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Is Your Emergency Response Plan Satisfactory?

August 21, 2009 4 Comments

A chemical facility is mandated to have an emergency response plan by OSHA PSM and EPA RMP. An accident in the plant, a hurricane, and

Quantitative Risk Assessment: Will Quantifying Risks Help You Minimize Them?

August 19, 2009 9 Comments

How would you answer the following question: Is refinery A safer than refinery B? I know a few of you would recommend quantifying risks in

Reactive Chemicals

August 17, 2009 No Comments

Reactive chemicals refer to chemicals that can react with self or with other chemicals or contaminants leading to extremely high reaction rates. The high reaction

Hurricane Risk Management for Refineries: Control the Flying Objects

August 12, 2009 2 Comments

Hurricanes pose serious risks to physical assets in chemical plants and refineries. During hurricanes, plant equipment can be damaged by high winds and/or flood waters.

Proactive Risk Management: Why Is It So Tough?

August 11, 2009 5 Comments

There is a big difference between proactively mitigating risks vs. reacting to incidents. Why do corporations wait to take active safety measures till an incident

RAGAGEP stands for Recognized And Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practices. Specifically, OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119 (D)(3)(ii) states:The employer shall document that equipment complies with recognized

Refinery Fire Raises Questions About HF Usage

July 31, 2009 4 Comments

On the morning of July 19, a fire in CITGO’s Corpus Christi refinery injured a worker. The incident occurred in the alkylation unit of the

How Likely will a Natural Gas Leak Ignite?

July 29, 2009 No Comments

Following the release of natural gas, it can be ignited resulting in fire which in turn can potentially result in an explosion. So how likely

Becoming Numb to Risks

July 27, 2009 5 Comments

In our daily lives we often become immune to risks around us. For example, there are around 40,000 annual fatalities from automobile accidents in the

Explosion at Biodiesel Plant – July 2009

July 22, 2009 1 Comment

The biodiesel and biofuel industry is demonstrating a disturbing trend of unsafe operations. The biodiesel industry is experiencing one fire/explosion incident EVERY two-and-a-half months. Last Friday, there was

Primer on Pipeline Integrity Management

July 20, 2009 1 Comment

A few weeks ago I met with Cesar de Leon who is a pipeline safety expert (http://www.pipelinesafetyconsultant.com) – he worked at the DOT Office of

Will your Refresher Training Work?

July 14, 2009 7 Comments

In the last two years, I have traveled significantly…have an elite status on three airlines and lots of frequent flyer miles. There are quite a

Overview of Chemical Plant Security

July 7, 2009 2 Comments

Chemical Facility Anti Terrorism Standard (CFATS) came into force on Nov. 20, 2007 as a Federal Regulation under 6 CFR 27. This set into motion

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Is Your Emergency Response Plan Satisfactory?

Quantitative Risk Assessment: Will Quantifying Risks Help You Minimize Them?

Reactive Chemicals

Hurricane Risk Management for Refineries: Control the Flying Objects

Proactive Risk Management: Why Is It So Tough?

RAGAGEP

Refinery Fire Raises Questions About HF Usage

How Likely will a Natural Gas Leak Ignite?

Becoming Numb to Risks

Explosion at Biodiesel Plant – July 2009

Primer on Pipeline Integrity Management

Will your Refresher Training Work?

Overview of Chemical Plant Security

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