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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Process Safety: AI and Machine Learning Transform Compliance, But Humans Still Key
Risk assessment should still be a manual process, but AI can streamline data collection to enable sound engineering judgments.
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Safety workplaces yellow out of service tag attached on faulty damage defect of electric power motor.
Explore the regulatory requirements and best practices for mechanical integrity (MI) programs, including OSHA and EPA guidelines, equipment selection and lifecycle approaches....
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QRA involves assessment tools, modeling software and harm criteria. Key resources can guide your risk evaluation process effectively.
Can an AI Copilot Streamline HAZOPs?
A former Formula One engineer has developed an AI copilot that can suggest questions, reference incident databases and provide support. But don’t worry, humans still have the ...

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U.S. Chemical Safety Board
CSB Optima Bell Safety Video
May 28, 2025
CSB urges stronger regulations after a 2020 chemical explosion at a West Virginia toll facility killed one and caused over $33 million in damage.
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March 24, 2025
CSB issues a new report highlighting lessons learned from the explosions that killed 15 people and injured 180 others at BP’s Texas City refinery.
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March 18, 2025
Agency releases updates on major investigations, highlighting safety lessons from recent industrial accidents.
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CSB Incident Reports Volume 1 cover page
Jan. 15, 2025
Volume 1 of the safety incident reports covers accidents in 15 states that resulted in five fatalities, 17 serious injuries, and approximately $700 million in property damage....
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April 3, 2023
Selecting the process hazard review method, explaining the rationale, and resetting past thinking and presumptions
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Management Of Change
Jan. 26, 2023
Applying sound process-safety review screening to every change is the first step
Oct. 31, 2022
More than a dozen former workers at OxyChem’s shuttered Niagara Falls plant reveal details of decades of asbestos exposure.
Fall Is For Process Safety
Oct. 14, 2022
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