Interesting presentation on human factors by NTSB

 http://www.ntsb.gov/news/speeches/RSumwalt/Documents/Sumwalt_140112.pdf

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Seafood Company Had History Of Violations, Including Ammonia Concerns

Seafood Company Had History Of Violations, Including Ammonia Concerns: The seafood company where an employee was killed in an ammonia leak that prompted a large Hazmat response Wednesday had a history of OSHA violations.



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University of Hawaii researcher loses arm in lab explosion | Chemistry World

University of Hawaii researcher loses arm in lab explosion | Chemistry World



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Automatic mustering and personnel locating system

Automatic mustering and personnel locating system
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Safety in oil movement and storage

Safety in oil movement and storage

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Remote Safety Shower Monitoring Using Wireless Transmitters

 Remote Safety Shower Monitoring Using Wireless Transmitters

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Eight killed in Thai bank chemical accident

Eight killed in Thai bank chemical accident:

At least eight people were killed and seven others injured after fire suppression chemicals were accidentally released at a bank in Thailand's capital Bangkok, the media reported on Monday.
This incident has lessons for us in CPI- what is your control room fire suppression system? Do you practice drills in case the system is activated? Does the timer for evacuation allow enough time for all people to escape?


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EPA safety alert on applicability and limitations of excess flow valves

 EPA safety alert on applicability and limitations of excess flow valves


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Sewage systems and H2S

Plant and housing colonies sewer systems must be treated as a confined space entry with permit requirements as they may contain hydrogen sulfide. Read about a warning in this link

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Hydrotest fatality

 Hydrotest fatality incident

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The Value of Machine Criticality Ratings

The Value of Machine Criticality Ratings


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OSHA QUICK CARD: Hazard Communication Standard Pictogram

OSHA QUICK CARD: Hazard Communication Standard Pictogram


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Confined space hazard alert

Confined space hazard alert

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Baffles Needn't Be Baffling | Chemical Processing

Baffles Needn't Be Baffling | Chemical Processing

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Work permit incident

A hot liquid sulphur splashed in the surrounding area as a maintenance technician opened a filter cover on a live line. Fortunately, no injuries happened.
Operations raised notification to clean the filter in the molten sulphur line. A work permit was raised by maintenance personnel. Shift Supervisor approved the permit without asking the field operator to isolate the equipment. Field operator also signed the hard copy of the permit without isolating the equipment. However, the field operator told the maintenance foreman that the line is not yet isolated and it would be isolated when he was ready to carry out the job. The maintenance foreman gave the permit to the technician but forgot to tell him that it was still live. The technician opened the drain blind flange and opened the drain valve. On finding nothing coming out, he opened the filter cover. Since the line was not isolated hot liquid sulphur sprayed all over the area. Fortunately nobody was injured.

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Inside the control room of the future: Experion Orion Console [VIDEO]

Inside the control room of the future: Experion Orion Console [VIDEO]: Honeywell Process Solutions offered a rare insight into the development work being done in Australia to create the advanced display technology that brings the plant control room of the future to life.


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IOCL Paradip Refinery: An Engineering Marvel IOCL

Read about the details of the recently commissioned Paradip refinery in this link. The CCR is blast proof.

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Massive fire at steel plant in UK caused by lightning

 News reports coming in of a massive fire at a steel plant in UK, attributed to lightning. See the news and pictures in this link

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The Chemical Engineer | News | Three killed in Pemex rig fire

The Chemical Engineer | News | Three killed in Pemex rig fire


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6 burnt alive in factory blast

6 burnt alive in factory blast:
Six workers were burnt alive and one sustained injuries in a fire following an explosion at around 6.30 a.m. in Hasita Aromatics Private Limited factory, at Maheshwaram, located in Telegana.


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