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Protecting Personnel and Plant with Facility Siting

Process industry history is sprinkled with catastrophic incidents that acted as drivers of regulatory change, such as the 1974...

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...

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?...

Is That Really Why Control Systems Go Wrong? - Video Presentation

Presented by Greg Hardin - Senior Principal Specialist, aeSolutions The British HSE publication “Out of control - Why control systems go...

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...

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....