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Compliance Advisor: New bills target chemicals Congress considers kid-safe chemicals legislation |
06/17/2008 |
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Program aims to hook future talent for the chemical industry |
05/23/2008 |
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Hot cutover boosts control system migration Keeping critical unit running provides significant economic and implementation benefits |
05/02/2008 |
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Keep plant layout from laying you low Spot mistakes before they literally become set in stone on the site |
05/02/2008 |
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Leading the Way to Process Safety The Basic Ingredient in Any Process Safety Program Is Strong Leadership. |
04/15/2008 |
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Leading the Way to Process Safety The Basic Ingredient in Any Process Safety Program Is Strong Leadership. |
03/24/2008 |
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Act before theres not a drop to drink The Ground Water Protection Council is taking an active role. |
02/13/2008 |
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Technology whittles wooden barrier Process promises less-energy-intensive fibril extraction. |
02/13/2008 |
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Nanoparticle safety raises questions U.S. initiative focuses on health as well as economic impacts of nanotechnology. |
02/04/2008 |
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Rethink your approach to process safety Place more emphasis on avoiding hazards rather than just controlling them. Process risk reduction can involve limiting the likelihood of potential accidents or cutting their consequences. |
09/11/2007 |
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Paying attention to the following points can ease implementing and improving critical plant procedures: |
08/01/2007 |
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Automating procedures within control systems can serve to make your operators more effective and more consistent. With studies showing more than 40% of all plant incidents stemming from some form of human error, it makes sense to give automation a larger role in day-to-day operations. |
08/01/2007 |
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Check out a different approach to safety analysis and a valuable new reference in this month's column from Editor Mark Rosenzweig. |
07/06/2007 |
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Process safety is a good way to avoid bad consequences Process safety is an essential component of risk avoidance. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has long recognized the critically important role for process safety awareness. |
06/06/2007 |
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Users seeking appropriate process safety systems arent getting enough help from unspecific standards and ideal-world certifications. Heres how to gain useful safety capabilities in a buyer-beware world. |
06/01/2007 |
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Make the walk-through your first line of defense, advises Dirk Willard in this month's Field Notes column. |
04/30/2007 |
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Achieve continuous safety improvement Enhancing safety performance requires diligence and unrelenting effort. The Independent Safety Review Panels recently released report on the safety culture and practices at BPs U.S. refineries where a March 2005 explosion occurred in Texas City, Texas indicates similar failings are likely elsewhere in the industry. Learn what can be done to enhance continuous safety improvement. |
04/12/2007 |
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Get full value from partial stroking There are two main drivers for partial stroking of valves in safety systems: the desire to extend manual test intervals to as long as possible; and to reduce the amount of redundant hardware required for higher safety integrity levels. Like most things in life, it all boils down to one thing: trying to save money. |
03/20/2007 |
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Following some partial stroke testing tips can make the process easier. Read on for more tips. |
03/20/2007 |
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The evolution of plant automation Understanding the purpose of control and safety systems helps users ensure each is appropriately optimized. The duties of the SIS are to protect the people, environment and assets against unsafe conditions. |
03/03/2007 |
