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William Bridges

Citation name

Bridges, W.

Affiliation

Process Improvement Institute

State

TN

Country

USA

Bill Bridges is President of Process Improvement Institute (PII). He is considered one of the leading authorities on process safety engineering and human error prevention. He has a BS/MS in Chemical Engineering and he has 40+ years of chemical industry experience in process engineering, process development, management and safety evaluation, and operations (including 13 years in operations). He holds 10 US patents. Mr. Bridges has a wealth of hands-on experience in operations and in implementing PSM. His last position in the industry was as a chemical plant manager. Bill has helped many companies in the petroleum, petrochemical and chemical process industries develop, implement and assess PSM programs. Bill has written 50+ articles/papers and has co-authored 5 textbooks and contributed to 2 others. Bill has taught PSM related courses, including PHA/HAZOP Leadership and Investigation/RCA Leadership since 1987. Besides PII, he also teaches through AIChE in the USA and in overseas conferences. He has trained more than 5000 in PSM-related and risk analysis-related topics.

Authored

(53r) The Art of PHA Scribing: The Invisible Role
2018 Spring Meeting and 14th Global Congress on Process Safety
(54f) Best Practices for PHA Revalidation
2019 Spring Meeting and 15th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1109-7)
(54ah) LOPA: Performed When and By Who
2019 Spring Meeting and 15th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1109-7)
(68c) Best Practices for Addressing Human Factors during PHAs/HAZOPs
2019 Spring Meeting and 15th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1109-7)
(104a) Everything You Need to Know about Human Reliability for Process Safety
2019 Spring Meeting and 15th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1109-7)
(143c) Abnormal Modes of Operation: a Risk-Based Focus
2020 Virtual Spring Meeting and 16th GCPS (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1113-4)
(117bf) Controlling Human Performance Between Both Unplanned and Planned Tasks within Abnormal Operation Mode
2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1115-8)
(130c) Human Factors Implementation – for Plant Workers
2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1115-8)
(116v) Human Factors Elements Missing from Most Process Safety Management Systems
2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1115-8)
(13a) More Issues with LOPA - from the Originators
2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1115-8)
(88b) Real Process Safety Culture
2022 Spring Meeting and 18th Global Congress on Process Safety Proceedings
(5b) Gains from Getting Near Misses Reported
2023 Spring Meeting and 19th Global Congress on Process Safety
(55ak) Human Error Limits Sil Rating
2024 Spring Meeting and 20th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1121-9)
(65b) Optimizing PHAs While Maximizing Brainstorming (to ensure scenarios are not missed)
2024 Spring Meeting and 20th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1121-9)
(160b) PSM Issues from Non-Operational Departments
2024 Spring Meeting and 20th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1121-9)

Associated proceedings 

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
2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety
2022 Spring Meeting and 18th Global Congress on Process Safety Proceedings
2023 Spring Meeting and 19th Global Congress on Process Safety
2024 Spring Meeting and 20th Global Congress on Process Safety