Trevor Says…
Friday, February 18th, 2011Do we need to follow all the rules? Are meetings worthwhile? Why does equipment fail in service? Read Trevor Kletz's answers to these questions: http://pscfiles.tamu.edu/research/trevors-corner/tcorner15.pdf
Archive for the ‘Process Safety’ Category
Do we need to follow all the rules? Are meetings worthwhile? Why does equipment fail in service? Read Trevor Kletz's answers to these questions: http://pscfiles.tamu.edu/research/trevors-corner/tcorner15.pdf
NTSB Safety Recommendations Following San Bruno Incident
Friday, January 14th, 2011NTSB has issued seven safety recommendations following the September, 2010 San Bruno incident in California. #1. To PHMSA: Inform pipeline operators about circumstances leading up-to and consequences of pipeline rupture at San Bruno and NTSB's recommendations. #2. To PG&E: Search records to identify all the gas transmission lines (in class 3 & 4 locations, ...
Safety Professionals: May the Force Be With You!
Monday, January 3rd, 2011I came across this interesting post about the Empire's EHS system. The Blog Strikes Back: How Star Wars could have used an EH&S System
Workplace Safety Ad: Converying the Safety Message
Monday, January 3rd, 2011Here's a touching ad from WorkSafe, an Australian safety agency, that makes us realize the importance of safety at work.
Top Five Risk and Safety Blog Posts for 2010
Monday, December 27th, 2010Below is a list of top five blog posts for this year. 1. SO2 vs. H2S: Which is more toxic? 2. Physical Explosions: LNG Rapid Phase Transitions (RPT) 3. Nitrogen Asphyxiation Hazards 4. Natural Gas Pipelines: Is there a Safer Alternative? 5. 174 Times and then KaBoom Happy holidays. See you next year.
Tank Overfill Protection and Safety Integrity Level
Monday, December 20th, 2010The 2005 Buncefield incident was a result of gasoline overfill from a tank (#912) at Buncefield oil storage and transfer depot. A contributing cause for this incident was failure of servo level gauge to indicate high level in the tank - on the day of the incident the gauge indicated static level when the level ...
Top 50 Risk Management Blogs
Thursday, December 16th, 2010Risk and Safety Blog is listed at #7 in Top 50 Risk Management Blogs list. Check out the entire list: Top 50 Risk Management Blogs
Another Biodiesel Fire…hopfully the last one for 2010!
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010Readers of this blog are familiar with the biofuel incident trend that I have written about in previous posts. https://risk-safety.com/risksafetynewsite/category/biofuels/ Based on what I have researched, the incident frequency of a fire/explosion in biodiesel plant is 10 weeks, i.e. every two and half months there is a fire or explosion in a biodiesel ...
Risk and Safety Site Named Top Workplace Safety Blog
Thursday, December 9th, 2010The risk and safety blog has been recognized as one of the Top Workplace Safety Blog by Construction Management webportal. To see the complete list, click below: http://www.constructionmanagement.net/features/workplace-safety/
API 752, 3rd Edition: Changes in Facility Siting Standard
Friday, October 1st, 2010The third edition of API 752, "Management of Hazards Associated with Permanent Buidlings" came out in late 2009 and there are a few major revisions to consider. Building Occupancy: If a building is occupied, clearly it has to be evaluated. However, according to the new standard if a building is "intended for occupancy", it ...
