Digest
Know when to leave! — Process Safety Beacon, July 2015
Know when to leave! — Process Safety Beacon, July 2015
- CCPS
- Digest
- Process Safety Beacon July 2015
- Emergency ResponseEvacuation, Escape and RescueProcess Safety
- ExplosionFireLoss of containmentProcess safety
- Gas cylinder
- Emergency responseEvacuation, escape and rescue
- Downstream and process industries
- Onshore facility
Summary
Three chemical-process incidents contrast fatal attempts to manage abnormal reactions or releases with prompt evacuation during a cylinder fire. The bulletin stresses recognising when to leave danger, understanding site emergency arrangements and practising drills, including knowing when evacuation or sheltering in a safe place is appropriate.
Classifications: Explosion; explosive atmospheres.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Loss of containment; containment loss.
Classifications: Process safety; major accident hazards.
Classifications: Gas cylinder; compressed gas bottle; gas cylinders.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Downstream and process industries; refining; petrochemicals.
Classifications: Onshore facility; onshore plant.
Summary
Beacon issue on knowing when to evacuate during a developing process emergency.
Process Safety Beacon July 2015. Themes: emergency response, evacuation, escape and rescue, process safety.