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Water, water, everywhere... — Process Safety Beacon, October 2015
Water, water, everywhere... — Process Safety Beacon, October 2015
- CCPS
- Digest
- Process Safety Beacon October 2015
- Process Safety
- ExplosionHazardous substancesProcess safety
- Job safety analysisManagement of changeOperating and work procedures
- Downstream and process industries
Summary
This manufacturing safety bulletin explains how misplaced water can trigger chemical reactions, catalyse decomposition or generate steam pressure. Examples include Bhopal, a ruptured residue pipe and a molten-iron furnace incident. It emphasises following operating procedures and reviewing exceptional water use through job safety analysis or management of change where appropriate.
Classifications: Explosion; explosive atmospheres.
Classifications: Hazardous substances; hazardous chemicals; chemical exposure.
Classifications: Process safety; major accident hazards.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Management of change; MOC; change management.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Downstream and process industries; refining; petrochemicals.
Process Safety Beacon October 2015. Themes: process safety.