid process incidents and injuries before they occur. The guidance can be used by...
View ArticleGuidelines for Auditing Process Safety Management Systems, 2nd Edition
February, 2011This book discusses the fundamental skills, techniques, and tools of auditing, and the characteristics of a good process safety management system. A variety of approaches are given so the...
View ArticleGuidelines for Risk Based Process Safety
March, 2007Guidelines for Risk Based Process Safety provides guidelines for industries that manufacture, consume, or handle chemicals, by focusing on new ways to design, correct, or improve process...
View ArticleGuidelines for Performing Effective Pre-Startup Safety Reviews
March, 2007This book provides guidance to those with responsibility for scheduling and executing a Pre-Startup Safety Review (PSSR). It outlines a protocol and tool for use by project or turnaround...
View ArticleContractor and Client Relations to Assure Process Safety
December, 1996Written and edited by engineering contractors and industry project/maintenance managers as an easy-to-use guide for other industry professionals, this book identifies important process...
View ArticleGuidelines for Vapor Release Mitigation
April, 1988Guidelines for Vapor Release Mitigation is a survey of current industrial practice for controlling accidental releases of hazardous vapors and preventing their escape from the source area.
View ArticleMaking EHS an Integral Part of Process Design
June, 2001This book presents an approach—termed MERITT (Maximizing EHS Returns by Integrating Tools and Talents)—for enhancing process development through better integration of environmental, health,...
View ArticleBehind the Curve
Academy VideoFriday, February 12, 2016 - 9:30amThe key lesson is to review industry standards more often. The explosion and fire at the refinery was due to an undetected High Temperature Hydrogen...
View ArticleExperimentando con el Peligro
Academy VideoFriday, September 4, 2015 - 12:45amRiesgos asociados con las investigaciones en laboratorios químicos en instituciones académicas.
View ArticlePeligros Asociados al trabajo en caliente
Academy VideoFriday, September 4, 2015 - 12:45amLecciones para prevenir explosiones de vapor causadas por operacione de soldadura y corte.
View ArticleSin salida
Academy VideoFriday, September 4, 2015 - 12:45amPeligros asociados a espacios confinados.
View ArticlePracticas fatales
Academy VideoFriday, September 4, 2015 - 12:45amPeligros de la liberación intencional de gas natural en áreas de trabajo.
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