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This book contains guidelines for companies to improve their process safety performance through the implementation of a Process Safety Knowledge Management (PSKM) system. The book defines the characteristics of a PSKM system as well as guidelines on how to set a PSKM system to improve overall Process Safety performance. The underlying factors for success are presented which include leadership, employee involvement, and organizational culture w...

The book discusses why management of abnormal situations is important to process safety. The book provides guidance on practical steps to avoid or mitigate an accident or incident before it escalates into a more dangerous and costly issues which can include downtime, lost production, equipment damage, injuries, and external/ environmental damage. Through the use of case studies the book illustrates the impact these deviant occurrences can have...

The chemical process industry is a rich target for cyber attackers who are intent on causing harm. Current risk management techniques are based on the premise that events are initiated by a single failure and the succeeding sequence of events is predictable. A cyberattack on the Safety, Controls, Alarms, and Interlocks (SCAI) undermines this basic assumption. Each facility should have a Cybersecurity Policy, Implementation Plan and Threat Resp...

In this significantly revised second edition of Process Safety for Engineers: An Introduction, CCPS delivers a comprehensive book showing how Process Safety concepts are used to reduce operational risks. Students, new engineers, and others new to process safety will benefit from this book. In this updated edition, each chapter begins with a detailed incident case study, provides steps that help address issues, and contains problem sets which ...

The aim of this book is to help supervisors, managers and engineers incorporate Human Factors principles and practices in the design of processes and work tasks performed by plant maintenance and operations workers, enabling everyone to perform their work safely and effectively. The scope of this book covers all Human Factors subjects as applicable to the process industries, including using the framework of Crew Resource Management (CRM) whic...

The book makes the case for process safety and provides a brief overviews of the upstream industry and of CCPS Risk Based Process Safety. The majority of the book focuses on the concepts of implementing process safety in wells, onshore, offshore, and projects. Topics include Overview of Upstream Operations, Overview of Risk Based Process Safety (RBPS), Application of RBPS in Drilling, Completions, Work-Overs & Interventions, Application of RBP...

GUIDELINES FOR REVALIDATING A PROCESS HAZARD ANALYSIS

New perspectives on how to share the lessons learned from publicly investigated process safety incidents Driving Continuous Process Safety Improvement from Investigated Incidents offers a novel view on how to successfully communicate process safety incident lessons. This book comes from the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), providing learning models and sharing techniques. This important book: * Offers guidelines for improving proce...

A resource for individuals responsible for siting decisions, this guidelines book covers siting and layout of process plants, including both new and expanding facilities. This book provides comprehensive guidelines in selecting a site, recognizing and assessing long-term risks, and the optimal lay out of equipment facilities needed within a site. The information presented is applicable to US and international locations.Note: CD-ROM/DVD and oth...

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Since the publication of the second edition several United States jurisdictions have mandated consideration of inherently safer design for certain facilities. Notable examples are the inherently safer technology (IST) review requirement in the New Jersey Toxic Chemical Prevention Act (TCPA), and the Inherently Safer Systems Analysis (ISSA) required by the Contra Costa County (California) Industrial Safety Ordinance. More recently, similar requ...

The definitive leadership guide on safe practices The release of chemicals and other hazardous materials pose significant, potentially catastrophic threats worldwide. An alarming number of such events, all of which are preventable, occur too often. Reducing the frequency of serious incidents is a fundamental responsibility of leadership at all levels, from frontline managers and supervisors to C-suite executives and the board of directors as w...

AN ESSENTIAL GUIDE FOR RECOGNIZING AND RESPONDING TO NORMALIZATION OF DEVIANCE TO HELP ORGANIZATIONS IMPROVE THEIR PROCESS SAFETY PERFORMANCE This book provides an introduction to and offers approaches for finding and addressing normalization of deviation both in operational and organizational activities. It addresses the initial and long-term effects of normalization of deviations as seen in reduced efficiencies, reduced product quality, exte...

This book addresses how to effectively manage transient operations - a time with relatively high risk - to help a company reduce its operating risks. It addresses how to prepare for the safe start-up and shutdown of chemical processes. It illustrates several situations and provides guidance on how to anticipate and avoid major upsets during startups or shutdowns. The also covers how to safely shutdown during emergencies, and then, if different...

This book provides a comprehensive treatment of investing chemical processing incidents. It presents on-the-job information, techniques, and examples that support successful investigations. Issues related to identification and classification of incidents (including near misses), notifications and initial response, assignment of an investigation team, preservation and control of an incident scene, collecting and documenting evidence, interviewi...

AN AUTHORITATIVE GUIDE THAT EXPLAINS THE EFFECTIVENESS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF BOW TIE ANALYSIS, A QUALITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT AND BARRIER MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGY From a collaborative effort of the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) and the Energy Institute (EI) comes an invaluable book that puts the focus on a specific qualitative risk management methodology - bow tie barrier analysis. The book contains practical advice for conducting an ...

EXAMINES THE CONCEPT OF AGING PROCESS FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN HIGH HAZARD INDUSTRIES AND HIGHLIGHTS OPTIONS FOR DEALING WITH THE PROBLEM WHILE ADDRESSING SAFETY ISSUES This book explores the many ways in which process facilities, equipment, and infrastructure might deteriorate upon continuous exposure to operating and climatic conditions. It covers the functional and physical failure modes for various categories of equipment and disc...

This book has been written to address many of the developments since the 1st Edition which have improved how companies survey and select new sites, evaluate acquisitions, or expand their existing facilities. This book updates the appendices containing both the recommended separation distances and the checklists to help the teams obtain the information they need when locating the facility within a community, when arranging the processes within ...

This book presents a large range of decision aids for risk analysts and decision makers in industry so that vital decisions can be made in a more consistent, logical, and rigorous manner. It provide good industry practices on how risk decision making is conducted in the chemical industry from many risk information sources as well as all the elements that need to be addressed to ensure good decisions are being made. Topics Include: Identifying ...

While there are many resources available on fire protection and prevention in chemical petrochemical and petroleum plants--this is the first book that pulls them all together in one comprehensive resource. This book provides the tools to develop, implement, and integrate a fire protection program into a company or facility's Risk Management System. This definitive volume is a must-read for loss prevention managers, site managers, project manag...