John Herber | AIChE

John Herber

Citation name

Herber, J.

Affiliation

PHMS, LLC.

State

IN

Country

USA

John Herber is Principal Consultant at Process Hazard Management Services, LLC (PHMS) and a Staff Consultant for CCPS. His career spans over 40 years of Chemical Engineering experience, including 33 years at 3M Company. At 3M John was their representative to the CCPS TSC, and served on several committees. Since retiring in 2009 and forming PHMS, he has worked with clients to assess, implement and audit process safety systems, and conduct PHAs. John’s work with CCPS includes participation on 6 book-writing committees, serving as the Co-chair of the Process Safety Beacon Committee, and as an instructor for the AIChE “Foundations of Risk Based Process Safety” course. He has facilitated over 50 such courses over the last 6 years. John also serves as the AIChE Safety and Health Division Awards Chair. John resides in Stillwater, MN with his wife of 44 years. They have two children and four grandchildren.

Groups/Topicals chaired or co-chaired

Safety and Health Division
2020 Virtual AIChE Annual Meeting (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1114-1)

Sessions chaired or co-chaired

Process Safety Management Mentoring for Mentors (PSM^3)
2019 Spring Meeting and 15th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1109-7)

Authored

(94a) Sustaining Process Safety during Difficult Economic Times
2017 Spring Meeting and 13th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1098-4)
(138a) Using PS Incident Warning Signs to Increase Hazard Awareness and Sense of Vulnerability
2017 Spring Meeting and 13th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1098-4)
(120b) Flag on the Play; Delay of Game2018 Spring Meeting and 14th Global Congress on Process Safety
(57ce) MOC: Guilty until Proven Innocent (RIK)
2020 Virtual Spring Meeting and 16th GCPS (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1113-4)
(67a) “the Book of Beacons, an Improved Resource of Process Safety Lessons”2022 Spring Meeting and 18th Global Congress on Process Safety Proceedings
(160a) The Elusive Nature of Competency2024 Spring Meeting and 20th Global Congress on Process Safety

Associated proceedings 

2017 Spring Meeting and 13th Global Congress on Process Safety
2018 Spring Meeting and 14th Global Congress on Process Safety
2019 Spring Meeting and 15th Global Congress on Process Safety
2020 Virtual Spring Meeting and 16th GCPS
2020 Virtual AIChE Annual Meeting
2022 Spring Meeting and 18th Global Congress on Process Safety Proceedings
2024 Spring Meeting and 20th Global Congress on Process Safety