Tragic accident due to lack of Lock Out Tag Out

 In a tragic accident, a production engineer lost his life when he entered a machine that was not         de energised, when someone accidentally started it. His colleague, who was about to enter the machine jumped out when it started and ran to stop it, but it was too late. Never underestimate the importance of lock out/ tag out/try. Read the details about the incident in the Times of India article in this link.
 
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Methanol tanker fire incident

Read about an incident of a methanol tanker fire during unloading in this link. 

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Turbines: Mechanical or electrical trip system testing?

Turbines: Mechanical or electrical trip system testing?

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Refinery incidents

 The OISD (Oil Industry Safety Directorate) has these incidents in their website. Share it with all your colleagues:

Electrocution incident in refinery

Fatal incident due to H2S exposure

Crude oil pipeline leak

Explosion in floating roof tank

Flash fire LPG tank truck

Acid gas KO vessel exposure incident

Corroded pipeline incident

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Another confined space accident

Three workers of a factory have died after entering a furnace oil tank. The oil pump which supplies a furnace was not working and the three had entered the tank to remove the oil in buckets when they were asphyxiated

Read about the incident in this link.
 
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Challenges for process safety management in India

If we want to prevent another Bhopal type of disaster in India, a number of actions have to be taken on various fronts -industry, legislation, education etc. Please read my thoughts in this article, available in this link.
Hope to hear your comments.

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Another fire at IOC terminal

A petrol tank at the Hazira terminal of IOC has caught fire and efforts are underway to control the fire. See details and photos in this link. I hope the investigation report is made public just like the major fire at Jaipur in 2009.


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Where do your safety valves discharge?

A recent incident in a plant due to power failure caused a safety valve to pop and release toxic chemical to the atmosphere. The residents around the plant complained. The safety valve discharged to a vent stack. Check where your safety valves discharge. Even though the codes allow discharge to atmosphere in certain cases, the weather conditions at the time of discharge can never be predicted and dispersion modelling can never be 100% accurate.
 
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Dangers of oxidising chemicals

Oxidizing chemicals give off oxygen or other oxidizing substances and also include materials that react chemically to oxidize combustible materials. Oxidizing chemicals can be severe fire and explosion hazards. Read a good description in this link. 

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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013

To all my readers, wish you and your family a very happy, healthy and safe 2013!
I request readers to share some incidents from their experience to benefit all.

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List of frequently used tank standards

 Read a list of frequently used tanks design standards in this link. 

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Refinery explosion video

In September 2012 an explosion took place at a refinery in Mexico. Cause is being investigated. A you tube video of the explosion graphically demonstrates the severity of explosions. It is reported that 26 people were killed. See the video in this link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5EhjBd_lY0
You will see an operator rolling in the ground in the foreground after the fireball.

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