Integrating Sustainability into Hazard Studies: Making Projects Safe, Smart and Sustainable
With the uncertainty we are experiencing in relation to climate change and rising costs, professionals involved in process safety are confronted by a decision - keep project costs down or think about the bigger...
Ambient Temperatures – Are We at Risk of Becoming Complacent?
When it comes to Process Safety and the containment of hazardous substances, temperature is an important factor which requires management and control to ensure accidents such as pool fires and flash fires don’t occur....
Managing Flood Risk – What Can You Really Do?
When we think of flooding, images of inundation and devastation typically come to mind, whether that’s for domestic communities or industrial areas. The credibility of flooding initiating and exacerbating major accidents cannot be questioned.
However,...
4 tips for successful temporary plant shutdown planning
Planned shutdowns are necessary for chemical plants to keep equipment in optimal condition and avoid the significant risks associated with equipment failure. However, because they come with high costs, impacts on production and safety...
The Impact of Climate Change, in Particular Extreme Temperatures, on Process Safety
It is becoming increasingly difficult for sceptics to argue against not only the existence of climate change and global warming, but also, its impact on our lives.
For example, in 1980, there were a little...
Understanding Natural Hazard Risks to Your Site
Natechs (Natural Hazards Triggering Technological Accidents) refers to accidents initiated by natural causes, including earthquakes, lightning and flooding, all of which have the potential to impact high hazard industrial sites.
Major accidents have the potential...
What is the Value of the Environment?
Valuation of Environmental Harm for COMAH Cost Benefit Analysis
COMAH environmental risk assessment is typically performed in line with the Chemical and Downstream Oil Industries Forum (CDOIF) Guideline on Environmental Risk Tolerability for COMAH Establishments...
Can obsolete parts contribute to workers’ safety?
The benefits of using obsolete spare parts rather than replace a whole machine are well documented when it comes to effectiveness and compliance. Worker safety, however, is often overlooked, with part failure leading to...
‘Omics’ spinout brings new era in chemical safety
Mounting pressures across the globe to allow more cost-effective, higher throughput, non-vertebrate chemical safety testing are at last bringing much needed change. The US Environmental Protection Agency has made commitments to reduce vertebrate animal...
What triggers a review of Hazardous Area Classification and DSEAR Risk Assessment?
The Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002 (DSEAR) is a set of rules and regulations which must be followed by employers to ensure risks from fire, explosion and similar events are sufficiently reduced.
DSEAR...