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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 ...
Handling a Crisis Situation Through Media Training
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
When an abnormal situation occurs at your facility, management must be prepared, not only to handle the situation itself, but also to effectively communicate with stakeholders. The media is very important vehicle for this ...
Evaluating Safety Instrumented System Needs Using Process Hazard Analysis Data
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
Determining Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) needs is the first step of a long process of complying and maintaining compliance with national and international standards. How a company goes about determining SIS needs can ...
Economical Mitigation of Explosion Hazards for Plant Siting
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
The overpressure, impulse and ultimate damage resulting from a vapor cloud explosion are primarily a function of flame speed, flammable mass, and the distance to the target. Flame speed is determined by the inherent burning ...
Potential Impacts to Process Safety Management from Mergers, Acquisitions, Downsizing, and Re-Engineering
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
Significant potential impacts to process safety management performance can be generated by corporate organizational mergers, acquisitions, downsizing, and re-engineering. This paper explores a selection of consequences ...
If You Can't Measure, You Can't Contol It ProSmart
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
Convinced of the importance of good process safety management (PSM), the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) began a project in 1993 to measure the effectiveness of management systems. The ultimate objective was to ...
From Experimental Data Via Kinetic Model to Predicting Reactivity and Assessing Reaction Hazards
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
There is no other way to get original data regarding chemical reaction but experimental study. What kind of experimental technique to use depends on the aim of a study. Nevertheless, there is one almost universal method ...
Offshore Risk Assessment - Simple or Complex?
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
Risk assessment for offshore facilities began shortly after the Piper Alpha incident in 1988. At this time, the UK Health and Safety Executive issued rules for Safety Cases for offshore installations. Safety Cases are now ...
An Inherent Technology to Mitigate Vapor Cloud Explosions
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2001)
Vapor cloud explosions have caused damage, injury, and death. Typically, an explosion of this type is the result of the ignition of a flammable cloud formed by the uncontrolled release of a flammable vapor into a semi-confined ...