Recognizing catastrophic incident warning signs in the process industries /

• Corporate Author: American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Center for Chemical Process Safety
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2012]
• Series: CCPS concept book.
• Subjects: Chemical engineering > Safety measures.; Chemicals > Accidents > Prevention.; Warnings.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Chemical & Biochemical.; SCIENCE > Chemistry > Industrial & Technical.; Electronic books.

"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 fo...

Table of Contents:

• Front Matter
• Introduction
• Incident Mechanics
• Leadership and Culture
• Training and Competency
• Process Safety Information
• Procedures
• Asset Integrity
• Analyzing Risk and Managing Change
• Audits
• Learning from Experience
• Physical Warning Signs
• A Call to Action
• Appendix A ₆ Incident Warning Sign Self-Assessment Tool
• Appendix B ₆ Composite List of Catastrophic Incident Warning Signs
• References and Selected Regulations
• Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Glossary
• Index.