Process Safety w/Trish & Traci

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...

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.

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 ...

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

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

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

How to avoid tick-box exercises and uncover hidden risks in facilities.

Engineers couldn't prove danger, so managers launched anyway. Seven astronauts died when O-rings failed in freezing temperatures. Apply the lessons learned to help avoid future...

Applying risk management principles helps Process Safety Engineer Trish Kerin navigate her first successful year of self-employment.

Hayley Little shares her LinkedIn project tracking global incidents quarterly, using AI and virtual reality innovation ideas.

The 2005 disaster resulted from redundant safety failures at a tank farm, highlighting the critical importance of monitoring weak signals.

Trevor Kletz revolutionized process safety through HAZOP advocacy, inherent safety principles, learning from accidents, and emphasizing design simplification over complex add-...

Equipment reliability failures at Longford, BP and Buncefield highlight process safety lessons, maintenance KPIs and industry risks.

Chemical facilities miss critical safety insights by investigating the wrong incidents with the wrong questions. Learn from research that analyzed over 10,000 incidents across...

Permit-to-work failures killed 167 men on Piper Alpha. Learn critical safety lessons to prevent future disasters.

NASA normalized foam strikes over time, turning "lessons of failure into memories of success."

Risk assessment should still be a manual process, but AI can streamline data collection to enable sound engineering judgments.

Switching operation triggers catastrophic power station explosion, proving that process safety principles apply beyond traditional chemical plants to any high-hazard environment...

Remembering the human toll of Texas City and Deepwater Horizon and applying those lessons learned can prevent similar tragedies.

Embrace new ways of safety communication because if we keep doing the same thing, we will keep getting the same results.

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 ...

Safety experts share strategies to revitalize job hazard analysis programs. A piece of paper won’t save your life, but what’s on that paper could.

We’ve extracted a few gems from the 2024 season of Process Safety with Trish & Traci. Listen in as we discuss recurring accidents, emergency systems and organizational learning...

Chemical engineer Ramin Abhari’s graphic novels communicate the lessons learned from major process safety incidents.