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LOPA Independent Protection Layers- Common Pitfalls in IPL Selection

Those who work in high hazard industries are familiar with the OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) requirements for routine Process...

Does Your Facility Have the Flu? Use Bayes Rule to Treat the Problem Instead of the Symptom

The process industry uses Layer Of Protection Analysis (LOPA) to document extremely small probabilities for catastrophic events....

Improving Barrier Effectiveness using Human Factors Methods

by Dave Grattan The Process Industry has an established practice of identifying barriers to credit as IPLs (Independent protection...

Improving Human Factors Review in PHA and LOPA

Having a working knowledge of these five tools will improve a PHA‐LOPA facilitator’s awareness and ability to better evaluate human error re

Understanding Overpressure Scenarios and RAGAGEP

Introduction to Using RAGAGEP for Overpressure Risk Mitigation

Reducing Systematic Failures - Process Safety Management PSM

The benefit of such studies is that it’s easier and less expensive to make necessary changes to systems while the design is still on paper.

The top 5 reasons why people don’t want to evaluate human factors & barrier reliability… but should

by Dave Grattan The concept of barriers as discrete layers consisting of administrative controls, alarms, instruments, mechanical...

Accounting for human factors in layer of protection analysis

Front-line workers are often blamed for 80 to 90 percent of industrial accidents. Yet one famous engineering psychologist puts the figure cl

Strategy for Consistency in Design of Burner Management Systems

Everyone wants to provide a safe atmosphere for workers, facilities and the surrounding environment. The greatest risk in many process...

Test the Integrity of your Process Safety Program with a Drill Down Audit

A hazard scenario-based, drill-down audit can uncover systematic issues brewing beneath the surface not often uncovered from a...