One of the principles of process safety and of safety programs in general is that these activities can be and should be managed. In principle, there should be no surprises. Hazards and unsafe conditions should be identified and controlled using a risk ranking approach.
Articles, safety moments and other publications to do with the management of safety in the process and energy industries are listed below.
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Safety Moment #69: That Would Be Telling
The Kletz Legacy
One of the founders of the process safety discipline was Trevor Kletz (1922-2013). Probably his best eulogy is also the simplest, "He saved lives."
Safety Moment #54: The Process Safety Professional
The contents of this Safety Moment have moved to The Process Safety Professional.
Safety Moment #105: Process Safety Wisdom
This Safety Moment is one in a series to do with the process safety profession.
Use of Safety Moments
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Standard Examples
We have developed a set of process safety management standard examples that are used to illustrate some of the concepts and ideas developed in our publications.
Example 1 - Facility Design
A process consists of four operating units and a utilities section. A schematic of the system is shown in Figure 1.
The New PSM Normal (2) — Do Less With More
Dateline: June 2020
The New PSM Normal (7) — Things Feel Different
2020-06-03
In the post SEMS and Risk in 2020 (SEMS if the offshore equivalent of process safety management as applied to U.S. deepwater operations — mostly the Gulf of Mexico), Mick Will, says,
Net Zero by 2050: Scale Up
Although Net Zero goals are commendable and deserve our support it is vital that they be evaluated realistically. This article is one in a series to do with difficulties that might be encountered as companies implement these programs. Other articles on this theme are: