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Usually ships in 1 business days | | Only 2 left in stock, order soon! | | | | | | Incidents That Define Process Safety describes approximately fifty incidents that have had a significant impact on the chemical and refining industries' approaches to modern process safety. Events are described in detail so readers get a fundamental understanding of the root causes, the consequences, the lessons learned, and actions that can prevent a recurrence. There are exhaustive investigative reports about these events, allowing you to apply the resulting safety principles to their current operations. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) | | Hardcover: | 352 pages | | Publisher: | Wiley-AIChE | | Publication Date: | April 04, 2008 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0470122048 | | Product Length: | 9.32 inches | | Product Width: | 6.42 inches | | Product Height: | 0.81 inches | | Product Weight: | 1.31 pounds | | Package Length: | 9.3 inches | | Package Width: | 6.1 inches | | Package Height: | 0.8 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.3 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 3 reviews |
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2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Tales of Incidents Grim Jul 25, 2009
By Nicholas P. Sands
"WISA Reviewer"
Tales of Incidents Grim - BB (Boring)
Incidents That Define Process Safety
By John Atherton and Frederic Gil
Reviewed by Nick Sands
Many younger employees do not remember the process plant disasters of the 1980's. John Atherton and Frederic Gil have summarized many of those events and more in Incidents the Define Process Safety, published by the Center for Chemical Process Safety. Atherton has 40 years of experience, including 25 years working for BP in process safety management. He is a chartered engineer, a member of IChemE and was awarded the Ned Franklin medal by IChemE for his contributions to process safety. Gil has worked as a fire, process safety and loss prevention engineer for 18 years.
The incidents are grouped in chapters by common cause, though multiple factors contributed to all of the incidents. The first cause is blind operation where the hazards are not seen, including two plane crashes and the incident at Three Mile Island. Design has contributed to incidents as well, like the biggest process incident in history at Union Carbide in Bhopal. The Hindenburg fire is also covered with this group. External causes contributed to the fire storm at Pemex in Mexico City and fire at Tupas in Izmit, Turkey.
A lack of inspection and maintenance was a factor in the fire at Texaco in Milford Haven and the HF release at Marathon Oil in Texas City. Failure to provide adequate process knowledge is cited as a cause in the BLEVE (boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion) at Elf in Feyzin and the explosion at AZF in Toulouse. Other incidents were partially caused because process hazards were not understood, including the explosions at Esso in Longford and at BP in Grangemouth.
Improper management of change is associated with two of the most famous incidents, the Chernobyl disaster and the explosion at Nypro in Flixborough. Missing the opportunities to learn from previous near misses was a factor in the destruction of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Poor operating procedure was one of the causes for the most recent incident cited, the explosion at BP in Texas City.
Several disasters occurred in part due to poor practice around work permits, including the incident at Motiva in Delaware, the explosion at Phillips in Pasadena, and Piper Alpha platform fire that killed 167. Poor emergency response contributed to the consequences of the incident at ICMESA in Seveso which helped inspire the EU Seveso directive. Emergency response was also a factor in the boil over at Tacoa in Venezuela. The final group of incidents is related to human factors, including the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.
Sharing the lessons of history is always of benefit. Atherton and Gil broaden the usual list with many non-process incidents. While this may be interesting in a historical sense, it leaves little room to fully discuss the process incidents that really did define process safety. The diluted discussion makes Incident that Define Process Safety a more boring book (BB) than it had to be.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Sometimes less is more Aug 08, 2008
By Kenneth P. Bloch
As a Process Reliability Engineer working in a major refinery I looked forward to reading this book. I ordered it hoping that it would be an extension of British Petroleum's fact-based and well-articulated sixteen volume process safety series available through Amazon and IChemE (ISBN 0852955219). The sections that explain the sequence of events behind refinery safety incidents are excellent. They contain meaningful lessons learned about equipment operation, maintenance, and human factors that readily apply in the processing and manufacturing industry. BP displays an incredible amount of humility by allowing the public to look deep inside some of their own process safety failures. It is our responsibility to constructively use this information to avoid repeat failures in our own facilities.
But what spoiled it for me is the insertion of "lessons learned" from some highly sensationalized, historic disasters. For example, the Hindenburg summary on pages 52 - 56 ties the safety message to theoretical arguments based on limited research and internet blogs instead of the sound forensic engineering practice that was used to determine a probable cause for the manufacturing industry case histories. This sometimes distracts from an important safety message that would have otherwise stood firm on its own merit.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 great breadth and depth May 10, 2008
By George Robertson
"Victims, aren't we all?"
This book goes a lot further than previous books, in that it looks at incidents outside the process industry, and explores the failings of all elements of process safety. Obviously BP is stepping up the effort to become a recognized leader in process safety (those words were written for them by someone else, weren't they?) Anyway, it's a fascinating and informative read that should arm process safety professionals for scenarios from the boardroom to the confined space.
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