chemical process safety

[...]... Conducting the Interview 265 Closing the Interview and Documenting It 265 12 Sources of Helpful Information for Chemical Process Safety 267 The Best Seven Books on Chemical Process Safety From a Process Engineer's Viewpoint 267 General Chemical Process Safety Books 269 Practical Information on Safety Critical Instruments and Pressure Vessels, Tanks, and Piping 271 Internet Resources 272 Other Helpful... and articles on Chemical Process Safety theory and procedures These texts offer sound advice on identifying chemical process hazard analysis, training, audits, and guidelines addressing the elements of OSHA's Process Safety Management Law However, only a few people such as Trevor A Kletz offer many authentic case histories that provide opportunities to learn fundamentals in process safety Trevor Kletz... professors studying chemical process safety, chemical plant pipefitters, welders, and maintenance supervisors The first book was successful and this is a sequel It contains two new chapters, many new incidents, and plenty of vivid photos In February 1992, the U.S Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued "Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals: Final... funding for the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board The Chemical Safety Board, which was modeled after the National Transportation Safety Board, is designed to investigate explosions and other accidents at chemical manufacturing and other industrial facilities The U.S Congress funded the board at $4 million for 1988 One key assumption, as stated in the Overview of the Chemical Safety Board's... allows electrical current to safely pass 2 Chemical Process Safety through poly vinyl chloride insulated wires At the bathroom sink, we wash our face in chemically sanitized water using a chemically produced soap We enter the kitchen and open the plastic-lined refrigerator cooled by fluorochlorohydrocarbon chemicals and reach for the orange juice, which came from chemically fertilized orange groves Many... May 1992, pp A1–A2 37 National Safety Council, Accident Facts—1996 Edition, Itasca, Ill., 1996: p 69 38 "Dedicated to Industrial Chemical Safety Business Plan for the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board," August 1997 An attachment to a memo provided by the Chemical Manufacturers Association CHAPTER 2 Good Intentions Modifications Made with Good Intentions As chemical manufacturers, we must... American Chemical Society, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, The Chemical Manufacturers Association, The Council of Chemical Research, and the Synthetic Organic Manufacturers Association, available from American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., 1996, pp 17–18 2 Taylor, F S A History of Industrial Chemistry London: W Heinemann Ltd., 1957, pp 21, 59 3 Soda Ash, Columbia-Southern Chemical Corporation—Subsidiary... Histories of Process Plant Disasters, 3d ed., ch 2 Houston: Gulf Publishing, 1995 20 Sanders, Roy E., "Human Factors: Case Histories of Improperly Managed Changes in Chemical Plants," Process Safety Progress 15, no 3, Fall 1996: pp 132-39 21 Dowell, Art M Ill and Dennis C Hendershot, "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Case Studies of Incidents and Potential Incidents Caused by Protective Systems," Process Safety. .. Conditions, Summer 1997." 33 "Risk and the CPI," Chemical Engineering 102, no 2, Feb 1995: pp 20–23 34 Lees, Dr Frank P., Loss Prevention in the Process Industries Hazard Identification, Assessment and Control, 2d ed Oxford, U.K.: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996, pp 1:2–l:9 20 Chemical Process Safety 35 Kletz, Trevor A., "Evaluate Risk in Plant Design," Hydrocarbon Processing 56, Houston, Tex., May 1977, pp... together teaching an American Institute of Chemical Engineers Continuing Education Course entitled "Chemical Plant Accidents—A Workshop on Causes and Preventions." I hope that my books in some way mimic Trevor Kletz's style of presenting clear, interesting anecdotes that illustrate process safety concepts Hopefully, my recorded case histories can be shared with chemical process operators, operations supervisors, . Information for Chemical Process Safety 267 The Best Seven Books on Chemical Process Safety From a Process Engineer's Viewpoint 267 General Chemical Process Safety Books . Programs for Safety- Critical Instruments and Safety Relief Valves 192 Mechanical Integrity Program for Process Safety Interlocks and Alarms 202 Protective Process Safety Interlocks .