Quiz that tests knowledge of process safety incidents

Test Your Knowledge of Process Safety Incidents

Understanding what caused catastrophes will help mitigate future safety events. Test your knowledge.

Understanding the root causes of process safety events is crucial for preventing future accidents because it transforms reactive responses into proactive prevention strategies. When facilities systematically analyze incidents, they identify underlying system failures, human factors and organizational weaknesses that contributed to the event rather than just addressing obvious symptoms.

By sharing lessons learned from incident investigations across the industry, facilities can learn from others' experiences and implement preventive measures before similar events occur at their sites. This knowledge-based approach to safety management creates a culture of continuous improvement, where each incident becomes an opportunity to strengthen overall process safety performance and protect workers, communities and the environment from potential chemical hazards.

Test your knowledge of past incidents. And to learn more about all of the events in this quiz, check out the award-winning Process Safety with Trish & Traci podcast series.