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
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
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.
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/
PSM 15th Element: Quality
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) program is nearly two decades old and I believe that the 14 PSM elements provide a good basic framework for facilities to create a safety program. What OSHA PSM lacks is quality metric. Let me explain further. For example, one of the elements of the OSHA PSM is emergency planning. As a part of ...
Should M&A Due Diligence Consider Safety?
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) are a part of today’s corporate growth strategy. As a part of M&A due diligence various critical business issues are evaluated. But what about safety performance of the company you are looking to acquire or merge with? You will say that most M&A in oil and gas/chemical ...
Should the Cop Ticket Fred? Perils of Performance-Based Regulations
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010When you are driving on a highway, usually there is a speed limit. If you exceed this limit, a cop can give you a ticket. In Houston, most highways have a speed limit of 65-70 miles per hour…although most drivers appear to assume it implies “90-mph is okay”. Let us say the ...
Risk and Safety
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010I 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 kept busy working on adding advanced features to Risk and Safety site. I will unveil them in the coming few months. I hope to get back ...
Use of RFID in Process Safety: Track Hazardous Chemicals and Track Personnel
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010RFID stands for Radio-Frequency IDentification. It is a small electronic device that consist of a chip (capable of carrying 2000 bytes of data) and an antenna. A RFID device provides a unique identifier and serves the same purpose as a bar code on a consumer product or a magnetic strip on ...
