PROCESS SAFETYDust 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...
PROCESS SAFETYPSM and RMP Audit Themes Across Industry Part 2by 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...
PROCESS SAFETYAn Evergreen Process Hazard Analysis Will Help YouThose who work in high hazard industries are familiar with the OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) standard requirements for Process...
PROCESS SAFETYLOPA Independent Protection Layers- Common Pitfalls in IPL SelectionThose who work in high hazard industries are familiar with the OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) requirements for routine Process...
FIRE & GAS5 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
PROCESS SAFETYThe Purpose of Performing a PHA - 2 Minute TopicThe 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?...
PROCESS SAFETYAdapting to the Unexpected: Process Safety Management from AfarWhen the COVID-19 pandemic began, many plant sites minimized on-site staff to essential personnel, and restrictions prevented in-person...
PROCESS SAFETYImproving Barrier Effectiveness using Human Factors Methodsby Dave Grattan The Process Industry has an established practice of identifying barriers to credit as IPLs (Independent protection...
WHITEPAPERSImproving Human Factors Review in PHA and LOPAHaving a working knowledge of these five tools will improve a PHA‐LOPA facilitator’s awareness and ability to better evaluate human error re
WHITEPAPERSConducting a Human Reliability Assessment to support PHA and LOPAThis paper will present an overview of the HRA methodology, worksheets used to develop and document the HRA, examples of HR Event Trees, a m