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Development of an Effective Procedure Writer’s Guide using a Human Factors and Regulatory Compliance Approach
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2015)
Well-written procedures are an integral part of any industrial organization for safe operation, managing risks, and continuous improvement. Regulatory bodies around the world require industries to have current, accurate, ...
Improved Methodology on the Safe Design of Offshore Exploration and Production Facilities for Accidental Collisions
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2015)
Accidental loads constitute the great majority of potential and actual fatalities in offshore drilling operations. An unplanned HSE (Health, Safety, and Environment) event has a great potential to cause permanent disablement ...
A CFD-based Approach for Gas Detectors Allocation
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2015)
Accidental gas releases are detected by allocating sensors in optimal places to prevent escalation of the incident. Gas release effects are typically assessed based on calculating the dispersion from releasing points. In ...
Life-Safety Concerns in Chemical Plants
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2015)
The safety and health standards of the Occupational Safety and Health Act [OSHA] do not specifically address life safety in chemical plants, other than requiring owners and operators to “provide a safe place to work” and ...
Using a Data-Driven Method of Accident Analysis: A Case Study of the Human Performance Reliability (HPR) Process
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2015)
Human error and its contribution to occupational accidents and incidents has received considerable research attention in recent years. However, more research is needed into the validity, practicality, and functionality of ...
Manifesting Design-Based Parameters into Post-Construction Inspection Planning
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
through improved detectability. As important, however, are: 1) the establishment of design-based inspections and tests, including type, extent, and frequency; and 2) the minimum limits of acceptability and the technical ...
Organizational Process Safety: Taking Process Safety to the Next Level
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2015)
Process safety management relies on multiple models for the safe manufacture, storage, use and transportation of highly hazardous chemicals. For the most part these models are little more than a checklist of activities ...
An Approach to Onshore Facility Hazard Analysis
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 2015)
Onshore oil and gas operators face challenging cost efficiency targets while pressing for higher production volumes. Within this tension is a need to reduce planned facility foot prints while maintaining primary focus of ...
Summary of Process Safety-Related Research at Michigan Technological University
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
The Hazards Laboratory at Michigan Tech is currently focusing on three research areas:flammability, reactivity and safety during conceptual design. In the area of flammability, the laboratory supports a 20-liter combustion ...
Ergonomics Pilot Program for the Petrochemical Industry
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
Positive results can be achieved through an approach incorporating certain core elements that are implemented in a simple, informal, site-specific manner. The approach presented in this paper sets a framework for a worksite ...