Process Safety Beacon: More than PPE

This post continues our series to do with formal incident reports from organizations, including the BSEE (Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement), the CCPS (Center for Chemical Process Safety), and the CSB (Chemical Safety Board). In each case, we attempt to identify the process safety elements that failed in this particular incident.

The November 2025 Process Safety Beacon is entitled ‘PPE only works when you wear it correctly!’

In other posts in this series we have examined the incident described using the elements of process safety as defined by the CCPS (Center for Chemical Process Safety), which are:

1. Process Safety Culture
2. Compliance
3. Competence
4. Workforce Involvement
5. Stakeholder Outreach
6. Knowledge Management
7. Hazard Identification and Risk Management
8. Operating Procedures
9. Safe Work Practices
10. Asset Integrity / Reliability
11. Contractor Management
12. Training / Performance
13. Management of Change
14. Operational Readiness
15. Conduct of Operations
16. Emergency Management
17. Incident Investigation
18. Measurement and Metrics
19. Auditing
20. Management Review

The three that have strong significance in this case are highlighted.