* Familiarizes the student or an engineer new to process safety with the concept of process safety management
* Serves as a comprehensive reference for Process Safety topics for student chemical engineers and newly graduate engineers
* Acts as a reference material for either a stand-alone process safety course or as supplemental materials for existing curricula
* Includes the evaluation of SACHE courses for application of process safety principles throughout the standard Ch.E. curricula in addition to, or as an alternative to, adding a new specific process safety course
* Gives examples of process safety in design
Student Handbook for Process Safety
Table of contents
LIST OF TABLES xv
LIST OF FIGURES xvii
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS xxi
GLOSSARY xxv
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxxiii
PREFACE xxxv
1. Introduction 1
1.1 Purpose of this Handbook 1
1.2 Target Audience 1
1.3 Process Safety - What Is It? 1
1.4 Organization of the Book 3
1.5 References 4
2. Process Safety Basics 5
2.1 Risk Based Process Safety 5
Pillar: Commit to Process Safety 12
2.2 Process Safety Culture 12
2.3 Compliance with Standards 15
2.4 Process Safety Competency 17
2.5 Workforce Involvement 18
2.6 Stakeholder Outreach 19
Pillar: Understand Hazards and Risks 20
2.7 Process Knowledge Management 20
2.8 Hazard Identification and Risk Analysis 22
Pillar: Manage Risk 25
2.9 Operating Procedures 25
2.10 Safe Work Practices 26
2.11 Asset Integrity and Reliability 28
2.12 Contractor Management 30
2.13 Training And Performance Assurance 32
2.14 Management of Change 33
2.15 Operational Readiness 35
2.16 Conduct of Operations 37
2.17 Emergency Management 38
Pillar: Learn from Experience 42
2.18 Incident Investigation 42
2.19 Measurement and Metrics 45
2.20 Auditing 46
2.21 Management Review and Continuous Improvement 48
2.22 Summary 49
2.23 References 50
3. The Need for Process Safety 53
3.1 Process Safety Culture: BP Refinery Explosion, Texas City, 2005 58
3.1.1 Summary 58
3.1.2 Detailed Description 58
3.1.3 Causes 59
3.1.4 Key Lessons 61
3.1.5 References and Links to Investigation Reports 63