Digest
Facility Siting — Process Safety Beacon, March 2010
Facility Siting — Process Safety Beacon, March 2010
- CCPS
- Digest
- Process Safety Beacon March 2010
- ExplosionProcess Safety
- ExplosionHydrocarbon releaseProcess safety
- Evacuation, escape and rescueExclusion zonesManagement of change
- Downstream and process industries
- Onshore facility
Summary
Using the Texas City refinery explosion, this bulletin explains the importance of siting occupied permanent and temporary buildings away from process hazards. It discusses checking actual occupancy against siting studies, evaluating changes through management of change, avoiding unsuitable buildings as blast refuges, evacuating personnel and restricting access during high-hazard operations.
Classifications: Explosion; explosive atmospheres.
Classifications: Hydrocarbon release; hydrocarbon leak; oil and gas release.
Classifications: Process safety; major accident hazards.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Exclusion zones; red zones; restricted access zones.
Classifications: Management of change; MOC; change management.
Classifications: Downstream and process industries; refining; petrochemicals.
Classifications: Onshore facility; onshore plant.
Summary
Beacon on facility siting and locating occupied buildings and equipment to reduce risk from process hazards.
Process Safety Beacon March 2010. Themes: explosion, process safety.