Author : CCPS (Center for Chemical Process Safety)
Release : 2019-11-05
Genre : Technology & Engineering
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 345/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis More Incidents That Define Process Safety by : CCPS (Center for Chemical Process Safety)
Download or read book More Incidents That Define Process Safety written by CCPS (Center for Chemical Process Safety). This book was released on 2019-11-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More Incidents that Define Process Safety book describes over 50 incidents which have had a significant impact on the chemical industry as well as the basic elements of process safety. Each incident is presented in sufficient detail to gain an understanding of root causes for the event with a focus on lessons learned and the impact the incident had on process safety. Incidents are grouped by incident type including Reactive chemical; Fires; Explosions; Environmental/toxic releases; and Transportation incidents. The book also covers incidents from other industries that illustrate the safety management elements. The book builds on the first volume and adds incidents from China, India, Italy and Japan. Further at the time the first volume was being written, CCPS was developing a new generation of process safety management elements that were presented as risk based process safety; these elements are addressed in the incidents covered.