This ebook describes the topic of process safety maintenance, where the term maintenance refers to repairing equipment that has failed, either totally or partially, and preventive actions taken prior to equipment failure.
Occupational Safety — also known as personal or “hard hat” safety — is concerned with events that result from unsafe acts or conditions, and that generally affect only one person, or a small group. It covers topics such as vessel entry, vehicle movement, protective clothing, working with electricity and tripping hazards.
The management of health issues at industrial facilities falls between environmental and safety management. Unlike safety problems, which can occur instantaneously, health issues generally develop slowly. But health issues are not as long term as environmental compliance and they are largely under the control of facility management.
The design and operation of process plants — no matter how automated they may be — requires input and participation from people at every step. Therefore, it is vital to understand how they interface with equipment and instruments, how and why they make errors, and how systems can be designed to address human failings.
The process industries use, manufacture and transport a very wide range of ‘Highly Hazardous Chemicals’ or HHCs. These materials can be explosive, flammable and toxic — or a combination of these three.
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