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 ...

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 ...

A database of spontaneous combustible substances is under development. Over 100 substances commonly found in the chemical processing industry have been included to date. Spontaneous combustion includes the several related ...

Factory Mutual Research (FMR) is an FM Global affiliate charged with providing advanced property loss prevention research and engineering support for the benefit of the customers of FM Global and the public at large. This ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...