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Dust Hazards – Do You Know the Basics?

by Judith Lesslie, CFSE, CSP Those who work in high hazard industries are familiar with the OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) and EPA...

PSM and RMP Audit Themes Across Industry Part 2

by Judith Lesslie, CFSE, CSP This blog is Part 2 of a series. If you missed part 1, you can find it here. Those who work in high hazard...

An Evergreen Process Hazard Analysis Will Help You

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

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...

5 Steps for an Effective Fire & Gas System Philosophy

n FGS philosophy for a process facility that is not fit for purpose or does not have a firm auditable basis can increase nfpa gas detection

The Purpose of Performing a PHA - 2 Minute Topic

The ISA/IEC 61511 Safety Life Cycle starts with a Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) and a Risk Assessment. What is a PHA? Why do we do it?...

Adapting to the Unexpected: Process Safety Management from Afar

When the COVID-19 pandemic began, many plant sites minimized on-site staff to essential personnel, and restrictions prevented in-person...

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

Conducting a Human Reliability Assessment to support PHA and LOPA

This paper will present an overview of the HRA methodology, worksheets used to develop and document the HRA, examples of HR Event Trees, a m