Digest
Persistence – Good or Bad? — Process Safety Beacon, July 2014
Persistence – Good or Bad? — Process Safety Beacon, July 2014
- CCPS
- Digest
- Process Safety Beacon July 2014
- Human Factors
- Hazardous substancesHuman factorsLoss of containmentProcess safety
- Evacuation, escape and rescueOperating and work proceduresStop-work authority
- Downstream and process industries
Summary
Uses five process incidents to examine persistence when operations behave unexpectedly. Examples involve reactive blending, flammable releases, misleading vessel levels and phosgene feed hoses. Emphasises stopping for help, respecting operating limits, considering instrument readings and establishing criteria for emergency procedures or evacuation rather than attempting hazardous corrective action.
Classifications: Hazardous substances; hazardous chemicals; chemical exposure.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Loss of containment; containment loss.
Classifications: Process safety; major accident hazards.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Downstream and process industries; refining; petrochemicals.
Process Safety Beacon July 2014. Themes: human factors.