Top Five Risk and Safety Blog Posts for 2010
Below is a list of top five blog posts for this year. 1. SO2 vs. H2S: Which is more toxic? 2. Physical Explosions: LNG Rapid
Below is a list of top five blog posts for this year. 1. SO2 vs. H2S: Which is more toxic? 2. Physical Explosions: LNG Rapid
Readers of this blog are familiar with the biofuel incident trend that I have written about in previous posts. http://risk-safety.com/category/biofuels/ Based on what I have researched,
Below is summary (annualized average) of 20-year pipeline incident data from 1990-2009. [Source: Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration,PHMSA] Summary of Pipeline Incidents in the U.S. [1990-2009]
As safety professionals, we are often required to consider value of life in decision making. So, what is the economic value of a life? According
I had been away from writing blog posts for last 3 months or so…mainly because of my travel to S. Korea. I have also been
A friend of mine, Dr. Ben Thomas, recently forwarded me a video showing a man escaping incident in matter of seconds. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rapvHU3aoCw Note: The video
In December 2005, fire and explosion at Buncefield oil storage depot injured 40 people. Overfilling of a fuel storage tank (Tank 912) led to release
According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), there were 11 deaths every 100,000 workers in India in 2005. This number was two in the US
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
Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku – is an ancient Japanese text compiled in 901. It talks about an earthquake and Tsunami that occurred in 869: “Then