Risk assessment

The chemical industry long has been concerned about the safety of its operations and the risks both within the plant gate and beyond. Dealing with safety issues can involve sophisticated techniques for hazard analysis and prescriptive measures for plant design and operation. It also can involve rethinking a process to make it inherently safer. It demands an understanding of tradeoffs and nuances.

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Podcast: Lessons Learned from Boeing’s 737 MAX Crisis
Podcast: Lessons Learned from Boeing’s 737 MAX Crisis
Podcast: Lessons Learned from Boeing’s 737 MAX Crisis
Podcast: Lessons Learned from Boeing’s 737 MAX Crisis
Podcast: Lessons Learned from Boeing’s 737 MAX Crisis

Podcast: Lessons Learned from Boeing’s 737 MAX Crisis

Boeing was known for its engineering excellence until a focus on profitability took over. Properly documenting management of change and recognizing weak signals could have prevented...
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Podcast: Inherently Safer Design
Podcast: Inherently Safer Design
Podcast: Inherently Safer Design
Podcast: Inherently Safer Design
Podcast: Inherently Safer Design

Podcast: Master Inherently Safer Design Principles

Eliminate, substitute or minimize hazards to save lives and the environment.
Avoid Common Pitfalls of Risk Perception Via Statistics, Storytelling
Avoid Common Pitfalls of Risk Perception Via Statistics, Storytelling
Avoid Common Pitfalls of Risk Perception Via Statistics, Storytelling
Avoid Common Pitfalls of Risk Perception Via Statistics, Storytelling
Avoid Common Pitfalls of Risk Perception Via Statistics, Storytelling

Avoid Common Pitfalls of Risk Perception Via Statistics, Storytelling

This episode discusses the challenges of intuitively understanding uncertainty and likelihoods in risk assessments. It also stresses the need for storytelling and stakeholder ...
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Podcast: Mastering Risk Management in High-Hazard Industries

There is no such thing as zero risk, but we can take more effective approaches to minimize the potential for those risks to be realized.

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EFCE Presents Process Safety Awards

June 1, 2022
Group honors author of thesis and lifetime contribution
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Invensys Offers Cyber Security Assessment Service

July 23, 2013
Control system assessment provides a baseline of the user’s current security position.
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Poll Results: Natural Disaster Preparedness

April 18, 2022
We asked readers: How well prepared is your site for a natural disaster?
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Risk control with shield symbol
Risk control with shield symbol
Risk control with shield symbol

Process Safety Management Audits Uncover Mechanical Integrity Issues

Part 3 of our series on audit findings focuses on common failings in mechanical integrity programs
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Podcast: Examining Technology’s Blessings And Burdens

March 29, 2022
Process safety is impacted by automation, robotics, devices and solutions. Whether the impact is positive or negative remains in the hands of humans who implement the technology...
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Podcast: Deadly Lessons Learned From A Permit-To-Work Failure

Feb. 28, 2022
What went wrong at the Piper Alpha oil rig has taught us a lot about permit-to-work systems.