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Vacuum incident

Condensate tank implosion due to vacuum

Acid reaction with iron sulphide cause H2S release

Acid reaction with iron sulphide cause H2S release

Steam hose failure burns worker

Steam hose failure burns worker

Instrument tubing failure incident

http://www.energysafetycanada.com/files/safety-alerts/sa11_10.pdf

Accident during leak test

https://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/accidentsearch.accident_detail?id=201363413

Courtesy: OSHA

JR gestures | The Japan Times

JR gestures | The Japan Times: Dear Alice, Until recently I lived in Tokyo and commuted on the JR Chuo Sobu Line from Kameido Station. I made it a practice to ride in the last compartmen

Safety And Reliability: Two Sides Of The Same Coin

Safety And Reliability: Two Sides Of The Same Coin: Maintenance and reliability efforts are critically important in today’s industrial environment where increasingly complex and interdependent equipment are utilized.

Another Bhopal Anniversary.....

Time flies, but for the people who died a gruesome death on 2nd/3rd night, 1984, time was irrelevant. Today, we are in the cusp of technological innovations in process safety management, but the moot point is....can technology alone prevent disasters? Its people who make decisions, decisions that may compromise process safety and that could lead to a loss of containment incident. I am always of the view that technology can only be an enabler, if properly used.
There is a welcome change in India. Increasingly, boards of directors of chemical companies are focusing not only on occupational health and safety, but also on process safety. This is a welcome change. Lets pledge not to have another Bhopal again.