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Epidemiological Studies of Chemical Accidents Using EPA's 5-Year Accident History Database
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
Epidemiological studies have made major contributions to the understanding and prevention of human disease. They are particularly valuable in regard to discovering the risk factors associated with low probability-high ...
Impact of Data Exchange Standards on Maintainabillity of Process Units
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
Over the last decade a number of new standards for data exchange have been initiated in Europe, the U.S., and Japan. Of particular interest to the process industries are the Application Protocols (AP's) under ISO 10303 ...
Empowering Employees to Recognize Ergonomics Risks Associated with Their Tasks
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
Employees in today's environment are often times challenged with changing tasks and activities, many of which pose new or different physical demands. The opportunity for a health/ safety professional to examine how individuals ...
Making Safety Second Nature
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
From the 1960s onwards the chemical and oil industries developed and used a number of new safety techniques which, in time, became second nature to those who used them. They included the use of QRA for deciding priorities, ...
Integrating Ergonomics with Process-Engineering
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1999)
Historical Perspectives on Chemical Process Safety at Texas A&M--Education, Research and Service
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
The Mary Kay O=Connor Process Safety Center was formally established at Texas A&M in 1995. This presentation will outline the activities leading up to the establishment of the Center, and the subsequent activities of the ...
Evaulating the Use of Third Parties to Measure Process Safety Management in Small Firms
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1999)
This paper describes a pilot experiment designed to investigate the use of third party auditors to inspect facilities that use hazardous chemicals in order to evaluate compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency’s ...
Systematic Evaluation of Chemical Reaction Hazards
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
Effective thermal hazard evaluation requires an integrated approach to assessment of chemical reactivity. A variety of theoretical and experimental methods can be used to determine the thermal stability of specific compounds ...
Tangential Radiographic Testing
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
Accident Databases: What Do They Tell Us?
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1999)