Happy New Year 2014!

I WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES A VERY HAPPY, HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS 2014!

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Confined space engulfment hazards

A fatality in a grain bin in a ethanol manufacturing plant highlights the dangers of entry into bins containing material and its engulfment hazards. The victim apparently enetered the bin to clear a choke when the grain began to flow and he was trapped.
Read about the incident in this link.


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Laws of process safety

 And now for a bit of humour, I have coined some laws of process safety.....

• Process safety performance is inversely proportional to the time a plant / maintenance manager spends in meetings!
• The number of technical persons on the board of a chemical manufacturer is inversely proportional to the chance of a process safety incident occurring
• The more voluminous your PSM program, the more likely a process safety incident would occur.
• Managing process safety is no rocket science - it is look,listen and feel (look at what people are doing, listen to people and feel the pulse of the plant)
• Runaway reactions always happen when the human is around!
• Process safety management does not require six sigma, it requires stick sigma!

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Blast at pharma plant at Tarapur

An explosion and fire has taken place at a pharma plant at Tarapur. Read about the incident in http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-twin-blasts-rock-tarapur-unit-1937012


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Fire in phenol plant in USA

A fire in a phenol plant in the USA has been captured in this video. Read the article in this link.

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