52 Process Safety Moments

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Every week we publish a Safety Moment to do with process safety management and related topics. The first 52 of these have been collected in this 187 page ebook. The Table of Contents is shown below.
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Contents
Introduction
Goals
Themes
Common Process Hazards
Communication
Dangers of Safety
Equipment
Hazards Analysis
Incidents
Industries
Piping and Valves
Further Information
Conclusion
Safety Moment #1: The Dangers of Safety
Mumbai High North
Piper Alpha
Stair Treads
Lifeboat Drill
Further Information
Safety Moment #2: Common Process Hazards — Static Electricity
Static as a Source of Ignition
Gas Tank Fire
Fail Safe Equipment
Emergency Response
Further Information
Safety Moment #3: Flammable Range and Flash Point
Flammable Range
Flash Point
Flammability and Ignition Limits
Autoignition Temperature
Further Information
Safety Moment #4: Excess Flow Valves
Introduction
Operation
Concerns
Further Information
Safety Moment #5: Management of Change — Defining Change
Overview
Further Information
Safety Moment #6: Qualitative Fault Trees
Overview
Further Information
Safety Moment #7: No One There
The Incident
Lessons Learned
Further Information
Safety Moment #8: “But We’re Different, You Know”
Introduction
Industry Special Features
Transportation
Railroads
Hyperloop
Two-Way Street
Further Information
Safety Moment #9: Let’s Not Make Common Cause
Overview
Utilities
Example
Fukushima-Daiichi
Further Information
Safety Moment #10: Common Process Hazards — Nitrogen
Introduction
Oxygen Contamination
Breathing Air
Backup to Instrument Air
Cylinder Color Coding
Further Information
Safety Moment #11: Black Swans and Bow Ties
Black Swans
Bow Ties
Conclusion
Further Information
Safety Moment #12: The (Process Safety) Two Second Rule
Polystyrene Runaway Reaction
Piper Alpha
Conclusion
Further Information
Safety Moment #13: Education and Training
Overview
Training
Troubleshooting / Education
Expert Assistance
Further Information
Safety Moment #14: Operating Procedures — Defining Terms
Overview
Further Information
Safety Moment #15: Important HAZOP Guidewords
High Flow
Low / No Flow
Reverse Flow
Misdirected Flow
Further Information
Safety Moment #16: Common Process Hazards — Drainage Systems
Overview
Further Information
Safety Moment #17: Safe Limits
Overview
Further Information
Safety Moment #18: Incident Investigation: Words, Words, Words
Overview
Further Information
Safety Moment #19: Root Cause Analysis
Overview
Further Information
Safety Moment #20: “Young Man, It’s Turtles All The Way Down”
Root Causes
Further Information
Safety Moment #21: The Road Not Taken
Root Cause Analysis
Further Information
Safety Moment #22: Clear Your Mind of Cant
Overview
Further Information
Safety Moment #23: More Dangers of Safety
Overview
Further Information
Safety Moment #24: Personnel Transfer (Billy Pugh) Baskets
Net Baskets
Flotation
Rigid Frame Baskets
Operational Guidance
Further Information
Safety Moment #25: Noise Limits
Normal Operations
Special Operations
Intermittent or Fluctuating Noise
Emergency Conditions
Specific Situations
Further Information
Safety Moment #26: A Missed Opportunity
Safety Moment #27: Audits and Assessments
Audits
Assessments
Team Relationship
Further Information
Safety Moment #28: Catching Samples
Procedures
Sample Point Connections
Sample Point Locations
Operations
Sample Loops
Further Information
Safety Moment #29: The Hazards Analysis Report
Table of Contents
Report Publication Sequence
Further Information
Safety Moment #30: HAZOPs and P&ID Reviews
Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams
HAZOPs
Safety Moment #31: The 26-Year Old HAZOP
Overview
Leaders, Facilitators and Scribes
Casual Comments
Jokes and Laughter
Throw Away Comments
Previous Incidents
Further Information
Safety Moment #32: Hot Tapping
Precautions
Procedure
Safety Concerns
Further Information
Safety Moment #33: Bang, Bang
Safety Moment #34: The Purloined Letter
Surprise, Surprise
Example: The Ethylene Oxide Reactor
Further Information
Safety Moment #35: Safety Shower Layout
Overview
Further Information
Safety Moment #36: Common Process Hazards — Utilities
Process Contamination
Electrical Power Failure
Reverse Flow to a Utility Header
Further Information
Safety Moment #37: Maximum Allowable Working Pressure
Definition
Design Process
Effect of Temperature
Further Information
Safety Moment #38: Memories
Overview
Further Information
Safety Moment #39: Response to a Threatening Call
Safety Moment #40: The Missing Operating Procedure
Overview
Further Information
Safety Moment #41: Survivability of Utilities
Fault Tree Terminology
Fukushima-Daiichi
Further Information
Safety Moment #42: Simultaneous Operations (SIMOPs) Matrix
Overview
Further Information
Safety Moment #43: “Double Contingency Doesn’t Count, You Know”
Example
Case Study
Hazard Analysis Techniques
Qualitative Fault Tree Analysis
Layers of Protection Analysis
Further Information
Safety Moment #44: Types of Maintenance
Overview
Repair Maintenance
Condition-Based Maintenance
Reliability-Centered Maintenance
Further Information
Safety Moment #45: Inherent Safety
Inherent Safety
Passive Safety
Active Safety
Procedural / Administrative Safety
Conclusion
Further Information
Safety Moment #46: Interface Hazards Analysis
Multiple Operations
Interface Hazards Analysis
Further Information
Safety Moment #47: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Lagging Indicators
Leading Indicators
Further Information
Safety Moment #48: What to Do?
The Leaking Pump
The Failed Gasket
Further Information
Safety Moment #49: The Safety Manual
Table of Contents
Further Information
Safety Moment #50: Temporary Change
Management of Change
Features of Temporary Change
Further Information
Safety Moment #51: Limitations of Risk Matrices
Risk Matrices
Further Information
Safety Moment #52: The Important Few / The Unimportant Many
Introduction
The Pareto Principle
Finding the Important Few
Further Information

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