Learning from Each Other: Application of Process Safety Principles to Other Industries

The operation of nearly all manufacturing businesses involves at least some potential hazards. The intrinsic hazards of toxicity, flammability/explosion, dust explosions, or chemical reactivity are present across all areas of manufacturing. As can readily be seen in news reports, seemingly innocuous businesses have had an event involving one or more of these hazards. Yet these hazards were largely unrecognized. This session is requesting papers on best practices involving building an effective management system at operations in which Process Safety concepts have not traditionally been applied, such as, nuclear, mining, steel, aviation, agriculture, etc