Pages

▼
April 2, 2025

Safety Critical Task Analysis (SCTA)

›
"Human activities are involved in different aspect of operation of a chemical facility. Starting from design, construction, commissioni...
March 28, 2025

Explosion caused due to a catalytic effect of contaminant in the reactor at a resin intermediate manufacturing plant

›
  "A n explosion occurred at a plastic intermediate plant. Raw material was decomposed explosively by contaminant on heating and agitat...
March 22, 2025

DANGERS OF STARTUP AND SHUTDOWN OPERATIONS

›
  https://int-enviroguard.com/blog/dangers-of-start-up-and-shutdown-operations/
March 17, 2025

Lessons learned from reactive chemical incidents

›
https://www.aiche.org/resources/publications/cep/2022/february/spotlight-on-safety-lessons-learned-reactive-chemical-incident
March 12, 2025

“Even a simple task can turn deadly if it is not performed properly,”

›
"The accident took place in July 2021 at the LyondellBasell Industries complex in La Porte, near Houston, in the acetic acid production...
March 8, 2025

How to prevent runaway chemical reactions - EPA

›
" PROBLEM: Many industrial chemical processes involve exothermic (heat generating) reactions. Uncontrolled, or runaway, reactions can o...
March 4, 2025

Runaway reactions

›
"A typical runaway scenario involves reactants being charged into a reactor at room temperature and heated with stirring until the reac...
February 28, 2025

Accident due to agitator lubricating fluid entering reactor

›
 " This report investigated the causes of a chemical release accident caused by an abnormal reaction and recommended certain safety ste...
January 28, 2025

Hazard Alert: Combustible Dust Explosions

›
 Source:OSHA.Gov Hazard Alert: Combustible Dust Explosions Combustible dusts are fine particles that present an explosion hazard when suspen...
January 24, 2025

DUST EXPLOSIONS CAN BE CAUSED SUBSTANCES YOU WOULD NEVER IMAGINE!

›
Source: OSHA.Gov:  Does your company or firm process any of these products or materials in powdered form? If your company or firm processes ...
January 20, 2025

Sulhur dust explosion

›
At 2:15 a.m. on September 17, 2019, an employee was emptying a supersack of sulfur into a bin at a tire manufacturing facility. The sulfur ...
January 16, 2025

Thermal expansion of DMS caused incident

›
At 11:30 a.m. on June 20, 2007, Employees #1, #2, #3, and #4, who worked for Scaffolding Company, and Employees #5, and #6, who worked for ...
January 12, 2025

Turbine exhausts are HOT!

›
 On April 5, 2012, Employee #1 was handling an exhaust leak from a turbine on the site of a power plant. The task involved the placement of...
January 8, 2025

Asphyxiation incident during installation of a PSV

›
 At 11:30 a.m. on October 15, 2021, Employees #1 and #2, both maintenance employees, were assigned to install a pressure safety valve (PSV) ...
January 4, 2025

Are you discussing domino effects in your HAZOP?

›
At approximately 5:50 p.m. on March 25, 1988, the leacher autoclave (#2) in building #1, which had been in service for about three weeks, re...
January 1, 2025

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

›