The 3M Quantitative Process Risk Screening Tool (QPRS Tool) has been developed as a means of assisting 3M facilities globally in evaluating and managing the risks associated with processes that use or store hazardous ...

In September 1997 an LPG release occurred at the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, Ltd refinery in Vishakhpatnam, India. The resultant explosion and fire destroyed most of the facility's administrative buildings, numerous ...

Chemical process incidents are typically accompanied by a complex chain of events involving multiple breakdowns of safeguards in “tightly coupled” systems. When identifying and determining the most likely scenario(s), there ...

Less than six percent of the total chlorine production in the U.S. is used for disinfecting drinking water and wastewater. However, this segment of the industry is responsible for the operation and maintenance of more than ...

The concept of informal benchmarking is a natural process of sharing and exchanging information on a subject of mutual interest among peers within and even outside one's company. However, only some corporations for significant ...

There exists a need for blast resistant yet portable buildings to protect personnel temporarily assigned duties within explosively hazardous areas. Blast resistant portable buildings are a valuable asset for protection of ...

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 ...