Health, Safety and Environment

Leading Indicators Leading indicators of process safety are proactive measures and metrics that organizations use to assess and improve their process safety performance before incidents occur. These indicators help to

At about 1653 hours on Saturday, June 1, 1974, the Nypro (UK) site at Flixborough was severely damaged by a large scale explosion. Twenty eight employees were killed and 36

On March 23, 2005, at 1:20 p.m., the BP Texas City Refinery suffered explosions and fires that killed 15 people, 180 injured and resulted in financial losses exceeding $1.5 billion.

A HAZOP team facilitator is a key person in conducting a successful and effective hazard and operability (HAZOP) study. A HAZOP team facilitator is responsible for leading and managing the

A node is a discrete part of the process or system that has a defined function with definite boundaries and is selected for analysis in the HAZOP study. Generally, they

A HAZOP study is undertaken by the application of formal, systematic, and critical examination of the process and engineering intentions of the process design. The potential for hazards or operability

A HAZOP study is a simple and well-structured methodology for hazard identification in process plants. It is an investigation technique that is designed to inspire imaginative thinking (or brainstorming) by

Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion (BLEVE) is a dangerous and potentially catastrophic event that can occur when a container holding a pressurized and boiling liquid suddenly ruptures, causing the rapid