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Case Study: Anatomy of a Major Process Unit Explosion Investigation An Interdisciplinary Approach to Multiple Causes
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2002)
This paper is a case study that describes an investigation of a large-scale chemical process unit explosion. The technical objective to determine what happened and why is driven by process safety and good engineering ...
Integration of a Reactive Chemicals Program into the Process Hazard Analysis Process at The Dow Chemical Company
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
Dow's Reactive Chemicals Program has been in place since 1967 and has been utilized globally by Dow to reduce the hazards associated with reactive chemical scenarios. With the evolution to a broader Process Hazard review, ...
Description of Hazardous Substances Events in the Manufacturing of Chemicals and Allied Products
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2002)
This report describes events involving the acute release of hazardous substances from reported to the Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance (HSEES) system for 1993-2000. HSEES, a surveillance system maintained ...
Risk Based Inspection Case Studies" Does RBI improve plant safety?
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
In order for a facility to extend the operating lifetime of pressure vessels and piping, safely and cost effectively, it is necessary to implement the latest inspection and maintenance strategies. Risk Based Inspection ...
API RP 579 (Fitness for Service) and Application in the Refining and Petrochemical Industries
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2002)
Guidelines for Analyzing and Managing the Security Vulnerability of Fixed Chemical Sites
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2002)
Throughout the industrial age, and particularly since the mid-1980's, engineers and the public have recognized that hazardous materials can destroy lives and property if handled improperly. Significant progress has been ...
Use of Fault Trees for Quantitative Risk Assessment
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2000)
There are many examples in industry where accidents have occurred because of process safeguard failures. With the increasing risk of accidents and approval of ISA- S84.01 and IEC 61508, people are making extensive efforts ...
A Framework for Designing Independent Protection Layer (IPL) Implementing Process Hazard Analysis to Process Safety Design
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2002)
Despite the clarity of Process Safety Design concept, the current safety design seems to be done using heuristics and experiences of process designers and safety engineers. Because of this, the quality of safety design is ...
Expanding the Applicability of ISA TR84.02 in the Field
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
ANSI/ISA $84.01 standard was released in 1996. The companion Technical Report TR84.02 is in the process of being completed. The latter document is intended to provide the methodology to implement the safety performance ...
Bridging the Safe Automation Gap
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
Industry is rapidly approaching the 10th anniversary of the OSHA Process Safety Management regulation. This regulation requires the use of generally accepted good engineering practices as demonstrated by a series of ...