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Synergistic Programs and Activities Benefitting Process Safety at the Texas Engineering Experiment Station
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
The Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) is a state agency within The Texas A&M University System. It is responsible for promotion of and propagation of results of Engineering and related research done directly and ...
Impact of Basic Process Chemistry Issues on Process Safety
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
The greatest opportunities for development of an inherently safer chemical manufacturing process occur at the earliest stages of research and development, in the selection of the chemical synthesis route for the product. ...
Was Murphy Wrong? Thoughts on the Application of Murphy’s Law to the Operation and Design of Chemical Plants
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1999)
We’ve all heard of Murphy’s Law. It has been stated in various forms, generally something like “If something can go wrong, it will go wrong, and at the worst possible time.” We often quote Murphy’s Law, often in a light-hearted ...
Intelligent Systems for Process Hazards Analysis of ComplexChemical Plants: Challenges and Emerging Trends
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
Process safety, occupational health, and environmental issues are ever increasing in importance in response to heightening public concerns and the resultant tightening of regulations. The process industries are addressing ...
Inherently Safe Design A Common Sense Approach
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1999)
Most safety professionals associate Inherently Safer Design (ISD) with preliminary design of new processes. Indeed, in most cases, ISD concepts can have the greatest impacts in the early stages of process design. However, ...
Toxicological Issues in the Chemical Processing Industry
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
The chemical processing industry has been a leader in addressing the toxicological effects of their chemical products and by-products. The science of toxicology, however, is advancing rapidly, and new issues are being ...
Behavioral Safety Implementation
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
Many companies are developing Behavioral Safety Process to improve safety. In 1995, the Montell Jackson plant designed and implemented a behavioral Safety Process using the expertise of Terry McSween and Quality Safety ...
Inherent Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE) Reviews
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
How can an organization institutionalize the inherent safety process? To help accomplish this objective Exxon Chemical has developed an Inherent Safety, Health & Environmental (SHE) Review process to be carried out at ...
The Impact of Process Safety on Productivity and the Bottom Line
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
How does process safety impact productivity and the bottom-line? A total safety process. Kvaerner utilizes aspects of Process Safety Management to control the safety quality of its process design. PSM also drives many ...
SEMI S2, EQUIPMENT SAFETY GUIDELINE AND RELATED SAFETY STANDARDS FOR THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1999)
What is safe semiconductor manufacturing equipment? Does meeting the regulatory requirements make it safe? How much risk management is necessary to make equipment safe? The semiconductor industry has a challenge in providing ...