Digest
Hazards from Abandoned Equipment — Process Safety Beacon, September 2011
Hazards from Abandoned Equipment — Process Safety Beacon, September 2011
- CCPS
- Digest
- Process Safety Beacon September 2011
- IsolationProcess SafetyStructural and Asset Integrity
- Hazardous substancesLoss of containmentStructural and asset integrity
- DecommissioningInspection and maintenance
- Process pipework and pipelinesValve
- Energy and process isolationLockout and tagoutManagement of changeSafety communication
- Downstream and process industries
Summary
Four examples illustrate hazards from abandoned equipment, including propane leakage, product contamination, an electrical ground fault and a toxic cloud from residual phosphorus trichloride. The bulletin recommends management of change, isolation, lockout and tagout, removal of abandoned assets, management awareness and periodic inspection of equipment remaining out of service.
Classifications: Hazardous substances; hazardous chemicals; chemical exposure.
Classifications: Loss of containment; containment loss.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Decommissioning; facility dismantling.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Process pipework and pipelines; process piping.
Classifications: Valve; valves.
Classifications: Energy and process isolation; isolation; energy isolation.
Classifications: Lockout and tagout; LOTO; lockout/tagout.
Classifications: Management of change; MOC; change management.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Downstream and process industries; refining; petrochemicals.
Summary
One-page Beacon on hazards left behind by abandoned or idle process equipment and piping.
Process Safety Beacon September 2011. Themes: isolation, process safety, structural and asset integrity.