Recognizing Catastrophic Incident Warning Signs in the Process Industries

This book provides guidance on characterizing, recognizing, and responding to warning signs to help avoid process incidents and injuries before they occur. The guidance can be used by both process safety management (PSM) professionals in evaluating their processes and PSM systems as well as for operators who are often the frontline defense against process incidents. Warning signs may consist of process deviations or upsets, instrumentation warnings or alarms, past operating history and incidents, observable problems such as corrosion or unusual odors, audit results indicating procedures are not being followed, or a number of other indicators. Filled with photos and practical tips, this book will turn anyone in a process plant into a hazard lookout and will help prevent potential incidents before they turn into catastrophic events.Content:
Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–15):
Chapter 2 Incident Mechanics (pages 17–28):
Chapter 3 Leadership and Culture (pages 29–48):
Chapter 4 Training and Competency (pages 49–64):
Chapter 5 Process Safety Information (pages 65–77):
Chapter 6 Procedures (pages 79–96):
Chapter 7 Asset Integrity (pages 97–115):
Chapter 8 Analyzing Risk and Managing Change (pages 117–137):
Chapter 9 Audits (pages 139–148):
Chapter 10 Learning from Experience (pages 149–161):
Chapter 11 Physical Warning Signs (pages 163–173):
Chapter 12 A Call to Action (pages 175–185):