Process Safety Management is the identification, prevention, control and mitigation of unintentional releases of hazardous materials or energy from primary containment that have the potential to become serious incidents (fires, explosions, mass injuries, fatality, etc.). One of the key components to achieve a successful PSM is to create and maintain safeguards or barriers to prevent…
The 1st recorded dust explosion in 1785 took place at Giacomelli’s Bakery Warehouse, an Italian flour mill, when flour dust came in contact with a mounted lamp, which injured two workers. A local man named Count Morozzo examined the results of the explosion, and wrote a report giving the probable cause of the explosion as the…
Over the years, the process industries have evolved several strategic approaches for chemical accident and loss prevention. At any given time, industries, companies and facilities will not find themselves at the same point along this spectrum. In fact, different departments within a facility, different functions within a department, or the same departmental function at different…
