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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 1

Companies conduct audits in order to assess the effectiveness of their process safety systems, with the primary goal of ensuring their cover

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...

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?...

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....

Understanding Overpressure Scenarios and RAGAGEP

Introduction to Using RAGAGEP for Overpressure Risk Mitigation

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...