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Complying with OSHA's RNEP, CNEP, and VPP RAGAGEP

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 23, 2010
The OSHA Refinery National Emphasis Program (NEP) and OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) PSM Supplement ask specific questions relative to many...

Elements of Human Factors Missing from Process Safety

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 23, 2010
Process safety is about controlling risk of failures and errors; controlling risk is primarily about reducing the risk of human error. All elements...

Learning from Events: Major Process Safety Incidents from Waste Water in Process Chemical Plants, or, Take Care of Your Waste Water or It Will Take Care of You

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 23, 2010
Most, if not all chemical industries generate waste water from its processes. This waste water is often pre-treated and then disposed to water...

An Integrated Toolkit for Addressing Human Factors Issues in Process Safety

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 23, 2010
This paper describes an integrated toolset, called the Human Factors Workbench, which addresses the proactive and reactive control of human error in...

Gas Piping and Equipment Commissioning Risks "10 Key Things Everyone Should Know"

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 23, 2010
There have been a number of devastating incidents related to natural gas piping system and the start-up and commissioning of equipment. It's very...

Investigation of an Explosion in a Gasoline Purification Plant

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 23, 2010
On May 24, 2007 an explosion and subsequent fire destroyed a tank farm located at a gasoline purification plant in Sløvåg, Norway. In...

A Framework for Human Error Analysis of Emergency Situations

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 23, 2010
Human factors play an important role in the escape, evacuation and rescue process. Human factors analysis is rooted in the concept that the frequency...

Modular Procedural Automation Addressing the Post Recession Skills Gap

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 23, 2010
A procedural operation consists of a set of tasks that are conducted in a set way time-after-time to achieve a certain goal such as starting or...

Near-Miss Management to Develop Dynamic Leading Indicators to Predict Incidents

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 23, 2010
Recent studies have shown the importance of identifying near-misses to predict the probability of accidents (Meel and Seider, 2006) – and managing...

Semi-Automated Work Process for Capturing Relief Valve Proof Test Data to Support Failure Rate Analysis

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
Chevron and Air Products have both leveraged an initiative by the Swan Associates test shop that ensures compatibility of their internal software...

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