On this episode of Process Safety with Trish and Traci, forensic engineer Dr. Sean Brady joins Trish Kerin and Traci Purdum to revisit Piper Alpha, the 1988 North Sea platform...

From steam trap sprawl to a phenol plant that ignored 400x the recommended organic carbon limit, Brad Buecker walks through why condensate return demands real chemistry — and ...

KROHNE's Al Dhanji breaks down how tube shape affects pressure drop, wear and long-term energy costs — and what to evaluate when specifying a Coriolis meter.

Emerson's Michael Machuca explains how non-intrusive flow, temperature, corrosion and acoustic monitoring help chemical manufacturers boost safety, reliability and sustainability...

This month: fatal H2S release investigation findings, the final Conyers warehouse fire report, ACC's pushback on Brazil tariffs and a call for unified EPA-OSHA chemical safety...

Brad Buecker explains why removing hardness is only step one — and how skipped monitoring, budget delays, and bypassed softeners have cost plants millions in tube failures.

Safety engineer Valerie Stakes joins Trish Kerin and Traci Purdum to unpack burnout, boundaries and the emotional toll of a job built on protecting everyone else.

Two hundred and fifty years ago this week, a group of delegates in Philadelphia signed their names to the Declaration of Independence. Today, we are going to talk about how chemistry...

Olin and Huntsman announce a $12.5 billion tie-up, Evonik cuts 3,200 jobs and BASF's CEO warns of an oil shock — while Covestro bets on biology to clean up aniline production....

This episode digs into three plant-floor challenges that look simple until physics intervenes—bulk solids handling, heat pump-driven distillation savings and a water pump's mysterious...

Trish Kerin breaks down the runaway reaction that triggered a mass evacuation in Orange County, California, and explains what facilities handling reactive chemicals can learn ...

This month's top stories cover an NRC environmental clearance for an advanced reactor in Texas, a deadly hydrogen sulfide incident under CSB investigation, SOCMA's regulatory ...

Veteran operators know what to watch — even when conditions change. Here's how to train that instinct instead of waiting years for it to develop.

Process safety expert Trish Kerin on narrowing margins, normalized risk and why asset integrity is the only thing standing between operators and disaster.

From a $144 million federal push to address microplastics in drinking water to a CEO transition at Dow and Edison Award wins for chemical giants, here's what moved the needle ...

Process safety expert Trish Kerin breaks down APTBED, a practical decision-making framework for keeping safety front of mind when times are turbulent.

Focusing simulator training on the one decision that can bring down an entire plant

Industry veteran Brad Buecker on why treating water as an afterthought can cost facilities big money — or lives.

Supply chain shocks from the Iran conflict, a contested overhaul of chemical safety law, an ethylene oxide rollback and a green chemistry advance — the month's biggest stories...

From negative transfer to alarm floods, human factors engineer Dave Strobhar breaks down what plants get wrong — and how to fix it.

Sizing mistakes, liner failures and discontinued specials are more common than you'd think. KROHNE's Tim Lellman explains how to spec flow meters that actually last in tough chemical...

How natural disasters collide with industrial hazards — and why even experienced facilities consistently underestimate the risk.

This month's chemical industry roundup covers a landmark tariff ruling, Dow's AI-driven layoffs, the rollback of the EPA's Endangerment Finding, BASF's India expansion and a new...

Time pressure, distractions, and expert shortcuts prepare chemical plant workers for high-stakes decisions under stress.